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Fake Michael Jackson Facebook Email

adm1n — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:53:26 -0500

This is a "great" one to face out all those facebook users.

The original email has an MJ picture, but that is not included here. If you clicked the link it would take you to an executable file, not a .jpg as you are led to believe.

The email shows from facebook staff:

The big difference in visual here is the original email uses an ugly big font, most real facebook emails come in plain text like this.

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Hello.
The facebook team want to pay a small tribute to the King Of Pop Michael Jackson by offering you a picture of the pop star. By clicking o

Fake itunes email

adm1n — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:40:10 -0500

It was bound to happen, and expect it to get worse: fake itunes account emails.

The email we received is fortunately NOT a virus but a sales email for some "performance enhancement"...but it is still BS

The email is an html email (vs. text) so you won't see a good representation of it here, but you will get the gist:
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To: yyy@zzzz.com
Subj: Your iTunes Account #371416

Hello,
Shipped privately and discreetly to your door!

Hello!

Shipped Privately And Discreetly To Your Door!

We want to put a great big grin on your face in 2009. You'll be to rejoice all year.

Fake Email Scam Reward

adm1n — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:34:20 -0500

Wow, rewards for the scammed, by the scammers previous UPS scam email.

Don't believe any of this:

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Good day,
This programme is awarded for all victims who were previously scammed by the internet fraudsters ,the Financial Commitee of the UN-HABITAT Programme have deposited your Settlement Check Parcel of $500,000.00 USD with Reference Number UN013-0156/UPS-UN-HABITAT to the United Parcel Service of Nigeria (UPS) You are to contact the United Parcel Service of Nigeria (UPS) for more information

PLEASE SEND YOUR :1FULL NAMES 2ADDRESS 3COUNTRY 4AGE 5SEX. 6 TELEPHONE NUMBER

Scam Paypal email

adm1n — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:51:10 -0500

This scam email is so poorly done, I truly hope nobody has fallen for this scam paypal email. Notice the URL's are not even paypal?????

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From: paypal.notify@43052.com
Subj: Message Regarding Your Paypal Account

Security Center Advisory!

PayPal is constantly working to ensure security by screening accounts daily in our system. We recently reviewed your account, and we need you to verify information to help us provide you with secure service. Until we can collect this information, your access to sensitive account features will be limited or terminated. We would like to restore your access as soon as possible, and we apologize for the inconvenience.

Who's Who scam email

adm1n — Mon, 25 May 2009 21:18:34 -0500

Sometimes I get multiple scam emails from the same group, but with small changes that quickly helps me validate the emails really are scams.

A perfect example are the two following Who's Who scam emails.

You should be suspicious when...
--Your email is not in the To: block
--You have no clue as to why you are receiving the email
--Anchor text differs from the actual link location
Key note here, if you look at the links in the emails below, all the links take you to the same web page, even the "remove me from your list" link.

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Fake Ford Email

adm1n — Mon, 25 May 2009 10:48:42 -0500

Here's a new one for the books, a fake email from Ford. There is an attachement made to look like a PDF, note the extension, .pdf.html.

We have not clicked this link, but it is very likely a trojan horse virus injection.

Don't click the link.

Fake scam email follows:
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Subj: Ford Motor Company OFFERS: 35% discount to purchase a new car

Dear Mr/Ms,

Due to the World Economy Recession, Ford Motor Company, Inc undergo a statistic fall in Sales and result in a drastic financial crisis this last season.

The Government has given us the opportunity to bounce back on our feet, but unfortunately we have not achieved the fund necessary.

Lottery Scam Email

adm1n — Sun, 24 May 2009 12:56:23 -0500

One of many European scam lottery winning announcements. Do not fall for these. Example below:
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From: WORLD ASIA FREE LOTTO [ronw@geo.igp.gob.pe]
Subj: WORLD ASIA FREELOTTO CHARITY DONATIONS 2009

WORLD ASIA FREELOTTO CHARITY DONATIONS 2009 FREELOTTO ASIA SDN. BHD.
www.freelotto.com
Tell:+85585685153

WORLD ASIA FREELOTTO NOTIFICATION

This is to inform you that your Email address have won a prize money of Two Million United States Dollars, ($2,000,000.00)for this year Asia Free lotto 2009 Lottery.

These are your identification numbers:

Webmail Scam Email

adm1n — Sat, 23 May 2009 20:55:26 -0500

This stuff is getting tricky. This scam email is a fake trying to get you to send personal info so they can better guess any password info you have. Don't fall for it.
Scam email follows:
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From: Webmail Closing Down [ronw@geo.igp.gob.pe]
Subj: Warning!!

Dear Customer

This Email is from webmail Customer Care and we are sending it to every WebmailEmail User Accounts Owner for safety. We are having congestion's due to the anonymous registration of web mail accounts so we are shutting down some webmail accounts and your account was among those to be deleted.

Fake Webmail Account Email

adm1n — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:47:16 -0500

Scam webmail account email follows, do not believe what you read below:

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From: Webmail Team [webmail@maintenance.org]
Subj: Dear User
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Dear User

This mail is to notify all users that the site will be undergoing upgrade in a couple of days from now.

Hence, as a user of our site, you are required to send us your email account details to enable us acknowledge account activeness Furthermore, be informed that we will be deleting all mail account that is not active so as to create more space for new users.
Therefore you are advice to send us your mail account details As requested below to :microsoftsinformation@webmail.co.za

Austin Brendan Scam email

adm1n — Wed, 06 May 2009 08:30:42 -0500

More get rich quick scam emails. Read and heed.
The scam email is below:
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From: ausbren_1984@centrum.cz
Subj: From Austin Brendan.

From Austin Brendan.
P.O. Box 201 Abidjan.
Abidjan-Ivory coast.

Dear,

Pls, I need your kind urgent attention! I am reaching you with faith to solicit for your kind assistance to help me achieve good plan for investment in your country, I inherited the sum of $16.7 Million Dollars, from my late parents which I want to transfer into your safe account. This money which I inherited from my late parents, I want to use it for investment in your country, and also want you to help me come over to your country after the successful transfer to your account, I am contacting you for an investment purpose which I will highly need your full assistance.