THINK BEFORE YOU CLICK -- Cyber/Online Scams Using the Words of Steve Jobs Death and Funeral

Cyber criminals are trying to cash in on the death of Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs by offering tech fanatics, especially Apple-crazy techies, different opportunities to win iGifts (iPads, iPhones, iPods etc) for virtually doing nothing but to register. 

Cyber/Online Scams Using the Words of Steve Jobs Death and/or Funeral

While most of the world paid respects and held tributes to Steve Jobs, cold-blooded scammers decided to take advantage of the situation with a brand new ploy. Cyber cowboys are using every platform to exploit internet users searching for the trending news of Steve Jobs’ death and funeral. Few of their tricks have already come in light and cyber security companies are continuously alerting web surfers to beware of such online scams. Some of the activities of internet fraudsters are given below:

·        MacBook Pro Winning Contest: Cyber criminals created an exclusive website stevejobsfuneral.com, which attempts to collect email addresses by tempting internet surfers into a competition to win a MacBook Pro by asking people to enter in a sweepstakes.

Further to the email collection trick, this website has links to an online store selling Apple products. However, the site contains affiliate advertising info that brings revenue for any purchases made through the links.

·        Facebook Scam:  One scam on Facebook purported to offer 1000 free iPads in memory of Steve Jobs, and was posted just two hours after the Apple co-founder passed away on Wednesday, according to web security firm Sophos.

Sophos disclosed jaw dropping results stated that at least 25,000 people from 100 countries had already clicked on the link, which lead them to a survey site that they had to fill out in order to qualify for the nonexistent prizes.

·        Funeral Photos and Video: Kaspersky Lab Researcher Dmitri Bestuzhev said it has found another cyber trap which claims to give chance to see exclusive photos and video footage from Steve Jobs' funeral.

Kaspersky Lab said "this video footage header reads 'The Life, Death, and Legacy of Steve Jobs'". The message says, Kaspersky Lab, added, "Video footage and images will be here uploaded live from the funeral ceremony. Check back each day to see if they are posted".

What to do …??

We have learnt in our childhood that 'Think before you speak' but now in this digital age the first and the last lesson is THINK BEFORE YOU CLICK. 

While stevejobsfuneral.com might be the biggest Steve Jobs-related scam right now but be sure that this is not the last one. You might come across many such traps set by cyber criminals in the days ahead; therefore, be cautious about the links you click, even if they were shared to you by a friend. Always get your news from official websites when possible.

Graham Cluley, senior security consultant at Sophos, advises internet users to look ahead for more scams in the near future, as cyber culprits use social networking techniques to entice users onto pages where they can be trapped into survey scams or may be subject to malware attacks.

Trend Micro has cautioned that there can be several such scams and social network users should not click on similar posts if they see them on Facebook newsfeeds or any other social network, like Twitter, MySpace etc.

A Latest Scam - - Urgent Attention from Libya govt (Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi)

Beware! Its a Cyber World - - Urgent Attention from Libya govt (Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi):

I received following mail today and at the first sight i understand that it is spam or scam mail. Read the content of my mail and then my little search about this mail:

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From: Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi (sp72984@hkucc.hku.hk)
Sent: Sat, June 11, 2011 9:35:04 PM
Subject: Urgent Attention from Libya govt


I am indeed sorry for contacting you through this means. However, i assure
you that iit is confidential and genuine. I am Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi (Col.
Gaddafi's son).

I am sure you are aware of the current war in my country, Libya. As a
consequence, many assets and funds belonging to Col. Gaddafi's family and
government officials are being frozen by western government, as you can see
on the following links:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WCp5rxNa1k
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/27/gaddafi-family-assets-frozen-
queen

In order to ensure that all our assets are not frozen illegally by the
western govt, seek your assist to transfer US$20,000,000.00 Please i need
your urgent attention. I am Barr Mohammed Heidi the family attorney will
give you more information as you reply (denisrise@coz.tw)

Best regards
Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi
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I just put the email address in Google search and found the following results on Spam Inform: 

My associate has helped me to send your first payment
of $7, 500 USD to you as instructed by Mr. David Cameron
the United Kingdom prime minister after the last G20
meeting that was held in United Kingdom, making you one
of the beneficiaries. Here is the information below.

