World of Warcraft - Account Authenticator‏ *SCAM*

 Now this is a scam mail that really warms the heart. You can just feel the sincerity and genuine concern flowing with every word. My favorite part is : Through our company's research and investigation to xxx customers, we will make the following decisions: we launch a package of updated code strengthen system and dynamic code protection card which can effectively prevent the accounts invaded. We will send this package of code protection system to players free of charge. Wasn't that wonderful? So anyway ya they claim they are going to upgrade our Authenticator for free! That sounds great but I really don't think that Blizzard wants "peng yue" from China doing this for them. He is the owner of battle-security-account.net which is linked to from this email.


Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:38:02 +0800

Return-Path: Nave_Porkchops@hotmail.com

Greetings!

Recently, the problem of account invasion is getting worse and worse which cause enormous players’ equipments and virtual currency stolen. This severely damages the benefits of mass players, also causes our company lose a lot of customers.
Our company has to adopt some measures to safeguard our common benefits in order to strengthen the safety of mass players'accounts, and firmly resist the account to be stolen again. Through our company's research and investigation to xxx customers, we will make the following decisions: we launch a package of updated code strengthen system and dynamic code protection card which can effectively prevent the accounts invaded. We will send this package of code protection system to players free of charge.
Please open this connection: 
If your account passes the check successfully, we will send this package of dynamic code protection card to you in the form of e-mail.
In 3 days after you receiving the e-mail, if you don't submit your information, we have right to freeze your account, every player is obligated to protect the safety of the account. You must work together with us to be determined to crack down all the behaviors of destroying games.
If you had already authenticator your account, please disregard this automatic notification.
Regards,
The World of Warcraft Support Team
Blizzard Entertainment

World of Warcraft - Account Management‏ *SCAM*

I give these scammers some credit on this one, they are at least practicing their Engrish very hard. With that said lets see where they are leading us to tonight. Oh look its us.battle.net.login.battle-accout.net again, the site that is not owned by Blizzard. The owner of this site goes by "saes" from HeFei, AnHui, China. Simply logging into this site will give your account to them.

Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:14:09 +0800

Return-Path: rowendilorien@yahoo.com

Greetings, 

***Please read this e-mail carefully, as it is related to your account state of World of Warcraft ID.
Deathwing the Destroyer returns to Azeroth. There is a serious saturation point in the World of Warcraft ID(s) and it is very difficult for players to creat a role. That we may delete some of the same as role's ID(s) to ensure to get a better gaming experience for players.
Sorry, because the part ID(s) which is not logged on ,for a long time. For our regular check may cause your ID(s) is cleared. We need you to submit the further questionnaire in person. In order to confirm that you are still in Azeroth. Please click


Login to your account, In accordance following template to verify your account.
*We look forward to seeing you back in Azeroth.
Once we verify your account, we will reply to your e-mail informing you that we have given up deleting.
Game Masters:
Game Masters (GMs) are Blizzard Entertainment personnel that are available in-game to assist you with your gameplay related questions, problems, etc. Learn more about Game Masters, including how to contact them at
Best regards,
World of Warcraft Account Administration Team /
Blizzard Entertainment

Too Many Attempts Warning No.68‏ *World of Warcraft SCAM*

Finally a different mail has arrived. Now the scammers are claiming somebody has tried to hack my account and it is now locked. This seems somewhat believable considering I talk to phishing mails all day. Lets login to restore my account and see how it goes.  Right away this does not look good, the address bar says blizzard.warcraft.info-review-management.net. Lets see who owns this site, oh look its our buddy "feng feng" from Zhengzhou China the same guy that owns at least 149 other domains. He is probably willing to sell you some gold too if you managed to not get hacked by him.

Subject: Too Many Attempts Warning No.68

Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 03:44:43 +0800

 Dear customer,
Due to suspicious activity, your Battle.net account has been locked. You tried to login your account too many times (403). We are concerned about whether your account has been stolen. In order to guarantee the legitimacy of your account, we need you follow these steps:
Step 1: Secure Your Computer
In the event that your computer has been infected with malicious software such as a keylogger or trojan, simply changing your password may not deter future attacks without first ensuring that your computer is free from these programs. Please visit our Account Security website to learn how to secure your computer from unauthorized access.
Step 2: Secure Your E-mail Account
After you have secured your computer, check your e-mail filters and rules and look for any e-mail forwarding rules that you did not create. For more information on securing your e-mail account, visit our Support page.
Step 3: Restore access to Your account
We now provide a secure link for you to verify whether you have taken the appropriate steps to secure the account, your computer, and your email address. Please follow this site to restore the access to your account:
If you still have questions or concerns after following the steps above, feel free to contact Customer Support at
Sincerely,
The Battle.net Account Team
Online Privacy Policy

Message ID iqrtttfyrakvnbdkfmslms6gmqtog2kb3tgpdgzuhf3w

Identity ID aga9yihnhulti8gmmsjzxmq7ehpj4ugchjomss2dtvmk

Follow up with Mr.Ali ElBaradei the SCAMMER

  

From: Ali ElBaradei alielbaradei01@skymail.mn

Return-Path: alielbaradei01@skymail.mn

I received your last message/response. I wish to further let you know that the transaction is 100% risk free because the transfer documents and funds deposit documents will be changed to your name as the beneficiary of the funds so that all you will have to do is to present yourself at the HALIFAX BANK, U.K to claim the funds as yours. Or you can contact them with the proof of funds and request that the wire the funds to your nominated bank account. The funds deposit documents arte genuine and they can easily be notarized and changed to your name as the beneficiary of the funds. If you still wish to proceed with the transaction, kindly contact me and provide to me your direct/personal details such as;

YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS,

OCUPATION

AGE

SEX

DIRECT MOBILE NUMBER

With these details, we can will notarize the funds deposit documents and change it to your name as the beneficiary of the funds so that the HALIFAX BANK, U.K can transfer the funds to your nominated bank account.

