SCAMMERS !

[4mastacker]

Mrs 4ma has received a voice mail message from Edinburgh Sheriff Court - t'was one of them synthesised voices informing her that a warrant had been issued for her arrest for non-payment of a fine. We left Scotland in 1979 so they're a bit late dealing with whatever she is supposed to have done.

[Pontius Navigator]

I am short of a bob or two, anyone want to take up this offer? It seems perfectly legit and only $200 required.

This is Mr. Edwards Ellis the Former United States Ambassador to the

Federal Republic of Nigeria, I came down here in Abuja-Nigeria for an

ECO WAS meeting and I was searching for some files that I left in this

office before I left and found out that you have not received your

fund, and I asked the present ambassador Mary Beth Leonard what

happened that you have not receive your fund and she said that you

refused to pay the required fee for the delivery of your ATM CARD.

I'm contacting you this morning because the director of the ATM CARD

center here in Nigeria said that they will deliver your ATM CARD to the

Government Treasury just because you cannot pay for the service fee of

your ATM CARD which is $200 only according to them.But I told them to

wait until I hear from you today so that I will know the reason why

you rejected such amount of money $10.5M which will change your life

just because of $200 .which will cover up every expenses and ease the

fast delivery of your consignment.

I want your urgent response as soon as you receive this email and

explain to me the reason why you have abandon your ATM CARD because of

$200 which will cover up every expenses and ease the fast delivery

of your consignment. But if you don't need it then I can change your

name to another person so that this Government will not claim this

money but I know that you will love to have it.

therefore i had acquire all the legal documents from a very high

respected authority (Federal Ministry of Finance) and they had granted

me a fund release order and ownership certificate of the fund in your

favor. Mr. Edwards Ellis Former United States Ambassador is writing to

bring to your Notice that today the Ministry of Finance has approved

your ATM CARD.the $200 only which will cover up every expenses and

ease the fast delivery of your consignment.and you have to send the

$200 today by World Remit and that is only money you have to send for

you to receive your ATM CARD.that contain the sum of $10.5 million

dollars in next 4 days the $200 which will cover up every expenses you

need to do and ease the fast delivery of your consignment.

Please my dear I want to help you to receive this fund because it was

a big shock to me that you have not receive your ATM CARD and withdraw

your money for years now and I'm very sorry for that and you will

receive your fund before the end of this meeting which will take us 4

days and I will be here to monitor it until you receive your fund. Mr.

Edwards Ellis the Former United States Ambassador to the United the

director of the ATM CARD center here in Nigeria

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your full details.


1) FULL NAMES: .........................

2) DELIVERY ADDRESS:..............

3) PHONE NUMBER....................

4) COUNTRY:...............................


Best Regards,
Mr. Edwards Ellis
From United States Former Ambassador to the Republic of Nigeria Direct line: +1 409 344 5863
PHONE: +234-8086174702
Email: edwardsellis718@gmail.com

[PHXPhlyer]

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CH ... 2&dpr=1.88

The area code is southeast Texas but he seems to have many numbers and email addresses.

PP

[Pontius Navigator]

It really beggars belief that someone is so stupid as to send out these messages that are so poorly scripted that they show 'undisclosed recipients'. And over such a long period with identical names and expect it to work.

Even more that someone somewhere must actually respond and send the money.

At least the supposed bank president in one scam was actually spoofing the real bank president.

Now if the scammer said they were a bank clerk and had found a way of skimming $1 000 per week and needed an overseas account to send the money and for you to send it back to a different account at $3,000 per month......

Now that might be tempting especially if they seeded the scam with $10.

[Pontius Navigator]

Received an email from pkeller@trebnet.com, Patricia Keller. She was unable to reach me by phone so sent the email with a Voicemail.mp3 file.

Duly forwarded to the spam cops

Voicemail recording file formats are normally something like a.wav.au or.MP3. When clicked, the.html file opens to show a spoofed form asking for a password. If you enter a password it will be stolen and used for other nefarious deeds. Cybercriminals recognise that users often reuse passwords for a variety of online accounts.
It’s a Message in an Email: The Voicemail Scam - The ...
thedefenceworks.com/blog/its-a-message-in-an-email-the-voicemail-scam/

[jimtherev]

In the last month or so I've been getting about a message a day allegedly from Docusign, containing an invoice.
Anyone else met these people?
I delete without opening anything of course, but their persistence irritates & puzzles me.

[llondel]

I've had a load of Docusign cr*p, my spam filter eats it all. Having said that, I don't think they've bothered me for just over a month now. I do get a lot of property spam for various places, most recently Merseyside, Manchester and Marbella

[Woody]

In the last month or so I've been getting about a message a day allegedly from Docusign, containing an invoice.
Anyone else met these people?
I delete without opening anything of course, but their persistence irritates & puzzles me.