MTCN Numbers: 6096147516
Sender First Name Is = Johannes
Second Name = Davis

I told him to keep sending you $7, 500 USD twice a week
until the FULL payment of ($820000.00 United State Dollars)
is completed.

A certificate will be made to change the Receiver Name as
stated by the British prime minister, send your Full Names
and address via Email to: Mr Garry Moore

You cannot pickup the money until the certificate is issued to you.

Regards
Mr. Garry Moore. 

AND

Good day,

My name is Denis Rise I work as online coordinator in the Euro Millions
Lottery.I am soliciting your assistance for a swift transfer of 4, 528, 000 GBP,
should you be willing to assist me in this project, and you will be giving me
just 30% of your winnings.

Just as a brief, you just have to register online, due to my position in the
company I can make it happen that you would be a winner of the above stated
amount.Naturally, every body would like to play a lottery if they are assured
of winning. I a assuring you today to be a winner, please do not take for
granted this once in a life time opportunity as we both stand to
collectively gain from this at the success of the transaction.

Should you be willing to assist me in this transaction please do respond back
by sending me the below informations;

Full names:
Occupation:
Nationality:
Country of residence:
Gender:
Age:
Private email:
Mobile phone number:

My private email is: rise_denis@yahoo.com.hk
Best Regards,
Denis Rise
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Result: Never respond to such spam/scam mails. 

Scam Alert: Cash Grant From UNESCO - - Winning Notification From Isabelle Le Fournis to Contact Dr Mariana Patru

Beware! Its a Cyber World - - Summary: Cash Grant From UNESCO

Today I received the following mail and I'm sure thousands of internet users would have received that email winning notification; pretending to be exclusively for me.   

 

Ms. Isabelle Le Fournis notifying me for winning GBP. 500,000.00 cash grant from UNESCO and asking for my personal details, as usual in such cases, to be provided to Dr Mariana Patru further processing. Further processing will end up on the demand of processing fee.

It's a scam, so don't get trapped and never send your personal information.

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From: UNESCO©
Sent: Fri, February 18, 2011 3:18:34 AM
Subject: CASH GRANT


--
United Nations Joint Programme.
Division for the Promotion of basic Education
Sector UNESCO 7, place de Fontenoy,
F-75352 Paris 07 SP,France.
Fax: +33 1 45 68 56 26/27
www.unesco.org


Qualification numbers (154/4456/011).

It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise,
Please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you following our
official publication of results
of an exclusive list of 47,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual
and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer ballot
search from the internet
as part of our international information technology enhancement programme.
No tickets were sold and Applications were also made by national
governments or international
non-governmental organizations,maintaining formal consultative relations
with UNESCO in your country.
This was held on Thursday 17th of February 2011 here in Paris France.
A Draft of 500,000,00(Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds) will be
issued in your name. For Validation Purpose ,
Please Forward The Following Information as Listed Below to our Information
and Payment bureau Officer in United Kingdom.

Required Info

Full Names:.
Residential address:.
Tel(Mobile):.
Nationality/Country:.
Age/Sex:.Occupation/Position:
SEND DETAILS FOR VALIDATION TO:

Dr Mariana Patru on: unescopayoutcentre@live.co.uk

or call Tel: +447 045726 869


Best Regards,
Isabelle Le Fournis,
(Press Relations Section UNESCO)
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I've gone through investigations and confirmed that this is a scam. You can check it out HERE.

ISL/009/NED/010: Islamic Relief Switzerland Award Winning Notification Scam

Beware! Its a Cyber World: Islamic Relief Switzerland Award Winning Notification

Today, I received following Award Winning Notification from Mr. Molly Kain of Islamic Relief Switzerland.

Clearly, its a scam to cheat innocent internet users and to steal personal information of the recipients for bad intents in the future and more probably to cheat them for advance processing fee.

This is a scam like many others in the form of Award Winning Notifications. 

 

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From: Molly Kain (online806849@telkomsa.net)
Sent: Sun, January 9, 2011 11:32:19 PM
Subject: REF:ISL/009/NED/010


We are pleased to notify you that $3,100,000.00 Was awarded to you in the ongoing Islamic Relief Switzerland attached is your qualification number (ISL/009/NED/010) kindly contact your claim officer with your qualification Number

Dr.Sayed Ali
TEL: +44-702-404-7731
+44-702-406-1772
E-mail: islamic23102@gala.net

On behalf of the Board, kindly accept our warmest congratulations!

