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Here is another "spam" email that I have gotten recently:


SNOWE Edwin Jr.,

Dear Sir ,


My name is xxxxx xxxxx xx, A member of the Liberian House of Representatives and the Managing Director of the Liberian Petroleum and Refining Corporation (LPRC) under the leadership of Charles Taylor.

http://xxxx

As you may be aware my former boss is undergoing trial in the world court. And as a result we have been ban from Traveling out pending the end of the case.

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During my tenure as the petroleum Director, I was able to move some money, the sum of
($5,500,000.00) Five million Five Hundred Thousand United states dollars, out of Liberia.

Presently, I am contacting you because I want you to assist me in collecting the money and assist me in importation of goods.

I hope to trust you as a God fearing person who will not sit on this money when you claim it, rather assist me properly, I shall be ready to offer you 30%.

When I receive your positive response I will let you know where the country where the money is and to enable make the claim

Be assured that this transaction is 100% risk free and your participation will not bring you into any disrepute as confidentiality is assured.

Best Regards,
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

Am I going to respond to this email?

Absolutely Not!

If you're interested in finding a legitimate way to see if you are eligible to receive money, I suggest that you visit my The Unclaimed Money Blog to see if you are eligible for the Millions! of dollars that are unclaimed! You or a family member may be due this money!



The unclaimed money comes from lost or forgotten bank accounts, unclaimed lottery winnings and much much more!

Paypal - Phishing Anyone?

Here is another Paypal email that was received from someone:

Attention PayPal Online Client:

You have received this email because we have strong reason to believe that your PayPal account had been recently compromised. In order to prevent any activity from occurring we are required to open an investigation into this matter.

If your account informations are not updated within the next 72 hours, then we will assume this account is and will be suspended. We apologize for this inconvenience, but the purpose of this verification is to ensure that your PayPal account has not been fraudulently used and to combat fraud.

Please login into your PayPal Online account and complete verification process

We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause you and we would like to thank you for your cooperation as we review this matter.

If you have a Paypal account and receive this email, DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK IN THE EMAIL!. Instead go directly to the Paypal official website - Paypal.com - and check your account from there!



*Hint - If you put your cursor over the blue, underlined link in the email you will see that the link does NOT go to the offical Paypal site - it goes somewhere else!

Here Is YET ANOTHER Paypal-Related "Phish"!

Here is yet another copy of an email that I got in my inbox:


Warning : Your credit card will expire soon.

- You may no longer be able to use PayPal

To avoid any interruption to your service, please update your credit card by following the link below :

https://www.paypal.com/~

Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team

Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and
you will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal
account and click the Help link located in the top right corner of any
PayPal page.

PayPal Email ID PP-~


While the link on the email includes Paypal's legitimate website address, a quick check of the link shows that if you click on that link it will take you to an entirely different website!

So you really have to be careful! If you have a Paypal account and get an email just like the one above, then you should go directly to the PayPal Website and check the status of your Paypal account.

Do not click on a link provided in an email! Go directly to the Paypal website!

Viagra !??????????????????????

Seems to be a very POPULAR choice as far as email spam is concerned!

I was just checking my spam mail today and saw that I got at least 2 emails today - junkmail really - concerning viagra!

I did a check on Google's search engine and found that there are over 81 MILLION search engine results for the word viagra!

Ringtone Advertisements!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have never seen so much ringtone advertisements in all my life!

I'm moderating some "comments" for one of my blogs and the bulk of these comments seem to be advertising ringtones! I mean what is up with that? Do these people get a commission or something? Are they making their own ringtones and are trying to sell them?

I have a Verizon wireless cellphone myself and I can really only use ringtones that Verizon sells itself.

I Won The Lottery?

Here is another "lottery winner" email that I got:

CONFIRM YOUR ONLINE WINNING!!!

DAYZERS LOTTERY NETHERLAND
Paleisstraat 5,2514 JA Den Haag
Netherlands
Email:inforesulthouse@xxx.net
www.xxxxxx.nl

RESULTS
FOR FIRST CATEGORY

This is to inform you that your email ID has won
Euro 500.000.00 in the first dip of our computer ballot Email lottery
with the said winning numbers giving below, Award Notice!!!

Ref:
Number:xx-xxx
Batch:Number:xx-xxxx
Ticket:Number:xx-xxxx
Serial:
Number xx-xxxxxx

To claim your winning, you should contact the OFFICIAL and APPROVED agency here in Holland-Netherlands urgently:-

Mr. ~
Tel: xxx-xxxx
FAX: xxx- xxx
Email:inforesulthouse@xxx.net


You are also advice to furnish them with the following information:-

Your Names:-
Telephone / Fax-
Your Nationality {Your country of Origin}-
Ticket number-
Ref- Number-

Congratulations once again from management and staff of this company,
and thanking you for being a lucky winner of our promotions program.

Regards
Mrs.~
Public Relation Officer
Email:inforesulthouse@xxx.net
www.~

NB: On contact your claims agents will issue you all further directives as regards the claims and transfer Procedures.

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What are the odds that any one of these "lottery winning emails will ever be legitimate?

Do You Have A Paypal Account?

Then you are going to have to be VERY careful with the email that you get! Here is a copy of a recent email that was sent to someone:

PayPal is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its community of buyers and sellers. To protect the security of your account, PayPal employs
some of the most advanced security systems in the world and our anti-fraud teams regularly screen the PayPal system for unusual activity.

Recently, our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account. In accordance with PayPal's User Agreement access to your account will be limited. This is a fraud prevention measure meant to ensure that your account is not compromised.

In order to secure your account we may require some specific information from you. We encourage you to log in by clicking on the link below and complete the requested form as soon as possible.


https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run

Ignoring our request, for an extended period of time, may result in account limitations or may result in eventual account closure.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is
a security measure meant to help protect you and your account.
We apologize for any inconvenience.


Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department


PayPal Email ID PPxxx

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*Please do not respond to this e-mail as your reply will not be received.

Now this email looks legitimate! It has all of the paypal logos included with the email BUT if you take a look at the link that they want you to go to you will see that it goes to an entirely different site! (Also this could be a good legal case for Paypal because whoever sent this email is using Paypal's official (and I'm guessing copyrighted) logos and Paypal could possible have a very good (and profitable) copyright infringement case againt whoever sent this email!

So please be careful when you get email like this. If you have a paypal account and you get an email like this then contact Paypal directly! Do not click on any links from the emails!

"You Have 1 New Alert Message!"

You have 1 new Alert Message !

Resolution Center: Your account is limited! Click to Resolve

Thank you for using Bank of America Investment Services, Inc. !

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

Bank of America, N.A. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender Equal Housing Lender
© 2008 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved.

Email ID: xxxxxxx

The most ironic thing about this email that was in my inbox is that I don't even have an account there!

Please be careful and avoid scams (or in this case "phishing") attempts to get your personal financial information!

How do you avoid such attempts to get your personal information? Do NOT click on the links!