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One of the most obvious items which identifies an unsolicited e-mail as a scam e-mail is the sender’s e-mail address. All of the scam e-mails, regardless of them being lottery, money transfer or transfer agent types, use freemail accounts. Just like this one does. That’s why I flagged it and posted it to the Crime Online Blog.

The point being, the messages states that these people are offering loans worldwide. Now that is an obvious area where fraud takes place.

In my opinion, they are just out to cash in a fee and are using the ALGHANIM company as a front. A loan will never be paid out.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: sabahahmed@aol.in <sabahahmed@aol.in>
Date: Oct 12, 2007 12:11 PM
Subject: ENJOY WITH US AT KUWAIT.
To: info@dspace.de

 
Dear Sir/Madam
 
 The ALGHANIM SONS GROUP CO. enjoys a powerful position that epitomizes the strategic command enjoyed by the Kuwaiti nation. Just as Kuwait benefits from a pivotal place at the head of the Arabian Gulf, with a unique role in relationships, politics, trade and influence within the region, ALGHANIM SONS has a pivotal role in Kuwaiti society and economy.
 
 Today, ALGHANIM SONS GROUP CO. KUWAIT is pleased to announce to individuals, company owners, Investors, private and public enterprises that the interim distribution for all of the ALGHANIM SONS GROUP CO.® Funds 2007 Series is now made available for all loan seekers. We have received several requests from different individuals, companies and investors from different parts of the world indicating that they would like to receive distributions/ loans to achieve their goals.
 
 Whether you are planning on a few thousand US dollars or many million dollars Project, ALGHANIM SONS GROUP CO.® Funds has the resources and expertise necessary to create a loan package that will leave you satisfied.
 
 Are you an Individual, Company Owner or Investors who want to build wealth by borrowing to invest in shares, property or other assets? Whether you want to invest without all the risks, or accelerate your wealth by leveraging your investments, ALGHANIM SONS GROUP CO.® Funds range of investment loans can help.
 
 If you need money for loan right now, or you own a commercial property or not, but either you or your company is losing money or your credit is poor, you can still easily obtain a loan from ALGHANIM SONS GROUP CO.® fund. You can apply to our stock broker.
 
 ALGHANIM SONS LOAN ® Funds 2007 Series.
 P.O.BOX 23563
 SAFAT 13097
 KUWAIT
 www.alghanimsons.com
 
 We offer loans of any amount you want. We aim to have customers that will continue to enjoy working with us year in and year out, and our competitive rates and customer service reflects that. We will our hardest to structure your financing to meet your needs. Our small business mentality allows us to really take the time to get the big picture about your business and get you the loans and the rates you are looking for.
 
 We are pleased that we will be able to make this distribution to release funds for all investors this year and, as we expect that all of the underlying investments that requires the Funds will be realized.
 
 We finance Commercial Deals and Earn Your Business If Your Bank Won’t Do it, we will.
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 Warm Regards and best of luck,
 
 Mr. Sabah Ahmad Al-ghanim.
 SAFAT 13097
 KUWAIT

This must break the record of being the shortest Lottery Scam e-mail ever!

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: XMAS BONANZA/UK LOTTERY PROMOTION <tammer12345@cox.net>
Date: Oct 12, 2007 8:16 AM
Subject: XMAS BONANZA…
To: undisclosed-recipients

God news for you and how are you doing? You have won the sum of 4,000.000.00 pounds (Four Million British Pounds Steeling) in our Xmas/UK lottery. To file for your claims, do contact our fiduciary agent Mrs. Catherine Nola.

Email: catherinenola06@jmail.co.za

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How about this colourful scam e-mail? It shows you how the "boys" use a little fantasy to come up with a new Lottery. Yahoo and Microsoft Windows would you believe?

That and a bit of HTML makes a wonderful looking e-mail …..