I will expect your soonest response with the needed details.

My best regards,

Mr. Ali.

Reply Immediately to ymsnteam@hotmail.com‏-Yahoomsn Lottery Promo *SCAM*

Sweet this is the fourth lottery I have won this week. Now "Yahoomsn" is giving away money to random email addresses. I guess using Hotmail really does pay well! To be honest this is another phishing attempt and a rather boring one.

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:07:12 -0700

Received: Yahoomsn Lottery Promo lottery-------15@sbcglobal.net 

Yahoo/Msn Lottery Incorporation
Baley House, Har, Road Sutton,
Greater London SM1 4te,
United Kingdom.


Dear Lucky Winner,



This is to inform you that you have won a prize of £1,000,000.00 (One Million Great Britain Pound Sterling) from the Lottery draw promotion which was organized by YAHOO/MSN & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, Your email address was selected among the lucky winner from the millions email subscribers through electronic balloting System without the winner applying. These are your identification numbers:


Batch Number.......YM 09102XN
Ref Number..........YM35447XN
Winning Number.....YM09788 


Do fill out this Claims Verification and Funds Release Form to the Event Manager via ymsnteam@hotmail.com to file out your claims with the below information.


1. Full Name.........
2. Full Contact Address.........
3. Occupation..............
4. Age/Sex:.....................
5. Phone Number............
6. Country :.....................
7. Ref/ Batch Number.................


Contact Person: Dr. Mark Jude
Lottery Claims Director/Event Manager.

Job Vacancy‏ *MYSTERY SHOPPER SCAM*

Here is another mystery shopper scam. It does sound good, actually too good to be true. They claim you will make no less than 200$ per assignment. Legitimate mystery shopping jobs for a first timer will pay around 15-25$. This mail then goes into some detail on how they plan on scamming you. They will send you a check or money order to go do your mystery shopping. The story will vary from there, sometimes they will say another mystery shopper is waiting for you to send some of the money for another assignment. They might claim this is even part of a test of the money transfer system. In any case you will be sent to cash this check, lets say its 500$. They will instruct you to go do your shopping assignment at a store like Walmart, you are allowed to spend half of this and keep all of the merchandise(sounds great so far!). You will be required to send the other 250$ to another "mystery shopper" or back to the headquarters. The trick is the check they sent you was fake! You are now on the hook for forgery and other charges and they got a real 250$! If this doesn't sound horrifying then reply back to the mail with all your information and have fun!




Received: from User (ub-vpn-245-88.cc.buffalo.edu [128.205.245.88])

Reply-To: anthonydaleinfo3@aol.com

MYSTERY SHOPPER WANTED
EARN NO LESS THAN
$ 200.00
Need extra INCOME!
Become our [ MYSTERY SHOPPER]:
Earn [ NO LESS THAN $200.00 ] Per Venture:
It is Very Easy and Very Simple:
No Application fees:

Here's your chance to get paid for shopping and dinning out.
Your job will be to evaluate and comment on customer service in a wide Variety of shops,Stores, restaurant and services in your area.

Mystery shoppers are Needed Throughout America .Canada and The Uk
You'll be paid to shop and dine out-plus,you can also get free meals, Free merchandise, Free services, free Entertainment, Free travel and more.
Great Pay. Fun Work. Flexible Schedules.No experience required. If you can shop-you are qualified!
Let me explain to you what it entails

What is a mystery shopper?

A mystery shopper is like being 007 at the mall. Mystery shoppers must complete their assignments and go un-detected. Mystery Shoppers receive assignments consisting of a variety of business types such as: restaurants, food chains, automobile dealerships, retail stores, and more.


Businesses benefit from the services of a mystery shopper because they report their unbiased review from a customer standpoint. This enables the business to identify problems that could result in a unhappy customer and loss of sales. As you can see, mystery shoppers have a great responsibility and are paid accordingly.

As a Mystery Shopper you can:
earn up to $200 per assignment
have a flexible schedule and hours
pick and choose what assignments you want
bring your kids with you on assignments.
work part time or full time.
get free merchandise
get paid for dining out
stay at hotels for free
get paid for going to the movies
and much more...


We will be sending you cheques for any of your assignments which you will cash at your financial institution and you use the money to carry out the assignment . You do not have to use any money from your pockets. So We will provide you the money for all your assignments.

What you need to do is to contact the email below
anthonydaleinfo3@aol.com

The following information below will be needed :
Full Name:
Address (no Po Box):
City: State: Zip code:
Tel & Cell Number:
Age:
Occupation:

We look forward to working with you

Anthony Dale

URGENT - Complaint regarding your account, please resolve and reply in 48 hours *SCAM*‏

Wow the US Marshals are close to closing my World of Warcraft account! If I do not respond in 48 hours I might not ever get to raid again. The truth is if you do respond to this mail you probably won't ever see your characters again. The link in this mail leads you to us.battle.net.login-zh.org which is owned by "wang yan" from China who just happens to own at least 490 other domains. 

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:17:30 -0700

We have received the complaint regarding your:
your account Involved in illegal transactions.
Technically We can found all of the Account abuse,but our not hope any one's Account locked.
However So many Customers complaint your account, they force us to contact you for resolve the abuse. If we are compelled to lock your account by the US Marshals and by US law, we will have to do so or face extreme consequences. So please ASAP login  to Verify your account and resolve the issue with 48hours. Best regards,

Breanne “Cari” Carlson
Brazil Account & Billing Department
Blizzard Entertainment.

