Scams like these

[AustraliaPoochie]

In reply to stm1sydney, heh, funny, in that the sender of the sms number and the number in the message are different.

 

[dajop]

Assistant Inspection Director
Bellingham International Airport
Bellingham, WA 98226, United States
Email: [email protected]

Hello Good Friend,

I have very vital information to give to you, but first I must have your trust before I review it because it may cost me my job, so I need somebody
that I can trust for me to be able to review the secret to you. I am Markus George Sr, head of luggage/baggage storage facilities here at the
Bellingham International Airport Ferndale Washington during my search for undelivered parcels I discovered an abandoned shipment from a Diplomat from Nairobi, Kenya and when scanned it revealed an undisclosed sum of money in a metal trunk box. The consignment was abandoned because the Contents of the consignment was not properly declared by the consignee as“MONEY” rather it was declared as personal effect to avoid interrogation and also the inability of the diplomat to pay for the United States Non Inspection Charges which is $3,800USD. On my assumption the consignment is still left in our Storage House here at the Bellingham International Airport Ferndale Washington till date. The details of the consignment including your name, your email address and the official documents fromthe United Nations office in Geneva are tagged on the Trunk box.

However, to enable me confirm if you are the actual recipient of this consignment as the assistant director of the Inspection Unit, I will
advise you provide your full information as Below:

FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:
COUNTRY:
NEAREST AIRPORT:

To enable me to cross check if it corresponds with the address on the official documents including the name of the nearest Airport around your
city. Please note that this consignment is supposed to have been returned to the United States Treasury Department as unclaimed delivery due to the delays in concluding the clearance processes so as a result of this, I will not be able to receive your details on my official email account. So
in order words to enable me to cross check your details, I will advise you to send the required details to my private email address for quick
processing and response. Once I confirm you as the actual recipient of the trunk box, I can get everything concluded within 48hours upon your
acceptance and proceed to your address for delivery.

Lastly, be informed that the reason I have taken it upon myself to contact you personally about this abandoned consignment is because I want us to transact this business and share the money 70% for you and 30% for me since the consignment has not yet been returned to the United States
Treasury Department after being abandoned by the diplomat so immediately the confirmation is made, I will go ahead and pay for the United States Non Inspection Fee of $3,800 dollars and arrange for the box to be delivered to your doorstep Or I can bring it by myself to avoid any more trouble but you have to assure me of my 30% share.

I wait to hear from you urgently if you are still alive and I will appreciate it if we can keep this deal confidential.

Thank you.

Markus George Sr.
Assistant Inspection Director
Bellingham International Airport
Bellingham, WA 98226, United States.

 

[OATEK]

 

[VPS]

Another new text

 

[OZDUCK]

Assistant Inspection Director
Bellingham International Airport
Bellingham, WA 98226, United States
Email: [email protected]

Hello Good Friend,

I have very vital information to give to you, but first I must have your trust before I review it because it may cost me my job, so I need somebody
that I can trust for me to be able to review the secret to you. I am Markus George Sr, head of luggage/baggage storage facilities here at the
Bellingham International Airport Ferndale Washington during my search for undelivered parcels I discovered an abandoned shipment from a Diplomat from Nairobi, Kenya and when scanned it revealed an undisclosed sum of money in a metal trunk box. The consignment was abandoned because the Contents of the consignment was not properly declared by the consignee as“MONEY” rather it was declared as personal effect to avoid interrogation and also the inability of the diplomat to pay for the United States Non Inspection Charges which is $3,800USD. On my assumption the consignment is still left in our Storage House here at the Bellingham International Airport Ferndale Washington till date. The details of the consignment including your name, your email address and the official documents fromthe United Nations office in Geneva are tagged on the Trunk box.

However, to enable me confirm if you are the actual recipient of this consignment as the assistant director of the Inspection Unit, I will
advise you provide your full information as Below:

FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:
COUNTRY:
NEAREST AIRPORT:

To enable me to cross check if it corresponds with the address on the official documents including the name of the nearest Airport around your
city. Please note that this consignment is supposed to have been returned to the United States Treasury Department as unclaimed delivery due to the delays in concluding the clearance processes so as a result of this, I will not be able to receive your details on my official email account. So
in order words to enable me to cross check your details, I will advise you to send the required details to my private email address for quick
processing and response. Once I confirm you as the actual recipient of the trunk box, I can get everything concluded within 48hours upon your
acceptance and proceed to your address for delivery.

Lastly, be informed that the reason I have taken it upon myself to contact you personally about this abandoned consignment is because I want us to transact this business and share the money 70% for you and 30% for me since the consignment has not yet been returned to the United States
Treasury Department after being abandoned by the diplomat so immediately the confirmation is made, I will go ahead and pay for the United States Non Inspection Fee of $3,800 dollars and arrange for the box to be delivered to your doorstep Or I can bring it by myself to avoid any more trouble but you have to assure me of my 30% share.

I wait to hear from you urgently if you are still alive and I will appreciate it if we can keep this deal confidential.

Thank you.

Markus George Sr.
Assistant Inspection Director
Bellingham International Airport
Bellingham, WA 98226, United States.

Well at least they put a bit of effort into writing up this one. Perhaps they have just finished a creative writing course?

 

[SYD]

Another new text

View attachment 333106

Is that even English?

 

[VPS]

Is that even English?

I think some of the words are - they just haven't got them to be comprehensible

 

[MelMel]

I had a phone call today to alert me to two attempted international transactions on my Credit card. They new my name, but the fatal error was to say they were from the "Visa & Mastercard Fraud centre". One or the other, but please, not both!

I’ve had this one, I was in the mood to play along. I asked which bank was the credit card with. They faffed around so I asked again “which bank is the card with” they paused and said “Commonwealth” nope wrong answer “goodbye”

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Is that even English?

African English.

 

[JohnK]

@dajop has anyone ever followed up this type scam? Are they after money or verify contact details to sell?

So noble of them to keep the funds for you.

 

[Forg]

@dajop has anyone ever followed up this type scam? Are they after money or verify contact details to sell?

So noble of them to keep the funds for you.

They add your details to a batch they onsell of course, but if you contact them their next step is to get some money out of you.

 

[JohnK]

They add your details to a batch they onsell of course, but if you contact them their next step is to get some money out of you.

Selling contact details I can understand.

But anyone sending them money so they can release millions to them is just plain silly.

 

[Forg]

Selling contact details I can understand.

But anyone sending them money so they can release millions to them is just plain silly.

I thought that when I first heard about that scam … a scam which may even have originated before the WWW existed, via snail-mail.

 

[Ade]

I must have got distracted and forgot to provide my address… very nice of them to get back to me eh

 

[Ade]

 

[OZDUCK]

I received another one of the blackmail e-mails today claiming that my PC has been infected and there is incriminating video etc etc.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Block and delete is the only way to solve it.
All the better if you can/are able to go into "raw messages" and find the original generating email sender, and block that.
I have tried raw message decoding, but its too complicated.
Though some of those anti spam providers do state there is a way to block the real "first top" sender of that email.

 

[VPS]

And another - didn't know which of my kids it was (oh that's right I don't have any)

 

[Flyfrequently]

And another - didn't know which of my kids it was (oh that's right I don't have any)

You are welcome to have one of ours @VPS

 

[SYD]

You are welcome to have one of ours @VPS

The one that keeps losing their phone down the bog?