Sincerely,
Molly Kain (Web-Email Information Manage)

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Don't believe it and no need to even respond it as the free cheese always take a rat to the trap only. Keep sharing and join hands to save other from cyber victimization.  

Highly Confidential (Cash Winner 2010): Claim Your Prize of $ 400,000 Before 29th of December 2010 - - Another Free Lotto Scam Using the Name of AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY PROGRAM

Beware! Its Cyber World - - Lottery Scam: 

Few days back a lottery scam was discussed here at "Beware! Its a cyber World" in which the name of AUSTRALIA LOTTERY INCORPORATION was used. Now Another version of the same type of scam is available to misguide innocent internet users. The following email I received today only and found it worth-sharing with my readers; so that any kind of victimization can be minimized.

The mail is forwarded from maryjack6307@yahoo.com and been instructed to contact Mr. Kenneth Moss at kennethmoss.office@yahoo.com.

This is a total internet fraud, like many before shared here. 

Dear readers, don't believe it and don't respond to any of the contacts given in the mail whether it is Mary Jack or Kenneth Moss. Your any kind of response will make them sure that your email address is live and you will start getting hell of spam mails.


The following email hit my inbox yesterday only. 

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From: Australian Lottery 2010 Notification. (maryjack6307@yahoo.com)
Sent: Wed, November 24, 2010 2:28:33 AM
Subject: Highly Confidential (Cash Winner 2010)

Desk of the Vice President Australia International Lottery Corporation. Date: 23rd November, 2010 Ref: 575061725 Batch: 8056490902/188 Lotto type : mega million Winning number: 111326344448 Dear Winner, This is to inform you that your Email Address have emerged winner of the AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY PROGRAM .You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $400,000 USD ( FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND AMERICAN DOLLARS).. HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE To file for your claim . Please quote your Date of draw,Reference Number, Batch Number and Winning Number, which can be found on the top-left corner of this message to your claims agent Mr. Kenneth Moss immediately. He will direct you on how to receive your winning prize. Also, you should give in your telephone number to help locate your file easily. For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize has been released to you and also to the public. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial/unauthorized personnel. HOW TO CONTACT YOUR AGENT Simply contact your agent with the contact details; Kenneth Moss(Mr.) Tel: +44-703-598-7561 Email: kennethmoss.office@yahoo.com Note: All winnings MUST be claimed before the 29th of December 2010; otherwise all funds will be canceled. Yours Faithfully, Mary Jack Online Coordinator for AUSTRALIA LOTTERY INC. Copyright 1999-2010 Australia lotto International . All right Reserved.

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Be careful and beware! its a cyber world and, according to latest research of Norton, two third of internet users are subject to be victimization of internet fraud, online scams or cybercrime.

30% OFF on All Stocks - - Reality of the Mail Containing Dan Murphy's 30% Discount Voucher

Beware! Its a Cyber World - - Summary:

A widely spreading email with a voucher offers recipients 30% off all products at Australian liquor outlet Dan Murphy's between 25th and 28th November 2010.

Readers might remember the same type of hoax was discussed here involving Red Robins (Happy Burger Day). In the same way, the current discount voucher is total fake and did not originate from Dan Murphy's. The offer is not valid and the voucher cannot be redeemed at Dan Murphy's stores.

Let's have a look to the mail contents and attached Dan Murphy's voucher image below here;

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Subject: Fw: 30% off voucher at Dan Murphy's

Dan Murphy's

30% off all stock for Family and Friends 25th - 28th November 2010

 

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Beware! Its a Cyber World - - Explanation:

A voucher currently circulating via email and online promises the recipient a 30% discount on all stock at Dan Murphy's, an Australian liquor store chain now owned by Woolworths. The voucher comes in the form of an attached .pdf and includes Dan Murphy's logos and seemingly official terms and conditions of use.

However, the voucher is fake and was not issued by Dan Murphy's. The company will not redeem the voucher. Dan Murphy's has published a notice on its website warning customers about the hoax voucher:

WARNING! VOUCHER HOAX

To avoid any disappointment, please be aware that a hoax flyer is being circulated that did not originate from Dan Murphy’s or Woolworths Ltd. The offer states that family and friends can receive 30% off all stock between 25-28 November.