World of warcraft – Account Management *SCAM*

I wonder how many WoW players lose their accounts to scams like this. Here is another attempt to lure you to a forgery web site. If you inspect the URL that you end up on, it is not owned by Blizzard or any of their affiliates. The domain is wow-baettle.net which is owned by a "yi tian" from Hunan China, and he runs at least 53 other domains (wonder why?).

Subject: World of Warcraft - Account Management

Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 02:49:52 +0800
 

World of warcraft – Account Management

An investigation of your World of Warcraft account has found strong evidence that the account in question is being sold or traded.As you may not be aware of, this conflicts with Blizzard's EULA under section 4 Paragraph B which can be found here: WoW -> Legal -> End User License Agreement and Section 8 of the Terms of Use found here: WoW -> Legal -> Terms of Use The investigation will be continued by: Blizzard administration to determine the action to be taken against your account.

If your account is found violating the EULA and Terms of Use, your account can,and will be suspended/closed/or terminated. In order to keep this from occurring, you should immediately verify that you are the account. To verify your identity please visit the following webpage:

Only Account Administration will be able to assist with account retrieval issues. Thank you for your time and attention to this matter, and your continued interest in World of Warcraft.

If you ignore this mail your account can and will be closed permanently.

Once we verify your account, we will reply to your e-mail informing you that we have dropped the investigation.

Blizzard Entertainment SAS
TSA 60 001
Service Administration des Comptes
78143 Velizy Villacoublay Cedex


World of warcraft – Account Management

An investigation of your World of Warcraft account has found strong evidence that the account in question is being sold or traded.As you may not be aware of, this conflicts with Blizzard's EULA under section 4 Paragraph B which can be found here: WoW -> Legal -> End User License Agreement and Section 8 of the Terms of Use found here: WoW -> Legal -> Terms of Use The investigation will be continued by: Blizzard administration to determine the action to be taken against your account.

If your account is found violating the EULA and Terms of Use, your account can,and will be suspended/closed/or terminated. In order to keep this from occurring, you should immediately verify that you are the account. To verify your identity please visit the following webpage:

Only Account Administration will be able to assist with account retrieval issues. Thank you for your time and attention to this matter, and your continued interest in World of Warcraft.

If you ignore this mail your account can and will be closed permanently.

Once we verify your account, we will reply to your e-mail informing you that we have dropped the investigation.

Blizzard Entertainment SAS
TSA 60 001
Service Administration des Comptes
78143 Velizy Villacoublay Cedex

If you wish to review our current Rules and Policies for World of Warcraft and Battle.net, they can be found at:
Regards,
Game Master Dunarthra
Customer Services
Blizzard Entertainment
Please retain all history if you reply to this mail

WHY HAVE YOU NOT RESPONDED?‏ *SCAM*

Here is another entertaining example of the scammers bragging about how effective they are. I suspect this may only go out to people that have responded to their previous mails. This mail also ranks high for the longest sentence in scamming history.

Here is one of  two 82 word sentences in this mail that really shines.

The purpose for this is to regain the lost glory of our great country and to
also show the entire world that this government is highly ready to fight
corruption in every sector in Nigeria be it in the banking, oil and
communication sector in the last 3year's Nigeria has the worst name in
corruption in the world, where we were rated in the world as one of the most
corrupted nation in the world and it is never a good name to us.

Reply-To: faridawaziri300@yahoo.cn
From: "MRS. FARIDA WAZIRI" info@5itraining.com





MRS.FARIDA MZAMBER WAZIRI (AIG RTD.)
NIGERIA FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
FEDERAL SECRETARIAT COMPLEX, GARKI ABUJA.
TRANSFER FRAUD ALERT/ ATTEMPTED DIVERSION OF FUNDS.

Attention: Scammed Victim,

Permit me the pleasure of introducing my self as MRS.FARIDA MZAMBER WAZIRI. I am
the newly Elected Director of the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU). I
am writing you in respect to the transfer of funds you have been expecting from
Nigeria.

The Federal Government of Nigeria through the Presidency Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
has mandated the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit to compensate all
foreigners? Who in one way or the other has been retrieve of there hard earn
money through illegal transaction.

The purpose for this is to regain the lost glory of our great country and to
also show the entire world that this government is highly ready to fight
corruption in every sector in Nigeria be it in the banking, oil and
communication sector in the last 3year's Nigeria has the worst name in
corruption in the world, where we were rated in the world as one of the most
corrupted nation in the world and it is never a good name to us.

Due to the effort, sincerity, courage and trustworthiness people like you and
the entire world has showed in helping Nigeria to fight corruption unlike
Microsoft who just signed a contract with the Nigeria Government through the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

(EFCC) an organization that was formed by this same government to fight
corruption in all sector's in the country, including the FBI, INTERPOL, BRITISH
GOVERNMENT and the whole world that has been helping us in arresting those that
has been involved in advance fee fraud locally and international.

Following the recent bills passed by the house of assembly and presidency, we
have been cross checking all financial transaction in all financial institutions
in the country and it has come to our notice that your payment has been
withheld. But be sure of the fact that we are the monitoring unit on all
financial matters in the presidency, central bank of Nigeria and all commercial
banks here in Nigeria.

This office wishes to inform you that your payment has been re-directed
according to the financial law and power vested on us by the presidency to the
appointed paying bank (CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA) to all debts owned by this great
nation, as the funds mapped (USD1 BILLION) out in the recent budget by the
president of the country, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has been deposited with
ZENITH BANK NIG PLC).

We have your payment file presently with us, based on this you are advised to
stop any correspondence with any office regarding your payment as they can not
pay you, as your funds has moved out from their reach. Failure to comply, do not
hold us responsible for any mistake. For your funds to be paid to you, you are
urgently advised under 48hours to contact this office.

