Scam Email: You have been selected for assignment as a Detective Shopper in your area...

I got a scam email message.  The email goes like this...

Sender: Agent Shopper
Reply-to: patrick_volz@mail.com Subject: ( Evaluation )


You have been selected for assignment as a Detective Shopper in your area,
and You will get $200 being a Detective Shopper.Your employment packet
will include funds for the shopping. We want you to participate because
it's fun & rewarding.
You will have access to training materials.

Fill details below to continue =
 *) Personal Email Address:
 *) Full Name:
 *) Phone:
 *) Full Address:
 *) City / State / Country :
 *) Zip Code :
 *) Gender & Age :
 *) Occupation :

We look forward to working with you.Send your interest via email.

Regards,
Patrick volz




This is a scam email that collects information from different people.  I don't really know the purpose of getting such information.  But sure it's a scam.  Do not give your information to anyone you do not know.

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Scam: Loan Help from An Email Contact

I got this suspicious email... A scam email!!! If you fall for this, then you're one of the unfortunate with very good heart but scammed.


Hello

I'm sorry for this odd request because it might get to you too urgent but it's because of the situation of things right now, I'm stuck in Madrid Spain with Family right now, we came down here on vacation we were robbed, The situation seems worse as bags,cash,credit cards and cell phone were stolen at GUN POINT, It's such a crazy experience for us, we need help flying back home, the authorities are not being 100% supportive but the good thing is that we still have our passport but don't have enough money to get our flight ticket back home, please i need you to loan me some money, I will reimburse you right as soon as I'm back home. I promise

Vibeth

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Scam: COCA'COLA® e-Mail Selected

I got this email and I think there would be people who would wonder if Coca Cola had really done a random selection of email in the world and they are the lucky ones selected.

When you receive this email, ignore the email message.  This email is a scam!

The email came from support@cocacola.com, with a reply to email address rose.albert@msn.com, with a subject e-Mail Selected

The email message is:
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Your e-mail address has won you the sum of (1,000,000.00 British Pounds) from THE COCA'COLA PROMOTION,LONDON.
For your payment, you are required to send the below contact details:

1.Name.2.Address.3.Nationality.4.Age.5.Occupation.6.Phone/Fax.

Congratulations!! Once again.

Yours faithfully,
Charlotte Rogers.
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Just don't give your information to anyone you don't know.

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Scam: Asia/Cn domain name & Internet Keyword

This EMAIL SCAM almost got me!!!

This is an EMAIL SCAM!!!

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from: John john.wang@ygnetworkltd.com
subject: Asia/Cn domain name & Internet Keyword


Dear Manager,

(If you are not the person who is in charge of this, please forward this to your CEO,Thanks)

This email is from China domain name registration center, which mainly deal with the domain name registration and dispute internationally in China and Asia.
On August 22nd 2011, We received Tianhua Ltd's application that they are registering the name " berryblog " as their Internet Keyword and " berryblog .cn "、" berryblog .com.cn " 、" berryblog .asia "domain names etc.., It is China and ASIA domain names. But after auditing we found the brand name been used by your company. As the domain name registrar in China, it is our duty to notice you, so I am sending you this Email to check. According to the principle in China, your company is the owner of the trademark, In our auditing time we can keep the domain names safe for you firstly, but our audit period is limited, if you object the third party application these domain names and need to protect the brand in china and Asia by yourself, please let the responsible officer contact us as soon as possible. Thank you!

Best Regards,

John
General Manager
Shanghai Office (Head Office)
3002, Nanhai Building, No. 854 Nandan Road,
Xuhui District, Shanghai 200070, China
Tel: +86 216191 8696
Mobile: +86 136615 29704
Fax: +86 216191 8697
Web: www.ygnetworkltd.com

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Email Scam: Reference Number:FST-17950/(Confirm Message)

Wow I got chosen for the reward program wherein I would be given the amount 2,500,000.00

Email Scam Alert!!! Do not give your information! Do not reply with your information. Disregard the email if you got one. Here's the email information...

