Spam Scam - Promise to tranfer funds to your account

Just got an email from an unknown person, generally I delete these mails but this time I thought of posting it here and make you aware of one more online fraud. These mails talk about huge sum of money and seek your help to transfer some amount from it (which is unbelievably in millions) to your account and they would make you believe it because it looks very personal and that they did not find any other suitable person but you.

Here’s a copy of email I received:

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Subject of email: FOR YOUR URGENT ATTENTION!!!

Goodday friend,

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family? I hope this
mail meets you in a perfect condition.You may not understand why this mail
came to you.But if you do not remember me,you receive an email from me in
the past regarding a multi-million-dollar business proposal which we never
concluded.

I am using this opportunity to inform you that this multi-million-dollar
business has been concluded with another person who financed it to a
logical conclusion.I thank you for your great effort to our unfinished
transfer of fund into your account due to one reason or the other best
known to you.But I want to inform you that I have successfully transferred
the fund out of the security company to my new partner’s account in London
that was capable of assisting me in this great venture.

Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trust worthiness you showed at
the course of the transaction I want to compensate you and show my
gratitude to you with the sum of $300,000 (THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED
STATE DOLLARS) I have authorized the finance house where I deposited my
money to issue you international certified bank draft cashable at your
bank.

My dear friend I will like you to contact the finance house for the
collection of this international certified bank draft,when contacting them
ensures you provide them with your details as stated below;

1.FULL NAMES:
2.ADDRESS:
3.SEX:
4.AGE:
5.OCCUPATION:
6.TEL: (If any)
7.COUNTRY:
8.Cash credited File: YM35447XN
9.A medium of identification, i.e either a copy of drivers license or
international passport or any other legal means of identification(if any):
10.ACCOUNT COORDINATES: (Details of the account where you want your funds
transferred):

The name and contact address of the Person with your BANK DRAFT ( DR.
MURPHY SASHA ) is as follows:

COMPENSATION AND FINANCE HOUSE HEAD OFFICE
CONTACT AGENT: DENNIS WISE
EMAIL: dennis_wise007@yahoo.com
PHONE: +44 702 405 3382

At the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects
which myself and my new partner are having at hand. Finally, remember that
I have forwarded instruction to the finance house on your behalf to send
the bank draft to you as soon as you contact them without delay.Please I
will like you to accept this token with good faith as this is from the
bottom of my heart.Thanks and God bless you and your family.Hope to hear
from you soon.

Your’s Faithfully,
Mr.Andrew Richardson
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Remember nobody, nobody in this world has an extra penny to give you, so just delete such mails. Here are some variants of this mail - http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blnigeria.htm

Update:

Recently a woman from Pune fall pray to such email and lost around 20-22 Lakhs INR (about $50,000), which she tried to recover trying to lure others the same way and got arrested … Read it on Times of India.

Virus Email or Spam - common identifiers

VIRUS EMAIL would be sent by any email address of any account, because some crackers always search and catch email address in mailboxes FROM, TO: and CC: of sending email including users address book. More advanced hackers/spammers can even include subject lines from user mailboxes. That’s the reason why the virus email looks like was sent by a friend, family member or from some genuine companies.

How to identify if the email has a virus? Below are some common identifiers:

1. Email attachment size is small ( 181-285 KB )
2. Has extensions like:
   • *.scr
   • *.pif
   • *.zip
   • *.HQX
   • *.MQX
   • *.mim
   • *.bat
   • *.exe
   • *.com
   • *.txt
   • *.doc
   • *.clp
   • *.lhz
   • *.rhz
   • and more other new extension name files
3. Have email subjects like:
   • Hi
   • Pictures.
   • Weah ^_^ :))
   • Hokki=)
   • ello!=))
   • Hello -:))
   • Hey, dude, it’s me ^_^
   • access Mpeg
   • Re:your text
   • Re:Text message
   • Re:Msg reply
   • Re:Is that your document?
   • Re:Hot Movie(MPEG)
   • Re:Information. ..
   • Re;Important info
   • Re:This is your photos!: )
   • And more and more…

Beware such emails are dangerous.

• If one of your files has an infected virus, it could infect other files and then all files in your hard drive when you open or access it.
• Don’t open or reply virus emails.
• If the email sounds genuine but has an attachment and you are not sure, just call up the sender and ask for confirmation before opening it.