Although we have all this information with us, but we want to be sure that you
are the sole beneficiary of the said funds. Your urgent compliance under 48
hours will enable this office add your name to the payment schedule to be paid
in this quarter by the CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN). Note that your payment
will not exceed 7banking days from the date of the receipt of the above
information, as long as you have fulfilled all obligations.



YOUR CO-OPERATION WOULD BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED IN THESE REGARDS.

BEST REGARDS
MRS.FARIDA MZAMBER WAZIRI (AIG RTD.)
FROM: THE SECRETARY NIGERIA FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT

Your Mail-ID has been awarded £750,000.00 in our Nokia Mobile company‏ *SCAM*

Everybody has heard of the Nokia lottery right? They are selling so many cell phones they are now just giving away cash. This is really just another phishing attempt. The scammers do get some points for effort for adding the question "Do you have a Nokia phone" in the regular form they want you to fill out. I can see that question alone easing the suspicions of some people. The fonts and colors used were also quite amusing.

Reply-To: nokialive20111@hotmail.com

Return-Path: nokialive201113@rediffmail.com

ATTENTION.

The Nokia Mobile Production Company wish to notify you that you have
been chosen by the board of trustees as one of the final recipients of a
cash Grant/Donation of 750,000 POUNDS, in the on-going NOKIA 2011
PROMOTION, We are pleased to inform you today of the result of the
winners of the NOKIA MOBILE PRODUCTION COMPANY INTERNATIONAL ONLINE
LOTTERY PROMO PROGRAMME, held for this year.

Note: All beneficiaries email addresses were selected randomly from over
100,000 internet websites, Local and international Nokia phone Shops, or
mini mart shop's cash invoice around your area in which you might have
purchased something from in the past.
Be Informed that TICKETS WERE NOT SOLD. You are required to SEND your
Qualification numbers and your Personal Information's to our redemption
cent re to file your claims Immediately.

QUALIFICATION NUMBERS:
Reference Number..............NA36583000UK
Winning Number is.............NA09765690BX
Batch Number......................NA89765577FG

PERSONAL INFORMATION:
1.Name (In Full):.............................................
2.Sex: ....................................
3.Age: .......................................
4.Address:........................................................
5.Phone Number (Home):................................
6.Mobile Number:.............................................
7.Do you have a Nokia phone?:.......................
8.State:.............................................................
9.Country:.........................................................
10.Occupation:..................................................

To redeem your Prize forward the above qualification numbers and your
Personal Information to our redemption cent re.

CONTACT :
Name: Barr. William Morgan
TEL: +447014235994
Email: nokialive20111@hotmail.com

congratulations to you and your family once again!

Yours Faithfully
Dr. Morris Anabel,
NOKIA MOBILE PRODUCTION COMPANY INTERNATIONAL,
#2 Nokia Drive Middlesex London,
United Kingdom.

BankofAmer​ica Alert - Your Account Has Been Closed.‏ *SCAM*

Yikes my account has been closed, how could this be? I better login to figure out what has happened. As soon as you "login" expect your bank account to be not only closed but emptied! This is an extremely dangerous phishing attempt that tries to clean out your bank account. Upon opening the mail you will find an attachment called Closed.html. Looks innocent enough lets see what happens when we open it.

As you can see this looks like a legit web page on Bank of America, however you may notice the address bar says "file:///C:" so you are still on your computer, not any website, yet. Clicking on the Reactivate Now link opens up a real web page.

This looks safe right? Wrong! this is a copy of the real site hosted on a Polish domain. Just because a site looks real, does not mean it is. All they want you to do is blindly accept this and give them your account name and password. You can imagine what happens next.

From: "BankofAmerica Alert" noreply@alert.net 

Subject: Your Account Has Been Closed.

Read The Attached Document And Reactivate Your Account Immediately.

Microsoft Head Claims Officer‏ *SCAM*

So after being notified about winning the Microsoft lotto, I replied back asking if I could just receive a box of cash. The scammers smell blood and really turn it on this time. After giving them a name, they processed the winning ticket for me and boxed up the cash! Now they have given my package to a delivery service and even gave me a tracking number! All that is required from me now is to contact them and give them my address for delivery. This is obviously a phishing scam, and after I give them an address they will want my Social Security number etc to file taxes on the winnings. While I am waiting for UPS to bring my box of cash the scammers will be going on a world wide tour with credit in my name!

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 10:11:40

Return-Path: mrsgloria01@hotmail.co.uk

Microsoft Corporation
20 Craven Park,
Harlesden London NW15 United Kingdom

ATTN:
This is in receipt of your mail, This is to officially inform you that, your prize of 1.000,000.00 GBP{One Million Great Britain Pounds Sterling's}has been processed successfully. We have finally process your winning cheque and handed it over to our affiliate courier company {Diamond Delivery Company} for them to deliver your winning cheque to you at your door step along with your Microsoft winning certificate.

Please contact the Diamond Home Delivery Company immediately through email or telephone with your Full Names, Home Address, Telephone Number and Parcel ORDER-NUMBER:GX22589420 so that, the courier company will deliver your winning prize to you successfully at your address also contact them for their Courier Cost Of Delivery.


Diamond Express Delivery Company United Kingdom
Mr.Robert Alvin (Head Dispatch Officer)
Telephone Number: TEL: +44 704 576 5831
Email:
Your Sincerely,
Mrs Gloria West
Microsoft Head Claims Officer

World of Warcraft:Cataclysm survey‏ *SCAM*

Finally! It is about time Blizzard asked for my opinion on Cataclysm. I am really going to let them have it this time. All that I have to do is login and fill this out, I might even get a free month or two of game time when they realize how much they pissed me off. Hrrm something does not look right, I just logged in but the URL is basttle.net. It says this site is owned by "lan shun" from Beijing China and he owns at least 20 other sites! You know what that means.... Phishing Attack!