Docusign is a genuine company, honest guv, several multi nationals use them, but I wouldn’t just sign a random link that I wasn’t expecting.

[Pontius Navigator]

In the last month or so I've been getting about a message a day allegedly from Docusign, containing an invoice.
Anyone else met these people?
I delete without opening anything of course, but their persistence irritates & puzzles me.

Docusign is a genuine company, honest guv, several multi nationals use them, but I wouldn’t just sign a random link that I wasn’t expecting.

The company may be genuine but is the email?

If you can look at the hidden message, message options, in Outlook, you can find the true details.

Mr Ellis I mentioned was revealed as seascoast or similar.

[Pontius Navigator]

Just had a call from my energy supplier in response to an email I sent yesterday; very likely a genuine call.

"Could I just ask you some security questions?"

"No, you called me."

She is now replying by email to my email. You never know if your email was intercepted is one thing, but an email from them is 'hard copy'.

[G-CPTN]

Caller wanting to renew the warranty cover on a boiler that was installed in at least 1970 (and that had no warranty cover).
I left that property 13 years ago and the buyer ripped-out the heating.

[Pontius Navigator]

G CPTN, obviously genuine

[Smeagol]

Caller wanting to renew the warranty cover on a boiler that was installed in at least 1970 (and that had no warranty cover).
I left that property 13 years ago and the buyer ripped-out the heating.

I have received several similar calls wanting to renew cover on a washing machine that has only had the statutory one year manufacturers warranty. If I am feeling chatty I have a conversation with them, just to waste their time. Sometimes, when challenged, they get quite insistent that they are not scammers and insist they offer something genuine.

[G-CPTN]

The thing is, the caller has my name and (old) address from 13 years ago (I kept the same telephone number when we moved).

[Pontius Navigator]

Mrs PN just got this:Return-Path: <barrymorgan885@gmail.com>
Delivered-To: 3@483147

Dear Client;

We emailed you before about a Will that has your name but you did not respond and we were wondering, until we were able to detect in our IT department that the first email was not delivered to you because of a network problem.

Nonetheless, get back to us as soon as possible with your details below to enable our lawyer, Dale J. Hanson to send you a copy of the Will for your inspection and also give you more information on how you should claim your Bequest Funds immediately.

Your Names:
Address:
Phone:
Age:

Sincerely, we are sorry for this late notification of the fund that was supposed to have been paid out to you before now.

Yours sincerely,


For once it is well written if a little stilted. Undisclosed recipients is the first clue. But the worst boo boo is the Dale J Hanson. Dale is an uncommon name in UK and who, except Americans would putDale J Hanson?

[Pontius Navigator]

Diverting day today Li Siyao, a 36 year old, divorced company director with a 5 year old son in Beijing called me on WhatsApp, asked why was in her phone book.

She asked what I did, what I earned, what my pension was etc. Eventually the subject of Bitcoin came up and she had an impressive sum in her account.

She hand held me through the process to the point of buying in to Bitcoin. As it was, it was a bit of a faff and I lost interest.

I asked her why she had a New York phone number. She said she visited NY last year. Yeah RIGHT so her WhatsApp number stays as NY?

I suppose she could have a WhatsApp account on a phone setup in NY, but can a Chinese national in PRC have a WhatsApp account?

"WhatsApp is owned by Facebook, which is also blocked in China. Since Facebook is unwilling to give the Chinese government permission to moderate and censor messages on WhatsApp, they blocked it."

She says she is using a VPN. Mmm, maybe

[Pontius Navigator]

This supposed company director of her own cosmetics company messaged me at lunchtime Beijing, having gone to bed at 0100 there time, to carry on with 'coaching' me, a complete stranger, on Bitcoin.

At each stage she asked for a screen shot. At some point I am sure she would have got enough information to perpetrate the scam.

It is 3 hours since she messaged me. Will she try nearer the time she first called yesterday?

[Pontius Navigator]

Two hours later, another message saying she hadn't got my reply. Early evening know. She didn't go to bed for another 5 hours yesterday.

[CremeEgg]

New one today. An Arabic sounding gentleman who has around $2.5m in gold and around $13m in jewellery - naturally enough already held by a courier company. He'd give me 40% if I could help him out by sending a helicopter to rescue him and his family from 20km outside Kabul. I imagine the hire rates are rather high at present and doubt that even 40% would cover my costs. Unless of course UP or C16 fancy a little Christmas holiday?

[Pontius Navigator]

Sounds genuine.