Scams like these

[ayebee]

I can't imagine anyone trying to fill in this one .... ??
Maybe it is so lacking any "hooks" that they want you to request clarification ??

 

[Major]

I am Sophia Clarke, a 78 years old widow. I was married to late Stephen Clarke, my late husband was from Sweden, who worked with Oil Company in United States for thirty years before he died in the year 2020 after a brief illness that lasted only few days. Following my ill health (Leukemia), my doctor told me that I may not live longer than required due to my health condition. I am looking forward to someone who I can entrust my husband's money to use for charitable works. More details will be made known to you upon your response.


Thank you,

May God Bless
Mrs. Sophia Clarke.

 

[Major]

United Bank for Africa


Head Office Address Uba House,
151 Museum,P.O. BOX 2406 Banjul,Gambia


I Am Mr. Saleh Dunoma the Chief Operating Officer united bank for
Africa , the international monetary fund (I.M.F.) in conjunction with
Organization of African Unity (O.A.U) is compensating all the scam
victims with $9.500.000.USD

And your email address was found in the scam victim's, the united bank
for Africa and Federal Reserve Bank has been mandated by the (I.M.F)
to pay your compensation ($9.500, 000.USD) in cash through means of
diplomatic courier service hand delivery,

Therefore, do forward your home address, direct phone to this email,
xx_xx_x[email protected]

Regards,
Mr Saleh Dunoma
Director cash processing unit
United Bank for Africa

contact this Email

 

[Jacques Vert]

I am Sophia Clarke, a 78 years old widow. I was married to late Stephen Clarke, my late husband was from Sweden, who worked with Oil Company in United States for thirty years before he died in the year 2020 after a brief illness that lasted only few days. Following my ill health (Leukemia), my doctor told me that I may not live longer than required due to my health condition. I am looking forward to someone who I can entrust my husband's money to use for charitable works. More details will be made known to you upon your response.


Thank you,

May God Bless
Mrs. Sophia Clarke.

Any of these messages that include "may God bless" or similar is almost certainly a scam; makes them easy to recognise.

 

[p--and--t]

Any of these messages that include "may God bless" or similar is almost certainly a scam; makes them easy to recognise.

Any offer of unsolicited significant sums of money is a scam (with or without a God bless)

 

[Buzzard]

United Bank for Africa


Head Office Address Uba House,
151 Museum,P.O. BOX 2406 Banjul,Gambia


I Am Mr. Saleh Dunoma the Chief Operating Officer united bank for
Africa , the international monetary fund (I.M.F.) in conjunction with
Organization of African Unity (O.A.U) is compensating all the scam
victims with $9.500.000.USD

And your email address was found in the scam victim's, the united bank
for Africa and Federal Reserve Bank has been mandated by the (I.M.F)
to pay your compensation ($9.500, 000.USD) in cash through means of
diplomatic courier service hand delivery,

Therefore, do forward your home address, direct phone to this email,
xx_xx_x[email protected]

Regards,
Mr Saleh Dunoma
Director cash processing unit
United Bank for Africa

contact this Email

You've got me confused now @Major, I thought you were Sophia

 

[VPS]

How did they know I was retired - if they knew that why didn't the fill the rest of the info in (and I'm not going to for a mealy $250k)

Hello Dear Beneficary...

Attention:
Your Email Address/Contact has nominated your name in our Database by the World Bank as one of the beneficiaries of the World Bank Lock down Palliatives in the global fight against the deadly Coronavirus. Note: Out of the 989,456 individuals nominated to receive the cash rewards in your country from the World Bank, 890,000 as at today have already received theirs in this first phase. Below are your payment details which you must quote in any correspondence with us.

I expected to hear from you as soon as possible to confirm that you received your funds so that we can pull your details out of our data payroll to enable us to concentrate on other payments.

Beneficiary No: WB-NEOC16409813

Pin Number: WB-02007577

Amount Due: US$250,000

Kindly send the below information for your claims.

1) Full Name:

2) Residential address:

3) Mobile No:

4) Age:

5) Sex:

6) Occupation: retired

Get back to me via below email: ([email protected]_) to disburse your payment worth US$250,000.



Warmest Regards.

Decker Michael

Executive officer

 

[JohnK]

I miss all these scams.

Outlook has been blocking most spam for the past month. Only 1-2 emails get through to Junk each day.

That's how it should be all the time.

 

[VPS]

Yeah nup

BTC Recovery Assistance

I'm contacting you from the Crypto Support Team. I can see that either you or your broker has opened an investment account with us a while ago. May I know why you are not logging into your Crypto Wallets? Is it an issue from your end? Or maybe a lack of Knowledge in the Crypto World? You may find the necessary account information below:

Account balance is 0.9 bitcoin and the current account status is DEACTIVATED.

*The following reasons are what led to the registration of your name in Blockchain:

1. The monies have been gathered in a recovery wallet and the account may have been made using your prior online trading experiences or any other online type of investment.