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:21:11 

Reply-To: wowaccountadmin@blizzard.com

Greetings,

Dear players, big disaster has arrived. We are closely watching the development of the game. In this beautiful moment to thank all the players. We have to do a survey to obtain some information used to adjust some details of the game in order to obtain better service. Please sign the following links:
Survey of vote after the vote we will adjust the information for statistical details of the game. You work with our players, please, thank you. After the questionnaire had the players to vote will receive a mystery gift.

Sincerely,
Blizzard Entertainment
Battle.net team

You Won Ј1,000,000.00....!!‏ *SCAM*

I won the Microsoft lotto!! Wait what the hell is the Microsoft lotto? Ohhh it is just another phishing scam. Here it is in all of its glory.

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:59:43
Reply-To: mrsgloria01@hotmail.co.uk



Microsoft award notification
Dear Lucky Winner,

We wish to inform you that you have won (One Million British Pound Sterlings)
in the Microsoft Online Email Lottery held this month of March with
Ticket Number (MSA-8795724498) and the Lucky Numbers (14-21-25-39-40-47) (20)
For claim of Prize,please forward to us 1.Name: 2.Address 3.Age: 4.Sex:
5.Phone: 6.Country:7:Ticket Number and Lucky Number Contact: Mrs Gloria
West. mrsgloria01@hotmail.co.uk

Congratulations once again.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs Gloria West.
On-line Coordinator

Re: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE TO TRANSFER THIS FUND FROM EGYPT‏ *SCAM*

I replied back to the Egypt looting scam. I asked the phishers what I needed to do to get my Egypt loot. Apparently I have to travel to the U.K. and present myself at Halifax Bank, or I can just fill out this form and they will direct deposit (how nice).

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 07:46:21
Return-Path: alielbaradei01@skymail.mn

Dear Friend,
I received your last message/response. I wish to further let you know that the
transaction is not risky because the transfer documents and funds
deposit documents will be changed to your name as the beneficiary of
the funds so that all you will have to do is to present yourself at
the HALIFAX BANK, U.K to claim the funds as yours. Or you can contact
them with the proof of funds and request that the wire the funds to
your nominated bank account. The funds deposit documents arte genuine
and they easily be notarized and changed to your name as the
beneficiary of the funds. If you still wish
to proceed with the transaction, kindly contact me and provide to me
your direct/personal details such as;
YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS,
OCUPATION
AGE
SEX
DIRECT MOBILE NUMBER
With these details, we can will notarize the funds deposit documents
and change it to your name as the beneficiary of the funds so that the
HALIFAX BANK, U.K can transfer the funds to your nominated bank
account.
I will expect your soonest response with the needed details.
My best regards,
Mr. Ali.

VACANT POST AS A MYSTERY SHOPPER @ Freelance Secret Shopper(WORLDWIDE RECRUITMENT EXERCISE) *SCAM*

Mystery shopping scams are actually pretty dangerous. Legit mystery shopper assignments usually pay around 20$ or less. Be very suspicious of any mystery shopping company that claims to pay over 25$. Recently these have evolved into very serious check frauds. The scammers will send fake money orders or checks and have unsuspecting job seekers go out and get these cashed. The scammers require that you send them back some of the funds from the cash you receive. Once the bank finds out you gave them a bad check, expect serious trouble, and expect the scammers to not be found. This mail here claims you will make $500 a week for 2-3 hours worth of work. This is totally impossible and is a phishing scam. You will never see a cent and they will harvest your information for identity theft or more elaborate scams.

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:40:47

Reply-To: jefferykorn112@globomail.com

VACANT POST AS A MYSTERY SHOPPER @ Freelance Secret Shopper(WORLDWIDE RECRUITMENT EXERCISE)

This is a awareness to let the public know that we have a vacancy post of a mystery shopper in our company and we would like to know your interest in working for Freelance Secret Shopper In Your city anywhere in the world. Your job as a mystery shopper would be quite effective and we would provide more details on the job as soon as you get back to us with the details requested indicating your Interest in working with us.

Kindly provide the below information for assessment and registration of the
company.

Please would like you to mail them view my private email : jefferykorn01@aol.com

Full Legal Name :
Address(NO.PO.BOX ADDS) :
City:
State :
Zip Code:
Cell Phone Number:
Home Phone Number:
Current Occupation :
E-mail Address:

As a mystery shopper you work and shop together for pleasure and the pay is $500 weekly on Part time basis , You only work 2-3hours twice in a week. Do get back to the recruiting department of Caremark ltd.


Your response would be highly appreciated.

Thank you.
Jeffery Korn
Freelance Secret Shopper

Battle.net Account Locked - Action Required‏ *SCAM*

Somebody has changed my World of Warcraft contact information! I better check this link I got in my email to change it back! Should I be suspicious of this site? I am familiar with Battle.net and Blizzard sites but this site says I am on us-en-ballte.com. That does not look correct to me, lets check this out further. The owner of this site is "Fu Se" from Henan China, and they own at least 44 other domains! Conclusion: stay away from this site!

Hello,

This is an automated notification regarding your Battle.net account. Some or all of your contact information was recently modified through the Account Management website.

*** If you made recent account changes, please disregard this automatic notification.

*** If you did NOT make any changes to your account, we recommend you log in to Account Management review your account settings.

If you cannot sign into Account Management using the link above, or if unauthorized changes continue to happen, please contact Blizzard Billing & Account Services for further assistance.

