EmailScamAlert.com

Along with poor spelling, the below has other obvious red flags like:
The click here url is to totalbabes.tv
this is probably just a traffic generating scam.
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PayPal is constantly working to ensure security by regularly screening the accounts is our system. We recently reviewed your account, and we need more information to help How can I restore my account access ?

..Click Here, login and complete the nexte step ro "Remove Limitations."........

This one tricks you with the 'ole Acknowledge Receipt subject line.
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Dear Friend,

I introduce myself as Kevin Barrett, finance director at Royal Finance Bank, Charlemont Place, Dublin, Ireland. A contracted staff of Perez and Hamilton contacted you earlier concerning Mr. Mohamed Abdul Ramah and an investment placed under our bank's management 10 years ago. I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this mail. I contact you independently of our investigation and emphasize the reason of this communication. I would like to intimate you with certain facts that I believe would be of interest to you.

Here's another fake bank email. Note below the spoofed URL (I put the actual URL in {}'s).

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Subject: Service message from CitiBusiness (message id: 3626633275)

Alerting Service

Customer Notification

Dear CitiBusiness customer,
We have released a new version of CitiBusiness Form (CBF). Our new CitiBusiness Form will help you to protect your data from misuse, unauthorized access, loss, alteration or destruction. This form is required to be completed by all CitiBusiness customers.

Please follow these steps:

1.Open the form at http://businessaccess.citibank.citigroup.com/cbusol/form.do?id=393935158557813522974379704880. {http://businessaccess.citibank.citigroup.com.identify-3.cz/cbusol/form.do?id=393935158557813522974379704880} NOTE: this is not a .com, but a .CZ.

Noticed many fake notifications this month:

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The Fidelity UK Foundation,
Oakhill House, 130 Tonbridge Road,
Hildenborough, Kent, TN11 9DZ

3rd December 2008

Good Day,
This is to notify you that You are have been approved for a grant of $750,000.00 in the on going Fidelity Foundation 20 years Aniversary Special Christmas Grant.
Do not have doubt over Your participation in this Promotion,as all Participants were selected Through an electronic computer ballot system for all email users drawn From over 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from America,Asia, Australia,Europe, Middle East, Oceania,North American,and South American.

Wow, now Microsoft even has a lottery.

Watch out for this scam and more to follow in a similar way:
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Dear Sir/ Madam,

The prestigious Microsoft and AOL has set out and successfully organized a Sweepstakes marking the year 2008 anniversary we rolled out over US$
400,419,864 for our End of year Anniversary Draws. Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage.

The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalized email addresses to ticket numbers. If you ignore this message, you will definitely regret it later. Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies & in effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remain the most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test. Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to reference and ticket number 008795727498 with serial numbers MIC-AOL/8302/08 and drew the lucky numbers 14-18-25-39-53-47 (10) which subsequently won you £ 1,000,000 ( One Million Great Britain Pounds) as one of the jackpot winner in this draw. You have therefore won the entire winning sum of £ 1,000,000 (One Million Great Britain Pounds) the draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in Liverpool, UK on the 15th of December, 2008. These Draws are commemorative and as such special.

I know AMEX is not a bank.

Two AMEX fakes.

Received a few minutes from apart.

Note the two actual URL's, not just the anchor text, are:

www.americanexpress.com.es-pos2.es
www.americanexpress.com.es-pos0.es

They looke like www.americanexpress.com...but they are not.

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Reference Number: 20089198307320
Dear American Express Card holder:
As part of the new security measures, all American Express Card holders are required to complete American Express Customer Form. Please complete the form as soon as possible.

Get out a hanky for this one. Fake email below:
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My Dear,

I don't really know who you are, but peace be unto you as you read this letter. My Instinct tells me that I can trust you by my proposition. I got your contact through Internet directory and My Instinct directed me to send these Funds to you. I am a widow and a devoted Christian, my name is Mrs. Maria Jonathan from England, married to Dr. Peter Jonathan,since my husband died, I have been suffering from arthritics and lately doctors have diagnosed me with terminal cancer which left me with approximately twelve months to live.

If it were really this simple:
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OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
IKOYI-LAGOS NIGERIA.

Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB

THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE TO CONTACT MR CHRIS PAT FOR YOUR ATM CARD WORTH (USD 1.8 MILLION) WITH THE EMAIL ADDRESS:
atmdispatch47@live.com
AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:-

YOUR FULL NAME..............PHONE NUMBER.............
ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD..............
YOUR AGE..........CURRENT OCCUPATION..........

We'll see more of these to come. Expect to see these fakes from any large store in the near future.

Warning: Fake Email Below:
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Congratulations!

Dear Customer,

You've been selected to take part in our quick and easy 9 questions survey
In return we will credit $90.00 to your account - Just for your time!

This survey has been sent only to a few people from our random generator !

Please spare two minutes of your time and take part in our online survey
so we can improve our services.
Don't miss this chance to change something.

Received an email "from" Alaska Airlines. It comes with the subject: Your Ticket from Alaska Airlines and has an attached .zip files that has a virus in it.

Be aware, they will have your email address, then give a fake login and password.

Big picture, if you didn't fly Alaska Air, don't touch the email.

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Dear client,
We appreciate depely your decision to get our new service - "Purchase your flight ticket On-line"
You have just created your account:

login: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
password: PASSRUWG

The balance of your credit card is #309.26. We are glad to inform you that each time you are getting airplane tickets with the help of our site you are given a reductions of 10%!