Very Important about this Blog - just Awareness Information

Dear VISITOR,

Thank you for visiting my blog. I am happy that my blog has been helpful for lot of visitors and will keep doing so. 
From last few weeks this blog is receiving some comments from users asking for help, for example read some comments from users on Safeguard your mobile post.
I personally thank you for writing your comments/feedback and opinions on the posts but request you not to expect any action from my side as this is just a awareness information and not any kind of service. I am just like you, working in IT industry at UXM, Satyam (read more about me), and whenever I am free and I have some information that I think can help others, I just post it on this blog. It is natural that if your case/experience is similar to any post on this blog you might think this could be right platform to address your problem like many people have asked to find out their stolen mobiles but I am helpless and have no relationship with police/govt agencies.

I request you to write your similar experiences on my blog as they can help other visitors but if you are requesting for my help, forgive me as I won’t be able to help you on it and request you not to get frustrated if I could not write back to you if you are expecting my reply.

Keep visiting! Save yourself and Save others!!!!

- Dinesh Gajbhiye. 

Check out my ther blog - Hera Pheri, it will surely make you laugh

Free Nokia Phone Prank

First there was a prank of Bill Gates sharing his fortune and now this Don’t understand how people can believe on such mails and act as per the instructions given in the mail without verifying. Just a minutes search on Internet and you will come to know 3 facts about this mail:
1. This is a Hoax
2. The email address is invalid
3. Nokia denies any such promotion (obviously why a world leader will give out its products for free?)

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Dear All,

 I just want you guys to take hold of this  opportunity from NOKIA. NOKIA   is distributing cell phones for free over the internet to compete with Ericsson, which is doing the   same. They want to be better known through the Internet by word of mouth and so they are giving away their new WAP phone.  All you need to do is mail this to 8 of your acquaintances. In two weeks you will receive a NOKIA 6020. If you send this email to 20 people or more,   you will receive a NOKIA 6630 Phone. Don’t forget to mail a copy of this email to eric.dsouza@delhi.india.nokia.com to ensure that your participation is noted.

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One old version of this mail with Nokia’s public denial can be read at this link: http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/nokia.html

Two-Striped Spider, Telamonia - Hoax

Making rounds from 1999 this prank email will make you seriously think about using public toilets and check for the so-called poisonous Two-Striped spider under the seat. There are no substantial evidences to prove anything from this mail but surprisingly after 7 years its still making rounds.

You can see more about this on:Fatal Spider Bite in North Florida with different versions of the same email. Don’t trust such email. When such email comes to your inbox, rather than just forwarding spend couple of minutes to search on internet to see how real it is and break the chain there itself.

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Be careful!!!

Three women in KL, turned up at hospitals over a 5-day period, all with the same symptoms. Fever, chills, and vomiting, followed by muscular collapse, paralysis, and finally, death. There were no outward signs of trauma. Autopsy results showed toxicity in the blood.

These women did not know each other, and seemed to have nothing in common. It was iscovered, however, that they had all visited the same Restaurant along Jalan Kuchai Lama within days of their deaths.

The health department descended on the restaurant, shutting it down.

The food, water, and air conditioning were all inspected and tested,to no avail. The big break came when a waitress at the restaurant was rushed to the hospital with similar symptoms. She told doctors that she had been on vacation, and had only went to the restaurant to pick up her check. She did not eat or drink while she was there, but had
used the restroom.

That is when one toxicologist, remembering an article he had read,drove up to the restaurant, went into the restroom, and lifted the toilet seat.

Under the seat, out of normal view, was a small spider. The spider was captured and brought back to the lab, where it was determined to be the Two-Striped Telamonia (Telamonia dimidiata), so named because ofits reddened flesh color. This spider’s venom is extremely toxic, but can take several days to take effect. They live in cold, dark,damp climates, and toilet rims provide just the right atmosphere.

Several days later a lawyer from JB showed up at a hospital emergency room. Before his death, he told the doctor, that he had been away on business, had taken a flight from Indonesia, changing planes in Singapore , before returning home. He did not visit the restaurant, while there. He did, as did all of the other victims, have what was
determined to be a puncture wound, on his right buttock..

Investigators discovered that the flight he was on had originated in India . The Civilian Aeronautics Board (CAB) ordered an immediate inspection of the toilets of all flights from India , and discovered the Two-Striped Telamonia (Telamonia dimidiata) spider’s nests on 4
different planes!

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