Billing & Account Services can be reached at 1-800-59-BLIZZARD (1-800-592-5499 Mon-Fri, 8AM-8PM Pacific Time) or at 

Account security is solely the responsibility of the accountholder. Please be advised that in the event of a compromised account, Blizzard representatives will typically lock the account. In these cases the Account Administration team will require faxed receipt of ID materials before releasing the account for play.

Regards,

The Battle.net Support Team
Blizzard Entertainment
www.blizzard.com/support
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Wow Gm - Account Investigation *SCAM*

This scam mail must be extra entertaining to the phishers. I can just imagine them giggling while sending it out. I love any attempt that goes into detail how the phishers are such a problem, it is border line bragging. The URL they attempt to lure you to is
gmwow-apologize.net which is owned by a "heng heng ha ha" from China. His server is quite busy as it runs 64 other sites.

Greetings! 

Recently, the problem of account invasion is getting worse and worse which cause enormous player’s equipments and virtual currency stolen. This severely damages the benefits of mass players, also causes our company lose a lot of customers. 
Our company has to adopt some measures to safeguard our common benefits in order to strengthen the safety of mass players'accounts, and firmly resist the account to be stolen again.Through our company's research and investigation to xxx customers,we will make the following decisions: we launch a package of updated Battle.net Mobile Authenticator and dynamic code protection card which can effectively prevent the accounts invaded. We will send this package of code protection system to players free of charge. 

Please open this connection: 

If your account passes the check successfully, we will send this package of dynamic Battle.net Mobile Authenticator to you in the form of e-mail. 
In 3 days after you receiving the e-mail, if you don't submit your information, we have right to freeze your account, every player is obligated to protect the safety of the account. You must work together with us to be determined to crack down all the behaviors of destroying games. 

If you had already authenticator your account, please disregard this automatic notification. 

Regards. 
The World of Warcraft Support Team 
Blizzard Entertainment

Reply If Interested To This Benefit Transaction.‏ *SCAM*

This rookie scammer is very long winded but does get points for some really great quotes and effort. Here is a selection of the gems in this masterpiece.

-  I humbly crave your indulgence to read this e-mail with all seriousness of purpose devoid of any doubt in your mind because this project is based on Trust, Confidentiality and Sincerity of purpose in order to have an acceptable meeting of the minds.

- Please we need transparency and honesty to be our watchdog. 

From: Mr. Carlo Rimondini.mr.carlorimondini@yahoo.com

 Good day,

Firstly, I apologize for sending you this sensitive information via E-mail Instead of a Certified mail/Post-mail.
This is due to the urgency and importance of the information. I humbly crave your indulgence to read this e-mail with all seriousness of purpose devoid of any doubt in your mind because this project is based on Trust, Confidentiality and Sincerity of purpose in order to have an acceptable meeting of the minds.

Although we never met before, but I have every reason to believe that you are a highly respected personality, considering the fact that I got your E- mail address through the Internet, my online network, while searching for a reliable and reputable person to handle urgent and serious transaction.
I am a senior manager accounts/audit in one of the big banks here in Italy.
I am writing following an opportunity in my office that will be of immense benefit to both of us.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of 13,000,000.00 EU
(Thirteen Million Euros Only) in an account that belongs to one of our Foreign customers
who unfortunately lost his life on his way to the Airport of Bologna. Since we got information
about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin or relatives to come over and claim
his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as Next of kin or relation
to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.
Unfortunately I discovered that his supposed next of kin being his only daughter and wife died
along with him in the auto crash leaving nobody with the knowledge of this fund behind for claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I and his account manager now decided to make business
with you and to release the money/funds to you as the next of kin or beneficiary of the funds for
safety keeping and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this
money to go back into Government treasury as unclaimed bill.

The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that such money remained after
seven years the money will be transferred into Banking treasury as unclaimed funds.
We agreed that 30% of these funds would be for you as foreign partner, 10% mapped out to repay
any expenses that we will incur which we took care out of our personal savings while the balance will be for us. After the transaction is completed and funds are in your account, I and my partner will visit your country for the disbursement according to the percentages indicated above once this money/funds gets into your Account.

Please we need transparency and honesty to be our watchdog.

To commence this transaction, we require you to immediately Indicate your
interest by a return e-mail and enclose the Following information:
1. Full name

2: Your private telephone and Fax numbers.

3. Occupations and Nationality.

4. Date of Birth

5, Present Location
Note: I want to assure you that this transaction is confidential and risk free. As soon as you receive this mail please click on reply and reply this message.

We will discuss much in details when I receive your response.
Thanks and good luck to us.
Best regards, Mr. Carlo Rimondini.

I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE TO TRANSFER THIS FUND FROM EGYPT‏ *SCAM*

Dear diary, mood: greedy and stupid
If I just help Ali ElBaradei loot 200 million dollars from Egypt I will never have to work again. This couldn't have come at a better time as I am late on my cell phone bill.

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:55:44

Received:(authenticated as fabrizio.politi-ciao@poste.it)

Reply-To:alielbaradei01@skymail.mn

Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Mr.Ali ElBaradei, I was one of the personal assistants to the ousted former president Hosni Mubarak of Egypt. Since after my boss was chased away by demonstrators about a month ago, many countries have seized his assets and funds and those belonging to his aides/close associates. So far, about usd$20billion United States dollars have been seized in Switzerland, London and other European nations! I therefore write this letter to you to solicit your support for the safe keeping of the sum of usd$200million (TWO HUNDRED MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY). The said sum is presently deposited in a secret account with HALIFAX BANK,LONDN in THE UNITED KINGDOM. Because of the fact that we are in hiding since after the ouster of my boss.

I or any member of my family or associate cannot claim this fund that is why I ask for your kind assistance and support. You will present yourself as the next if kin/beneficiary to the said funds. All documents relating to the funds will be changed to your name as the owner so that you can get the funds out from the bank to any account of your choice. I am willing to give you 20% of the amount for your assistance but just help me get these funds before the U.K government discovers and confiscates it also.