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FROM: Ms. Carol Smedley
SUBJECT: Reference Number:FST-17950/(Confirm Message)

Attn: Dear Email Owner,

We are pleased to inform you of the email reward program for internet users.
Your email address was the star pick from the automated ballot system and by
virtue of this pick, you are entitled to receive the grand reward of Two
Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars.

This is a reward program for the patronage of internet services and all email
addresses entered for the promotional draws were randomly selected from an
internet resource database of registered software and domain users. This
promotional draw is conducted in the Netherlands, but email entries were drawn
on a global basis.

Reference Number:FST-17950
E-ticket Number:7219231BB-988
Amount: 2,500,000.00 (Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars)

For
instructions to receive this amount, you should establish contact with the
Enquiry Officer using details stated below:
Contact: David Webber
Phone: +31 626 453 477
Email: DWebblive.com.nl@live.com

You are required to directly contact Mr. David Webber and furnish him with the
following information:Name:....... Address:........ Phone/Fax:....., Cell
Phone:......,Email:....., Alternative Email:...., Occupation:...., and E-ticket
number:


NOTE: It's important you initiate correspondence with David Webber immediately
for guidance to receive the allotted sum.


Carol Smedley
Promotions Coordinator.


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Do not be a victim of such email scam. I personally don't know why then need such information.

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Scam: Coca-Cola Lottery Promo

Coca-Cola Lottery Promo??? You're a winner? Oh...don't fall into this trap! This is a SCAM EMAIL!

For the first timers who got excited because of the email subject "Dear Winner."... Don't be.


The body of the email goes like this...



Your Email Id has won (1,000,000 GBP) in the Coca-Cola Lottery Promo 2011. send your details to below email:

To our claims deparment: Kenneth Smith
Email:cc_deptclaims@shqiptar.eu
Tel: +44-701-424-0564

Names.
Address.
Sex.
Age.
Tel.
Occupation.
Country.

Sincerely,
James Gilbert



How the hell did you win if you didn't submit or join a contest of the Coca-Cola company. This is surely a SCAM EMAIL.

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SCAM: Verify Your Claims by Microsoft Online Draws

I got an email with the following email information:

FROM: Microsoft Online Draws
SUBJECT: Microsoft Online Draws

YOU ARE A BENEFICIARY OF 800,000.00 GBP FROM MICROSOFT DRAW. SEND INFORMATION:

NAME; AGE; COUNTRY;

MRS. HELE COLE
REGIONAL CO-ORDINATOR
©2011 TERMS & CONDITIONS APPLY


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Hahaha I am a beneficiary of 800,000.00 GBP!!! Wow heaven sent! Or hell??? Scam email alert!!!

How the hell would Microsoft give such big amount of money! And Microsoft would be so busy to have such online draw! I didn't apply or submitted anything be a prize winner of anything. What a luck!

Do not believe such lies! Do not believe such email. Again, this is a scam! Do not give your information.

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Email Scam: You have changed your PayPal email address

Never believe on this one!!!!!!!!  This one is a real scammer! The email shows that it's from PayPal, but it's not!  Check the email address that sent the message.  The email is from test@test.com.

And it has an attached PayPal- Account Update Form.pdf.htm. I don't care and won't dare to open that html file! I am guessing, when I click on that attached file, a site would opened up and would ask for my PayPal email ID and password. And boom!!! My log-in account information would be sent to the scammer.  This scamming technique is called Phishing.

And I'm sure that the link is not from PayPal.  It would be from other domain name.

Here's how to check email address on PayPal account:

1. On an internet browser, type the link of PayPal.
2. Log-in to your account.
3. On the menu, click "My Account" if it's not yet selected.
4. Then hover your mouse over the sub-menu "Profile", then click on "Add/Edit Email".

These steps would show all the email address that has access to the PayPal account.  By default, it has only one email address.  You can add, edit and even delete email addresses here.