———- Forwarded message ———-

From: WINDOWS LIVE <florina_bent0117@hotmail.com>

Date: Jan 28, 2007 2:01 PM

Subject: YOU HAVE WON THE YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY INC & MICROSOFT WINDOWS LOTTERY £500,000.0

To:

Yahoo/Msn Lottery

Incoperation

Baley House, Har Road

Sutton, Greater London

SM1 4te

United Kingdom.

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Five hundred thousand, Great Britain Pound Sterlings(£500,000.00) for the month of JANUARY 2007 Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE.

YAHOO/MSN & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail we only select five people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.

You are to contact the events manager on or before your date of Claim, Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre.
Yahoo/Msn Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 20 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.

These are your identification numbers:

Batch number…………………YM 09102XN
Reff number……………….….YM35447XN
Winning number……………….YM09788

These numbers fall within your Location file, you are requested to contact the events manager, send your winning identification numbers to him,to enable him verify your claims.How ever you will have to fill and submit this form to the events manager for verification & direction on how you can claim your winning fund.

1. Full name…………..

2. Contact Address……..

3. Age………………..

4. Telephone Number…….

5. Marital Status………

6. Sex………………..

7. Zip Code……………

8. Occupation………….

9. Company…………….
11.State:……………..

12.Country…………….

13.Nationality…………

14. Your Reference and Batch number at the top of this mail:

(CONTACT EVENTS MANAGER)

Name:Mr.Gran Louis

E-mail:verification_microsoft_dept00@yahoo.co.uk

Phone:+44-701-114-7415
Fax:+44-870-479-6623

Thank you and Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,

Mrs.Florina Bent

(Yahoo/Msn Lottery Games/Lottery Coordinator).

 

Here’s a music video you will appreciate. It’s from Nkem Owoh and is apparantly very popular in Africa. Heed the words “You are the Mugu I be the Masta”:

Watch Nkem Owoh - I go chop your Dollar

Alexei is doing the same as many before him. It’s just a Yukos Oil scam.

——– Original Message ——–
Subject: Good Day (05-Apr-2006 14:30)
From: alexeiz_178@katamail.com
To: xxx@xxx.xxx

Name:Alexei Zakharenko
Email:alexei_781@aushost.co.uk
Dear friend

I am Mr. Alexei Zakharenko a personal treasurer to Mikhail Khodorkovsky the Richest man in Russia and owner of the following companies: Chairman CEO: YUKOS OIL (Russian Largest Oil Company) Chairman CEO:Menatep SBP
Bank (A well reputable financial institution with it’s Branches all over the world)
SOURCE OF FUNDS:

I have a profiling amount in an excess of US$100.5M, which I seek your Partnership in accommodating for me. You will be rewarded with 4% of The total sum for your partnership. Can you be my partner on this? INTRODUCTION OF MY SELF As a personal consultant to him, authority Was handed over to me in transfer of money of an American oil merchant For his last oil deal with my boss Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

Already the funds have left the shore of Russia to an European private Bank where the final crediting is expected to be carried out. While I was on the process, My Boss got arrested for his Involvement in politics by financing the leading And opposing political parties (the Union of Right Forces,Led by Boris Nemtsov, and Yabloko, a liberal/social democratic party Led by Gregor Yavlinsky) which poses a treat to President Vladimir Putin Second Tenure as Russian president. You can catch more of the story on This website:
http://www.yukos.com
http://news.ft.com/cms/4bb9612a-d254-11d8-b661-00000e2511c8.html
http://www.hoovers.com/yukos/–ID__53700–/free-co-factsheet.xhtml
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4105663
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/
ap/20050531/ap_on_bi_ge/russia_khodorkovsky

YOUR ROLE: All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of the Above quoted Sum and I will re-profile the funds with your name, which will enable The European bank transfer the sum to you. I have decided to use this Sum to relocate to American
continent and never to be connected to any Of Mikhail Khodorkovsky conglomerates. As Soon as I confirm your readiness to conclude the transaction with me, I Will provide you with the details.

Thank you very much

Regards
Alexei Zakharenko (Mr)

NOTE; For confidetiality reply to my private email
alexei_781@aushost.co.uk

Tags: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Yukos Oil, 419 scam, Internet fraud

Phishing is not exactly something I know a lot about. But this time the E-Mail was so obvious, (I don’t have an account at the Chase) that I thought it a good idea to take a closer look at it.