Already, they have taken a lot from us and we cannot afford to loose more funds to them as they are looking for more to confiscate, which is why I need your urgent help to save these funds.

All you have to do is just present yourself as the beneficiary of the funds with the legally notarized documentations. You will receive the payment directly at the HALIFAX BANK in London or at your request; the bank can wire the funds directly to any account of your choice once all the transfer processes and documentations have been cleared.

Get back to me urgently if you are interested to assist using my direct email…. Or you can call my mobile number here in the U.K….

Thanks for your anticipated kind response.

Yours Truly,

Ali ElBaradei.

Battle.net Account - login validation‏ *SCAM*

Here is another mail attempting to steal your identity and or your WoW account, which one is worth more? After telling you that your account has recently broken the EULA they attempt to lure you to battle-wow-survey.net. This surely belongs to Blizzard right? Wrong this site is registered to a Wang Dagou from Zhengzhou, China.



Greetings
This is an automated notification regarding the recent change(s)As you may or may not be aware of, this conflicts with the EULA and Terms of Agreement.If this proves to be true, your account can and will be disabled. It will be ongoing for further investigation by Blizzard Entertainment's employees.If you wish to not get your account suspended you should immediately verify your account ownership.If the information is deemed accurate, the investigation will be dropped.
This action is taken because we at Blizzard Entertainment take these salesquite seriously. We need to confirm you are the original owner of the account.This is easiest done by confirming your personal information along with concealed information about your account.
we recommend you Login verify Information your account:
If you ignore this mail your account can and will be closed permanently. Once we verify your account,we will reply to your e-mail informing you that we have dropped the. Account security is solely the responsibility of the accoun tholder. Please be advised that in the event of a compromised account, Blizzardrepresentatives typically must lock the account. In these cases the Account,Administration team will require faxed receipt of ID materials before releasing the account for play.

Regards,
Blizzard Entertainment Inc Account Administration Team

Follow up with Lin Huang the scammer.

After requesting more information about my 19m $ winnings, I got a reply back. He takes an interesting angle as he admits that I am not the real winner, however my last name with his help will secure the winnings. This quote was my favorite "This transaction must be kept secret since we both know you are not truly the next of kin."

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:59:46

linhuang11esq@gmail.com

Thank you for your prompt response to my mail.I must assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free.

 Concerning the legal aspects of this inheritance claim,you have nothing to worry about.I was the legal

 representative/adviser of the deceased,and according to our contract law,i have the power

 to take care of all legal aspect of his business even thou he is no longer alive.With all my years

 of experience as a legal practitioner,i can confidently assure you that all aspects of this transaction

 has been taken care of and totally safe before and after the transaction is completed.

 

   The bank here in Malaysia is asking for the next of kin of my late client for claims of the deposited sum  of 19 million dollars.Failing to present the next of kin the money will be confiscated.I decided to carry  out a research for someone with the same last name.This is my reason for contacting you.All the legal angles  of this transaction has been carefully examined before i contacted you.I  confidently assure you that both  parties are legally protected.You must not entertain any fear as this transaction will be documented in your  name in Malaysia High Court.This transaction is expected to be completed in 10 bank working days.Please i  need your full co-operation.A high level of seriousness and trust is required from you to enable us succeed  in claiming this fund.This transaction must be kept secret since we both know you are not truly the next of kin.

 

   If you agree to work with me,i will send you my international passport id card and other related documents backing this transaction.I am prepared to offer you 40% of the total fund for your assistance in claiming and keeping this money safe in your country.If you are ready to do this business with me,please call me any time of the day for proper briefing on this transaction.Thanks

 Best regards

 Barrister Lin Huang

 Attorney Chamber

16th Floor Menara Park, Jalan Yap Kwan Seng,

50450 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Phone No: +60-142-236-673

Lin Huang (patrykjasior@wp.pl) *SCAM*

This scammer must have been in a hurry to go to lunch or just wants a pen pal. I have replied back for more info, hopefully he can come up with something better.

I am Lin Huang.I contacted  you to help me claim  some

money(nineteen million dollars) left in the bank by a late client

of mine who shares the same last name with you. Please reply 
me for more details.Thanks
Regards
Lin Huang

Reserve Bank of India (update@rbi.com) *SCAM*

I am so thankful the Indian banking system is taking measures to protect their users from phishing *extreme sarcasm*. This phishing attempt tries to send users to bealachmc.co.uk. This domain is not registered to any Indian bank, but it is registered to a David McColgan along with 657 other sites hosted on the same server.

Dear Netbanking User,
Reserve Bank of India has introduced a new security Update 

against online phishing in all Indian Banks. 
Download the attachment and select the bank you do operate, 

and update your account againstonline phishing.

Attachment must be download with mozilla firefox to enable 

successful account update.Do not use internet explorer

to view and submit the form.
--------------------------------------------------------

© Reserve Bank of India. All Rights Reserved.

Blizzard Notification About World of Warcraft Account‏ *SCAM*

Yet another domain to add to the list. This version of the mail attempts to send users to us.battle.net.login-us.net which  of course does not belong to Blizzard.


Greetings,

It has come to our attention that you are trying to sell your personal World of Warcraft account(s). As you may not be aware of, this conflicts with the EULA and Terms of Agreement. If this proves to be true, your account can and will be disabled. It will be ongoing for further investigation by Blizzard Entertainment's employees. If you wish to not get your account suspended you should immediately verify your account ownership.

You can confirm that you are the original owner of the account to this secure website with:


Login to your account, In accordance following template to verify your account.