2- Between 2011 and 2016, Bitcoin and Blockchain were prevalent (on platforms, commercials, and online content), and 30% of our clients registered without even being aware of the outcomes. Several online games and platforms used to give out free Bitcoins as a promotion or gift, which greatly increased the public awareness of this crypto currency.

*Reactivation process: In order to reactivate your account, you must first prove that you are the account's owner and then WHITELIST your wallet in order to get the 0.9 BTC in compensation.

Your ultimate sum will include this portion of bitcoins, which you can withdraw at any moment.

If you want to reactivate your account and take a withdrawal of your balance, let us know. If not, let us know that you have no interest in your account so we can move on and close the matter.

Confirm your mobile number in order to get more details and move forward with this.

Please feel free to contact us with any queries or worries on our WhatsApp number: +447436781161.

Best Regards

 

[wandering_fred]

​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Please Update Your Payment Details.​

​ ​ ​ Dear Customer, We are sending you this email to inform you that we are unable to process the payment of the last owing bill. To fix that problem, You need to update your credit card in your account. Please keep the window ( SMS OTP CODE ) open on your browser if the Code is slow to be received.

Actually one reason I almost never use my phone for emails.,,,
And the desktop browser highlights where the link is going before you click it
So no I did not keep the window on my phone open long enough to allow everything to be downloaded
The link button said "Sign in my my telstra" and would have taken me somewhere in a cloud account
And I will continue wandering
Fred

 

[VPS]

Congratulations from the Jeff Skoll Foundation, your email won $3,000,000.00 USD


Dear Email ID Owner.

Congratulations from the Jeff Skoll Foundation. We are pleased to inform you that you are one of the lucky people to benefit and receive $3,000,000.00 USD from our Foundation's ongoing goodwill project (Grant/Donations Program). Is this message sent to a valid email account? Your email account was randomly selected from a massive pool to receive a cash donation of $3,000,000.00 from the Foundation.

Kindly contact our Attorney Raymond Arner Attorney via [email protected]_ for more comprehensive information about your donation fund payment.

Have a pleasant day.

Best regards,
Mr. Larry Brilliant,
Director, Jeff Skoll Foundation.

 

[knagelli]

Comdr. Abdul Katta
From:[email protected]


Tue, 23 Jul at 6:31 am

For your security, we have disabled links in this email. If you believe it is safe to use, mark this message as not spam.
Interpol Office.
Police Nationale

RESPECT SIR/MA

The Fibabanka have issued a MASTERCARD on your name which will enable you to have full access to your funds and you have been advised to immediately write to the bank to process delivery of the card to your address. If you delay further, the IMF will confiscate the funds.

Write them immediately.

Send email to: [email protected]
Fibabanka

Yours Sincerely,
Comdr. Abdul Katta

 

[Flyfrequently]

Sms - someone (not me) online shopping whilst watching the Matilda's this morning
Then an email at 3.44am

Followed up with Amex this morning. 2 attempts to fraudulently use my a/c.
Card now cancelled, new one on it's way. Nuisance ++ but necessary.

 

[VPS]

Comdr. Abdul Katta
From:[email protected]


Tue, 23 Jul at 6:31 am

For your security, we have disabled links in this email. If you believe it is safe to use, mark this message as not spam.
Interpol Office.
Police Nationale

RESPECT SIR/MA

The Fibabanka have issued a MASTERCARD on your name which will enable you to have full access to your funds and you have been advised to immediately write to the bank to process delivery of the card to your address. If you delay further, the IMF will confiscate the funds.

Write them immediately.

Send email to: [email protected]
Fibabanka

Yours Sincerely,
Comdr. Abdul Katta

It is a good idea to remove hyperlinks before posting so nobody can actually click on an email or a link

 

[p--and--t]

 

[VPS]

Pathetic attempt - wasn't even filled out with how to contact them

 

[Forg]

Lame attempt from some "wine club" today.
Called me & asked whether it was a good time ... I said no, and also that we're moving so I'm not buying ... then he started trying REALLY hard to sell me, so I just hung up.

 

[SYD]

Lame attempt from some "wine club" today.
Called me & asked whether it was a good time ... I said no, and also that we're moving so I'm not buying ... then he started trying REALLY hard to sell me, so I just hung up.

Would it have been something like “wine concierge”? I ended up on their call list and yes, really pushy.

I haven’t worked out which winery or wine supplier they’re linked with to get off the call list.

 

[VPS]

Ooh my gov has changed their email address

 

[Forg]

Would it have been something like “wine concierge”? I ended up on their call list and yes, really pushy.

I haven’t worked out which winery or wine supplier they’re linked with to get off the call list.

I’m pretty sure that’s them.

I was given a little card over 5 years ago, I think it was in with one of those Hello Fresh or similar boxes of ingredients & recipes. Something like $100 value of wine, but you had to sign up. I did. And I’m pretty sure where this comes from (have had it before).