THIS OFFER IS NOT VALID

It is currently unclear who is responsible for the creation and distribution of the fake voucher.

 

Email Hoax: Free Promotional Give Aways From Blackberry and Ercisson for Email Forwarders

Beware! Its a Cyber World - - Summary:

An rapidly spreading email message claims that Blackberry is giving away free phones to those who forward the email to eight or more people. Another smae type of message is hitting the inboxes equally frequently; which claims to be from Eriscsson and forwarding the same message will make you win a lap top from Ericsson.

The claims in the messages are untrue and baseless. Blackberry or Ericsson are not giving away free phones or laptops to those who forward an email. Previously we have unveiled the truth of such messages that targeted Nokia, Sony Ericsson and others.

Example of mail message from Ericsson looks like shown hereunder:

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Dear All,

Its a rare opportunity so please don't miss it.


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Example of mail message from Blackberry looks like shown hereunder:

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Subject: FW: Blackberry Storm Promotion



Dear All,

Blackberry is giving away free phones as part of their promotional drive.

All you need to do is send a copy of this email to 8 people; and you will receive your phone in less than 24 hrs. Please note that if you send to more than 20 people you will receive two phones.

Please do not forget to send a copy to: amanda.lee@blackberry.com

With Regards,

Amanda Lee (Marketing Manager)

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Beware! Its a Cyber World - - Explanation (Exp: 1)

Sounds easy enough and tempting, too, but get this: the Ericsson T18 is a cell phone, not a computer. Moreover, it's a discontinued model. They don't sell it anymore!

But if you can send it to 20 people or more, you will receive Ericsson R320.

Again, the Ericsson R320 is a cell phone, not a computer. And discontinued, to boot!

What gives? The email above is slightly revised version of a nine-year-old hoax promising free phones to frequent forwarders. Though the phrase "computer laptops" has been substituted in the newer variant to reel in more suckers, evidently the anonymous prankster who revised the original couldn't be bothered to change the model numbers of the supposed promotional items.

The email address to which copies of the forwarded message are supposed to be sent, anna.swelung@ericsson.com, is a corruption of the address specified in the 2000 version of the hoax (anna.swelund@ericsson.com), which, of course, was never valid in the first place.

2009 update:

On May 12, 2009 Sony Ericsson released the following statement in response to a revised version of the hoax:

Hoax Competition Email

Sony Ericsson has been made aware of an online email campaign claiming that Ericsson will give away a free laptop computer to users who forward the promotional information. The same campaign includes a photograph of the Sony Ericsson logo and mentions an Ericsson contact name and email number.

Sony Ericsson confirms that this email campaign is a hoax. In addition, Sony Ericsson confirms that the Ericsson contact name does not exist.

All competitions and promotions involving Sony Ericsson are run through official channels such as Sony Ericsson’s website or Sony Ericsson’s partners’ websites. Please be wary of any competition or promotion that appears to come from outside of Sony Ericsson or Sony Ericsson’s partners official channels. Examples of these include via spam emails or SMS.

Please do not reply to or forward the email if you receive it.

Beware! Its a Cyber World - - Explanation (Exp: 2)

This message claims that the recipient will get a free Blackberry simply by sending the email to eight other people. And, supposedly, if the recipient sends the message to more than twenty people, he or she will be given not one but two Blackberry phones. According to the message, the giveaway is part of a Blackberry "promotional drive". The participant is instructed to send a copy of the email to a marketing manager at Blackberry at the same time that he or she forwards it to the eight or twenty friends.

However, the claims in the message are untrue. Blackberry certainly will not be handing out free products in exchange for forwarding an email. In fact, the message is yet another variant of a long running series of hoax messages that claim that recipients can get free products just for forwarding an email. Email sent to the marketing manager email address specified in the message are returned with a "recipient address rejected: user unknown" error.

Moreover, this email hoax is having a detrimental impact on the reputation of a person who happens to have the same name and occupation as that listed in the message. The real Amanda Lee who is a marketing manager in the IT industry in South Africa is concerned that her name is being circulated in a false association with this hoax message. Amanda Lee has no connection whatsoever with the hoax message and does not work for Blackberry. Her name was added to the hoax without her permission or knowledge. Thus, those who send on this absurd and ridiculous hoax message are not only helping to distribute utterly pointless nonsense, but are also inadvertently helping to damage the reputation of a real person who has done nothing wrong.