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FROM: Paypal
FROM EMAIL: test@test.com
SUBJECT: You have changed your PayPal email address

Dear Paypal member,

You have added adelaidegerarrd@gmail.com as a new email address for your Paypal account.

If you did not authorize this change, check with family members and others who may have
access to your account first. If you still feel that an unauthorized person has changed
your email, submit the form attached to your email in order to keep your original email
and restore your Paypal account.

If you are using Internet Explorer please allow ActiveX for scripts to perform all data transfers
securely.

Thank you for using Paypal !

Please do not reply to this email.
This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response.

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Copyright © 1999-2011 PayPal. All rights reserved.

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Always be careful with your PayPal information.

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SCAM: United Nations Development Programme Compensation

Wowwwwwwwww I was selected as one of the beneficiary of the 65th anniversary compensation of the United Nations!!!  Obviously, this is a spam, a scam actually to collect personal information.

Do not give your personal details to them!!!  You didn't apply for anything.  So how on earth would you be a beneficiary.  You had able to check their email message.  That means that you still have the money to maintain a computer, or pay for the computer rental.  How can you be a beneficiary.  Of all the people on earth, how lucky is it that your email address was picked.  And how generous of the United Nations to collect all the email addresses on earth!!!

So this is a SCAM!!!

Here's the email message I got......

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from      United Nations Development Programme
reply-to  gtb@nbalive.cn
to
date      Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 3:52 PM
subject   Compensation




United Nations Development Programme
United Nations House
Plot 617/618, Diplomatic Zone,
Central Area District, Garki,
Abuja, Nigeria.
Compensation Ref Number: UN277360NG

This is to officially notify you that you have been selected as one of the few beneficiary of 2010 United Nations 65th anniversary Compensation by random Email Search System(ESS). Your email id was lucky to be picked among the ten thousand emails that was selected worldwide by UN, you have been compensated with $200,000.00USD by United Nations as a sign to help the less privilege worldwide. to enmark the suecessful United Nations 65th Anniversary Celebration we have decided to give Ten thousand people around the world compensation funds as a sign of reducing the global economy and financial meltdown around the world.

Been among the lucky beneficiary of this compensation donation exercise you are hereby instructed to reconfirm this information's below for immediate claims

CLEARANCE FORM:

Beneficiary Full Name:..........
Contact Address:.................
Current Occupation:.............
Country:..............................
Age:...................................
Sex:....................................
Direct Telephone Number:....
Mobile Number:..................
Next Of Kin:.....................
Compensation Amount:......
Any Valid Identity Card/National Passport:...

Note: This clearance form is to be submitted to our affilated financial body Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, contact Guaranty Trust Bank Plc with the information's below for urgent transferring of your Compensation funds of $200,000.00USD.

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc
Contact Person: Mr. Philip Clark
Email: gtb@nbalive.cn
Telephone: (+234) 80 752 72423

Once again congratulation's from the entier staff's and member's of the United Nation Organisation(UN).

Sincerly
Mr. Jack Ododo
(UN Compensation Officer)

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SCAM: SWISS-LOTTO Satellite Software email lottery

I received this in my email inbox.  I would want to tell you that this is a scam!!!  Again...

THIS EMAIL MESSAGE IS A SCAM

I don't know what they are up to but maybe they are collecting information of people from the internet.  Maybe for marketing.  Or maybe to trick you to deposit an amount of money before you would get your unbelievable prize.  Of course there's no prize for you.

Here's the email I got.

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CONGRATULATIONS!!!.....YOU HAVE WON Ђ750,000 Euros

You have been awarded Ђ750,000 Euros in the SWISS-LOTTO Satellite Software email lottery in which e-mail addresses are picked randomly by Software powered by the internet through the worldwide website.

Your email address was amongst those chosen this year for the SWISS-LOTTO Satellite lottery. And this promo is proudly sponsored by the SWISS-LOTTO ORGANIZATION NETHERLANDS.

