Scammers and Phishers

I think the scammer that wrote this email must have swallowed a rural dictionary.  Mrs Trotter tells me I should contact the wonderfully named “Pollard Brock” (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, try looking up those words in a dictionary.

I haven’t seen this scam for a while – it’s just soooooo old fashioned.  It’s the one where Mr/Mrs Scammer has deposited your money with a courier and then left the country for [Continue reading Shipment Code: CPEL/OWN/9876]

“Mr Cho” writes to me from Mehmet Akif Ersoy University in Turkey to tell me he is the operations manager of a major bank – yet strangely he is willing to compromise this prestigious job by sending out thousands of random emails offering to transfer millions of dollars from his bank to me – or you – or anyone else.  Does this sound likely?  Of course not.  ”Mr Cho” doesn’t work fo the Hang Seng bank. [Continue reading Proposal]

“Mr Wu” apparently writes to me from California in the USA to tell me he  is the HR manager for a company in China.  He uses the website of a legitimate company to try and make his scam sound authentic.  Yes folk, this is a scam.  No company anywhere ever needs someone to process payments for them.  This is a scam dreamt up to fool innocent internet users.

If you make the mistake of replying you [Continue reading Earn now as a company rep.]

It’s been a while since I’ve had a scam email claiming to come from Robert Mueller, III at the FBI. But a bit like tax returns and phone bills – sooner or later one will turn up. And this one just did. As I’m not expecting $10.5m from Nigeria, I don’t believe this scammer. And if I was expecting $10.5m, I would expect official communication, on proper headed noted, by recorded [Continue reading FBI OFFICE/////GET BACK TO US IMMEDIATELY]

“Mr Abel” tells me he is a dishonest accounted – the money he claims he has access to was “masterminded by myself and some of my colleagues for our mutual benefit”.  Why would I, or anyone else, trust someone who admits to being a thief?

Yes – A thief is exactly what “Mr Abel” is.  He doesn’t have millions of dollars.  What he wants is to steal your money.  If you make the mistake of replying [Continue reading Assistance for fund transaction]

Nothing new in this scam.  ”Mr Tambson” is the manager of a bank – he had a rich client who died in a horrible accident – and despite his best efforts “Mr Tambson” can’t find any next of kin.  So – surprise – he wants to share the multi millions with me – or you – or anyone else who receives this email.  What a lot of rubbish.

“Mr Tambson” is a scammer.  He doesn’t want [Continue reading URGENT MAIL FROM Mr. Peter H. Tambson]

This scammer tells me “it is a profound gratitude communicating” with me – oh, it’s alright, there’s no need to thank me, really.  Or to put it another way – you’re a scammer, go away!

Yes, this scammer doesn’t want to give you money, he or she wants to take money from you by charging you fees.  Ignore them.

Beneficiary.

It is a profound gratitude communicating
with you through this medium. We
SUPER ENALOTTO International [Continue reading Beneficiary]