And an even earlier version claims that Nokia is giving forwarders free mobile phones:

Nokia Is Giving Away Phones For "FREE"!!

Nokia is trying word-of-mouth advertising to introduce its products.And the reward you receive for advertising for them is a phone free of cost! To receive your free phone all you need to do is send this email out to 8 people (for a free Nokia 6210) or to 20 people (for a free Nokia WAP).Within 2 weeks you will receive a free phone. (They contact you via your email address).

You must send a copy to anna.swelan@nokia.com

Thus it seems clear that some prankster has simply taken an older version of the hoax and re-purposed it so that it targets Blackberry rather than Nokia or Sony Ericsson and tacked on a picture of a Blackberry for good measure.

Many other hoaxes make the absurd claim that a recipient can get free products, services, vouchers or cash just for sending on an email. The tactic is a favourite ruse of Internet pranksters because it virtually guarantees that their ridiculous messages will not only spread far and wide, but will very often continue to circulate for months or even years after they are launched.

Of course, many companies do run promotional campaigns that offer participants the chance to gain free or heavily discounted products or services. However, no legitimate company is ever likely to run a promotion based on the random and uncontrolled forwarding of an email. Real promotions will always include or link to documents that clearly specify such things as start and end dates for the promotion, legal terms pertaining to the promotion and detailed conditions of entry. Hoaxes such as this supposed Blackberry promotion never include limiting factors such as conclusion dates or entry conditions. Therefore, a company foolish enough to lend itself to such an absurd promotional campaign might ultimately find itself obligated to hand over thousands of laptops or phones - an outcome that could potential lead to economic ruin for that company . Thus, it is laughable to suggest that any company would engage in such an ill conceived promotional tactic.

Any message that claims that you can get something - be it free products or services, vouchers, gifts, competition entries or cash - just for forwarding an email is virtually certain to be a hoax. If you receive such a message, please do not further the spread of such nonsense by passing it on to others.

Give-Away Scams - - Mail from Lady Novell Frances Offering a Sum of 2 Million Great Britain Pounds Sterling

Today I received the following mail; presented for my readers as it is. The email address given in this mail to contact and further communication is novellfrances01@discuz.org. When I tried to search the domain of this email i.e. discuz.org; I found a lot of scam mails to many innocent internet users offering different types of give-aways, lottery scams and many more.

This domain has continuously been used for the purpose of cheating people through internet. So I want my readers to be aware of the fact and don't reply to any such mails.

The contents of the mail are as under;

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From: Esra Albayrak (ealbayrak@gsu.edu.tr)
Sent: Tue, April 6, 2010 9:12:15 AM
Subject: Humanitarian Call

Here writes Lady Novell Frances, suffering from cancerous ailment. I am married to Sir
David Novell an Englishman who is dead.When my late husband was alive he deposited the
sum of 2 Million Great Britain Pounds Sterling which were derived from his vast estates
and investment in capital market with his bank here in UK.

Recently, my Doctor told me that I have limited days to live due to the cancerous
problems I am suffering from. I have decided to donate this fund to you and want you to
use this gift which comes from my husbands effort to fund the upkeep of widows,
widowers, orphans,destitute, the down-trodden,physically challenged children, barren-
women and persons who prove to be genuinely handicapped financially.

I took this decision because I do not have any child and my husband relatives are
bourgeois and very wealthy persons.I do not want my husband's hard earned money to be
misused or invested into ill perceived ventures hence the reason for taking this bold
decision.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank in UK. I will
also issue you a Letter of Authority that will empower you
as the original beneficiary of this fund. My happiness is that I lived a life worthy of
emulation. Please assure me that you will act just as I have stated herein.

Hope to hear from you soon.

You can contact me through my personal email address: novellfrances01@discuz.org

Madam Novell Frances

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Beware! It's a cyber world.

Email Scams: Winning Notification - - ATM MASTER CARD of USD $800, 000, 00 to the TNT Express Delivery Services

Hi friends,

I'm here after quite a few time; just because of some unavoidable reasons, and can't share anything with you guys for almost three months. During this period I got many juicy mails in my email box that are worth-sharing with all of you; so that you guys be aware of the new tactics of the cyber-culprits who are trying to spoil the cyber world with their dirty efforts and cheat many innocent cyber users.