You can log on to our website for more information concerning our Entire lotto promo https://www.swisslotto.ch

Your email address, attached to Ref number 8,5,11,18,22,31 with Serial number 77-11 drew the lucky Numbers 14,26, and consequently won the lottery in the "A" Category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of Ђ750,000 Euros.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European Booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In View of this, your Ђ750,000 Euros will be released to you by our fiduciary agent located in Europe. Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your winning funds as soon as you contact them.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw System and extracted from over 300,000,000 companies and individual email addresses.

This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning details confidential till your claims is processed and your winning funds remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to Claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
MR.VICTOR VAN DER GRAAF
Tel:+ 31 616-235-290 EXT-4 Fax: +31 847177323
Email: (swis750@aim.com)

Provide him with the information's as stated below:

1. Full Name:
2. Address:
3. Marital:
4. Age:
5. Sex:
6. Nationality:
7. Country of Residence:
8. Occupation:
9. Telephone Number:
10. Fax Number:
11. Draw Number's above


These details facilitate the due process and the release of your winnings to avoid unnecessary delays and complications in the processing of your winning Prize funds.

Always remember to quote your Reference/serial number in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program and thank you for being part of our promotional lotto program.

Sincerely,


Mrs.Helena De Vos
Online Games Director
SWISS-LOTTO NETHERLANDS.

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Scam Mail: YOU HAVE BEEN AWARDED (MICROSOFT EMAIL LOTTERY INTER.)

Please, never ever believe such email, unless you actually joined in some raffle draw wherein you need to present a proof or you got a code.  Too good to be true are fake.  You wouldn't win something if you didn't join any contest.

Below is a spam email I received in my email box.  I'm sure there would be some people searching for an answer whether the email message is a scam.  The answer is yes, this is a spam email, a scam one.

Below is the whole email message I received.

Publish Post

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Dear: e-Mail Winner,

The WINDOWS LIVE & MICROSOFT WINDOWS has set out and
successfully
organized a Sweepstakes marking the beginning of year
anniversary. We
rolled out over 10,000.000.00 (10 million e-mails) to
mark the 2010
Anniversary Draws.Participants for the draws were
randomly selected and
drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy
their BETA patronage
attaching personalized email addresses to ticket
numbers.
Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached
to TICKET
No:20511465463-7644 with SERIAL No:S/N-00168 and drew
the LUCKY No:
887-13-865-37-10-83(20) which subsequently won you (One
Million Pounds
Sterling)(￡1,000 000) as one of the 10 jackpot winners
in this draw.
Please contact our fiduciary agent for claims with the
contact below
Agent.
Mr.Robert Goldsmith.
Email:claims.robertgoldsmith@

msn.com
1.Full Name:
2.Full Address:
3.Status:
4.Sex:
5.Occupation:
5.Age
7.Phone Number:
8.Country:
Congratulations once more.
Yours Sincerely,
Maggi Bauch
Vice President,
MICROSOFT EMAIL LOTTERY INTER.

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Scam Mail: EuroMillions Corporations: May 2010, Official Winnings Notifications

Never ever believe in such emails like below!!! In the first place, why the hell would you win if you didn't enter a raffle??? Here's the email message I got.

The following is a spam mail, a big scam!!!

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Your email address has won in the www.euromillones.com.es internet promotions!!!
...
De:
"EuroMillions Corporations: May 2010, Official Winnings Notifications"

Aсadir a Contactos
Para:

ONLINE DEPARTMENT: BARCELONA ESPANA
Address:Avinguda del Marquиs de Comillas, 6
08038 Barcelona, Spain

Date: 15/05/2010.
EUROMILLIONS CORPORATIONS MAY 2010 (17th May TO 16th June) OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION.
Good day and welcome to EuroMillions corporations, we write to inform you that your email address has won, in the EuroMillions corporation internet May 2010 promotions. Your email address was selected randomly from the EuroMillions automatic computer generated machine, and your email address emerges as one of the online winners. This attracts a prize of Four Hundred Thousand Euros only (400,000.00 Euro) and an Apple 15" Mac Book Pro Notebook laptop.