* Account name
* Account password
* First and Surname
* Secret Question and Answer
Show * Please enter the correct information

If you ignore this mail your account can and will be closed permanently.

Once we verify your account, we will reply to your e-mail informing you that we have dropped the investigation.

Regards,

Account Administration Team
Blizzard Entertainment

World of Warcraft , Blizzard Entertainment 2010

Please retain all history if you reply to this mail

DHL notification!‏ *SCAM*

Wow I have a package from DHL! Too bad I never ordered one, lets check this mail out. Upon opening the mail you will see a zip file called tracking.zip. Opening this .zip file reveals an .exe file  that has a PDF icon named FedEx.exe (shouldn't this be DHL.exe).  At the time of this post Avast, and Symantec did not find a virus, though I am sure there is a malicious payload in this file. Do not respond or run this file.

 

Dear customer!

The parcel was send your home address.

And it will arrice within 7 bussness day.

More information and the tracking number

are attached in document below.

Thank you.

2011 DHL International GmbH. All rights reserverd.

Battle.net Account - Account Change Notice‏ *SCAM*

I am starting to wonder just how many domains this group of scammers owns. Here is another example of an attempt to steal your identity and or your World of Warcraft account. If you inspect the URL they link to you will notice it is battle.net.security-wow-wowaccountadmin.com which of course is not owned by Blizzard. Do not reply to these mails.


Hello,
This is an automated notification regarding your Battle.net account. Some or all of your contact information was recently modified through the Account Management website.
*** If you made recent account changes, please disregard this automatic notification.

*** If you did NOT make any changes to your account, we recommend you log in to review your account settings.
If you cannot sign into Account Management using the link above, or if unauthorized changes continue to happen, please contact Blizzard Billing & Account Services for further assistance.
Billing & Account Services can be reached at 1-800-59-BLIZZARD (1-800-592-5499 Mon-Fri, 8AM-8PM Pacific Time) or at
Account security is solely the responsibility of the accountholder. Please be advised that in the event of a compromised account, Blizzard representatives will typically lock the account. In these cases the Account Administration team will require faxed receipt of ID materials before releasing the account for play.
Regards,
The Battle.net Support Team
Blizzard Entertainment

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Blizzard Notification About World of Warcraft Account‏ *SCAM*

Here we go again, the same mail with a new URL to scam users with . This mail attempts to send users to us.battle.net.ul.babttle.net which is not owned by Blizzard. No matter how official the mail looks this is a scam! If you did reply to this mail, expect your WoW account to be stolen/emptied/sold and possibly worse. Do not reply to this mail!

Greetings,

It has come to our attention that you are trying to sell your personal World of Warcraft account(s). As you may not be aware of, this conflicts with the EULA and Terms of Agreement. If this proves to be true, your account can and will be disabled. It will be ongoing for further investigation by Blizzard Entertainment's employees. If you wish to not get your account suspended you should immediately verify your account ownership. 

You can confirm that you are the original owner of the account to this secure website with: 


Login to your account, In accordance following template to verify your account. 

* Account name 
* Account password 
* First and Surname 
* Secret Question and Answer 
Show * Please enter the correct information 

If you ignore this mail your account can and will be closed permanently. 

Once we verify your account, we will reply to your e-mail informing you that we have dropped the investigation. 

Regards, 

Account Administration Team 
Blizzard Entertainment 

World of Warcraft , Blizzard Entertainment 2010 

Please retain all history if you reply to this mail

Blizzard Notification About World of Warcraft Account‏ *SCAM*

Yet another World of Warcraft phishing mail. The mail looks very official, however this IS a scam in an attempt to steal your identity. If you inspect the URL they link you to you will see that is is us.battle.net.uk.baittle.net which is not owned by Blizzard, but is funny since it is bait.  Do not respond to these mails.


Greetings,

It has come to our attention that you are trying to sell your personal World of Warcraft account(s). As you may not be aware of, this conflicts with the EULA and Terms of Agreement. If this proves to be true, your account can and will be disabled. It will be ongoing for further investigation by Blizzard Entertainment's employees. If you wish to not get your account suspended you should immediately verify your account ownership.

You can confirm that you are the original owner of the account to this secure website with:


Login to your account, In accordance following template to verify your account.

* Account name
* Account password
* First and Surname
* Secret Question and Answer
Show * Please enter the correct information

If you ignore this mail your account can and will be closed permanently.

Once we verify your account, we will reply to your e-mail informing you that we have dropped the investigation.

Regards,

Account Administration Team
Blizzard Entertainment

World of Warcraft , Blizzard Entertainment 2010

Please retain all history if you reply to this mail

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Battle.net Account - Account Change Notice‏ *SCAM*

I get some of the best WoW phishing emails. This mail attempts to link users to battle.net.secure-wow-wowaccountadmin.com which is not owned by Blizzard. Be advised do not respond to this email if you receive it. This is just an attempt to steal your account and billing information.


Hello,
This is an automated notification regarding your Battle.net account. Some or all of your contact information was recently modified through the Account Management website.
*** If you made recent account changes, please disregard this automatic notification.

*** If you did NOT make any changes to your account, we recommend you log in to
review your account settings.
If you cannot sign into Account Management using the link above, or if unauthorized changes continue to happen, please contact Blizzard Billing & Account Services for further assistance.
Billing & Account Services can be reached at 1-800-59-BLIZZARD (1-800-592-5499 Mon-Fri, 8AM-8PM Pacific Time) or at
Account security is solely the responsibility of the accountholder. Please be advised that in the event of a compromised account, Blizzard representatives will typically lock the account. In these cases the Account Administration team will require faxed receipt of ID materials before releasing the account for play.
Regards,
The Battle.net Support Team
Blizzard Entertainment


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