The latest effort of such mails is presented here for my readers:

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----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Barrister David Councill. (info.@Barrister.com)
Sent: Fri, April 2, 2010 1:29:12 AM
Subject:




Good day,

I just want to inform you that I have deposited your ATM MASTER CARD of USD
$800, 000, 00 United state dollars to the TNT Express Delivery Services
here in West Africa, due to I have waited enough to hear from you to let
you the result of Volkswagen MOTORS WORLDWIDE LTD Email Lottery Promotion
held on the 31th December 2009 as part of our programs to Launch our multi
million dollar office that was commissioned on 21st of Januanry 2010 in
West Africa, Nigeria. Your email was attached to ticket number VJETTA-
UK-VP990003-M4GA with draw number P93VWJ which consequently won you in the
2nd category prize, your email address was extracted from our electronic
email extraction system which randomly selected Fifthteen (15) Lucky
Winners of
which your email address was among one of the lucky winner.. You have
therefore been approved for a payout of a total sum 800,000.00 USD which has
been lodged into an ATM Card. I now decide to deposit the ATM MASTER CARD
with the TNT Express Delivery Services with your previous information as
you listed it that time.

I have paid to them their delivery charges & insurance coverage fee, the
only fee to be paid again is their security safe keeping fee of $170
Dollars only. I would have paid that but they said no because they don't
know when you will contact them and in case of demur-rage. I will be
traveling to IRAQ to see my boss and I will not come back till next month,
Therefore I will advise you to contact the TNT shipment Officer with his
contact information as listed below for the avoidance's of increase of
their security safe keeping fee.

Note that I packaged the ATM MASTER CARD inside a magazine where nobody will
notice the content, I also told the shipment officer Prof. Aba Roland,that
it is ordinary African magazine I want to deliver to my friend abroad to
avoid further delay unless you delay to send their security safe keeping
fee. Make sure you contact him through this Email Address:
atmpaymentunit077@yahoo.com.hk

Below is the shipments officer contact information including his email
address with the parcel reference number, note that without you indicating
your parcel number as listed below the TNT Express Delivery Services will
not listen to you they will be imagining if you want to steal another
persons parcel.

Attention: Prof. Aba Roland Shipment Officer of TNT Express Delivery Services
Nigeria.
E-mail: atmpaymentunit077@yahoo.com.hk
Phone:Tel: +234-813-463-4069
Shipment Code: CPEL/OWN/9876
Parcel Number: EG2272

Also below is the information they need to deliver the ATM MASTER CARD in
form of African Magazine to your address, this is to avoid wrong delivery
as i already gave them your delivery address but you have to re-confirm it
to them ok.

Full name.......................
Home address............
Country....................
Tel-phone...............

Please make sure the information is complete as they promised that once they
receive their security safe keeping fee within 2 to 3 working days the
magazine will arrived your door step according to the shipment officer.

Once again, the TNT Express Delivery Services do not know the content of the
parcel,I registered it as an African magazine they don't know it contains
ATM MASTER CARD inside, this is to avoid them delaying the delivery and
besides I don't want you to lose your inheritance funds.

Your ATM MASTER CARD withdrawing access pin code number is (0114) take
Note,once you receive the card you take it to any cash point around your
Area and slotting it and enter the pin code for withdrawal, the amount you
are to withdrew per day is USD$20,000.00. (Twenty thousand United State
Dollars) each day. Also ask them on how you are to make the payment for
the security fee to them so they can effect immediate delivery on
yourparcel.

Remain blessed and enjoy your funds.
Thanks.
Barrister David Councill.

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I would like the comments and suggestions from my readers with respect to such efforts; they may have faced.

Hyundai Chairman Charity Donation Scam - - Recent Attack by Internet Fraudsters

Be Ware! Its a Cyber World - - Summary:

Email claims that the recipient has been awarded 2 million dollars as part of a donation pledge given by Hyundai Chairman Chung Mong-koo as a condition of his conviction for embezzlement.

In fact, It's an advance fee scam designed to steal money and information. First go though the mail contents given below, then it would be explained in details:

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Subject: Hyundai Group Promotion 2009

Hyundai Group,
United Kingdom.