The link in the E-Mail looked like this https://chaseonline.chase.com/accountservices.jsp. But in reality it was actually this http://www.the-drift.com/zboard/www.chaseonline.com/chase/chase/login.php

The website www.the-drift.com is a Korean website which looks like a motor racing portal. But the Chase clone (see above) looks like the real thing.

So if you are a Chase customer and are in a hurry, you could end up sending these crooks your bank details if you don’t take a closer look!

My impression is that the crooks are targeting the Chase. Up until recently, it was the Volksbank which was coming in regularly.

So my advice is, always take a second look at E-Mails from your bank. And if you are not sure, check the URL in your browser to see if it looks suspitious.

Above all if you are not sure, don’t enter your account details until you have spoken with your bank. It will save you a lot of worry and money too!

Two days ago I found a comment on my post about Achmed Abdul-Azeez, which I posted on the 17th of January, 2005.

The comment was not about Achmed, but about a so called security company called "Meridian Fiduciary", which was mentioned in the post. This comment included a link to a blog where the writer, who calls himself the "Internet Reporter", tells his story involving "Meridian Fiduciary".

The crooks he met there presented him with the famous "case full of dollars" and did the chemical trick on him. Needless to say, they got a lot of money from him.

If you read the story, you will recognise the psychological trick they used to keep him hooked. This works almost every time!

Although he writes that this is a new form of crime, this is not the case. The "case full of money" trick has been used for years, even before the Africans found the Internet.

It was just unfortunate that the "Internet Reporter" has never heard about this kind of fraud. The Internet Reporter: Reporting a not so new form of Internet Crime and Fraud

This goes to prove that you don’t have to get an e-mail to be a scam victim! Even if you "only" lose one dollar, you are still a victim and the scammers have won. Be sure to click on the link "mailmillion" and read the story. Skunkfeathers: Scam!

Tags: snailmail scam, fraud

If you have been following the Crime Online Blog for some time you will have seen this message a couple of times already.

To tell the truth I am not surprised that it keeps on cropping up. I has all the ingredients, a regretfull millionaire who wants to save his money from his greedy family and give it all to charity. And, if you help him you get some of the loot too!

I wonder how many have fallen for this one over the years.

——– Original Message ——–
Subject: RE:Support this noble venture (05-Mrz-2006 11:34)
From: harry11smith@yahoo.com
To: undisclosed-recipients

Hello Friend,

Your first reaction to this mail will be total rejection, scare and may be disbelief, owning largely to the atrocities people commit these days.

But this mail comes from a devastated, sorrowful and emotional laden soul that needs compassion from a kind and good spirited person to wipe away my tears and appropriate my dream and humanitarian gesture.

As you read this, I don’t want you to feel sorry for me, because, I believe everyone dies someday.My name is Harry Smith a merchant in Dubai,in the U.A.E.I worked with Zambian Ministry of Mining and Resources for eight years as a contractor,I have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer .It has defiled all forms of medical treatment,I am very worried as the doctors have informed me that its terminal.

I don’t know how much time I have left on earth, hence this mail to you.I have not particularly lived my life well, as I never really cared for anyone but my business. Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always hostile to people and only focused on my business as that was the only thing I cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world.

I believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live my life a different way from how I have lived it. Now that God has called me, I have willed and given most of my property and assets to my immediate and extended family members as well as a few close friends.

I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul hence, I decided to give alms to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the U.A.E,Algeria and Malaysia.

Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore. I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have there to charity organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan, they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not  to be content with what I have left for them.

The last of my money which no one knows of is the huge cash deposit of $2,000,000,00 that I have with a finance/Security Company abroad. I will want you to help me collect this deposit and dispatch it to charity organizations.

I have set aside 20% for you and for your time.

God be with you.
Harry Smith.

Tags: 419 scam, fraud, scam e-mail, fraud email

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