*Your won Bank Draft (Draft (MONEY) / SMART THESAURUS) of Four Hundred Thousand Euros (400,000.00 Euro) and Apple 15" Mac Book Pro Notebook laptop will be presented to you on arrival to our office in Barcelona, within the period of 30 days. Your winnings will be cancelled, if you do not present yourself at our office, within the given period of 30 days.
Alternative mode of payment will be possible, via wire transfer to your designate bank account, only if your country, is member of European Payments Council (EPC) (http://www.europeanpaymentscouncil.eu/) and if only you meet up the Policy of European Payment Council here in Spain.

*However, If you are unable to come to our office in Barcelona- Spain to claim your won bank draft (Draft (MONEY) / SMART THESAURUS), your won prize will be presented to you by courier delivery via the promotion board contracted courier company. Take note! EuroMillions Corporation is not responsible for the delivery charges to your location. You will pay for the cost of delivery yourself. Please do not respond to this option, knowing you will not pay for the courier service delivery.

Please note: The draft certified cheque and all documents are packaged to be delivered under one way bill by the contracted courier company and are categorized as high priority & express delivery under applicable laws and regulations. This shipment cannot be delivered to P.O. boxes or postal codes but only to you the receiver at your given address.

For more information's, on how to claim your prize, do contact our promotions department via the email below or via telephone, and quote this reference number: EMSTF/2010/DNL/MAY6-30/VGHMJ as you contact our promotion department. This reference number is the security key to your winnings, we advice you keep the reference number to yourself.

EuroMillions Promotion Department.
Contact Person: Manuel Borreria (Promotion Co-ordinator)
Tel: 0034- 634 105 921
Email: prmtn_dep@hotmail.es
This promotion is organized by EuroMillions to advertise and to promote our website, http:// www.euromillones.com.es / which is based on all kind internet companies, all kind of computer hardware and software product. This promotion is as well organized to encourage the use of the Internet user and to promote computer literacy worldwide.

Congratulations to you lucky winner!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Generosa Erichsen
Online Co-ordinator
CEO: EMSFT Word Resource Barcelona.
Copyright © 1999-2010 Euromillions All rights reserved.


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Email Scam: Payment to billing@godaddy.com

Email Scam Alert!!!

A smartly constructed email message scam is on the loose.  I just received an email from the email notification@paypal-us.intl.com containing the following email message.

This email confirms that you have sent a payment for $12.05 USD to

billing@godaddy.com.

Details
Amount: $12.05 USD
Transaction ID: 4S502977FP5288W

A review of the transaction raised a suspicion that it may have not been authorized.

Click here to cancel this transaction.

Email Id: 526 NSRMMHMVLHTLWHJBRDIHGDUCKZYCNFTMXZFSIO

I ALMOST CLICKED the "Click here" link. And lucky, I remembered, I didn't have any website hosted on GoDaddy. What would I cancel? I didn't pay anything to GoDaddy. Then I read the email again from top to bottom. And the email is from notification@paypal-us.intl.com. It's from paypal-us.intl.com. It's not PayPal.

This email is a scam! Do not click and give your information on that link. Do not enter your PayPal username and password too. It can be a phising site where in the user would be asked to login. But the real thing is, the site would just get your information.

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LG Promo 2009 Email Scam | File For Your Claim Email Scam

I got the following in my inbox.

Email from: LG Promo 2009
subject: File For Your Claim

You have just been awarded, £950.000.00 GBP in the LG Online Promo, send us your
Names........
Address........
Country......
Sex/Tel......

Regards,

This is a scam! When I check the email details, these information shows up:

Email from: LG Promo 2009
reply-to: jerry.smith77@hotmail.com

This is very important. Please do not give your information when someone ask for it. And don't be carried with the £950.000.00 GBP that you have won, as they say. Have you join any contest called LG Promo?

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