Dear Sir/Madam,

This is to notify you that you have been chosen By the seven-member committee to fulfill Chairman Chung Mong-koo's promise to donate One trillion won (US$1.1 billion) to charity, contingent to a suspension early this month of his three-year prison sentence for embezzlement and breach of trust.The ruling meant that the 69-year-old chairman will not be thrown back into jail as long as he remains clean during the next five years.. In suspending the prison sentence, the Seoul High Court ordered Chung to fulfill the pledge of donations.Chung, want this money used for the protection of the environment and to build art and cultural facilities..

click below for further information.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iZmiE9o-PiIb9s4nS4hsQKfo2F_A
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2007/09/17/55/0502000000AEN20070917003500320F.HTML

As one of the final recipients of this Cash Grant/Donation for your own personal,education and business development. The Hyundai Company is the world's largest shipbuilder and 6th largest automaker and owns Hyundai Group,the parent company for all Hyundai Motor. The company has decided to randomly select email addresses that would benefit from this donation.Based on the random selection exercise of internet service providers(ISP) and millions of Super market cash invoices worldwide, you were selected among the lucky recipients to receive the award sum of US$2,000,000.00 (Two Million United States Dollars) as charity donations/aid from Hyundai Group.

You are required to expeditiously Contact the head of committee (HOC) below for qualification documentation and processing of your claims,from Monday through Sunday. On contact with head of committee (HOC),You'll be given your payment pin number which you will use in collecting the funds.Please endeavor to quote your pin number QN(HM-145-5611) in all discussions.
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Head of committee: Mrs. Teoh Zabedah
Email: [Removed]

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On behalf of the seven-member committee kindly accept our warmest congratulations
Yours Sincerely,
Mr Ji-Qui
(Comittee President)

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Be Ware! Its a Cyber World - - Explanation:

This email claims that the "lucky" recipient has been awarded the sum of $2,000,000.00 as part of a donations scheme organized by South Korean automaker Hyundai. According to the email, Hyundai chairman Chung Mong-koo was convicted of embezzlement and breach of trust but received a suspended jail sentence on the condition that he make good on a pledge to donate 1 billion dollars to charity. Supposedly, the recipient has been chosen to receive a portion of this charity fund via the random selection of his or her email address. The recipient is instructed to contact the "head of committee" to initiate processing of the award

However, the message is not from Hyundai and the recipient has not been awarded any money. In fact, the message is part of a scheme designed to trick victims into sending money to Internet criminals. The promised two million dollars is simply the bait used to entice victims into contacting the scammers. Those who contact the bogus "head of committee" as instructed will sooner or later be asked to send money, ostensibly to cover fictitious fees or charges supposedly connected to the award. The scammers will claim that the fees must be payed in advance in order to facilitate release of the award money. They will insist that the required fees cannot be deducted from the award money itself. During the course of the scam, the victim may also be tricked into providing a large amount of private information that might subsequently be used by criminals to steal his or her identity.

In order to make their bogus schemes sound more believable, scammers often use real events, situations companies or people as a basis for their claims. In this scam, they have built their lies on a real situation pertaining to Hyundai chairman Chung Mong-koo. In 2007, Chung Mong-koo was indeed convicted of embezzling more than $100 million from Hyundai and received a three year sentence. However, in a controversial move, the sentence was suspended because it was considered that Chung Mong-koo was too important to the Korean economy and the future of Hyundai. He was instead ordered to fulfill a promise he made in 2006 to donate $1.1 billion of his personal assets to society. He was also ordered to perform community service. Reports indicate that Mong-koo intended to donate funds to build a concert hall and other cultural centers in Korea.

The scammers have included links to news articles about the Chung Mong-koo court case in an attempt to add credence to their claims. What ever Chung Mong-koo ultimately uses his donated funds for, you can rest assured that he will not be sending millions of dollars to overseas strangers based on the random selection of email addresses. Such claims are simply absurd.

There are thousands of variations of advance fee scams like this one. Many claim that the recipient has won a large sum of money because their email address was randomly selected from a pool collected on the Internet. Others claim that the recipient has been awarded a grant from a well-known organization such as the Catholic Church. Internet users should be very cautious of any unsolicited email that claims that they have been awarded money from a charity fund, won a lottery that they have never even entered or been approved for a grant that they never applied for. Any such claims should be treated with the utmost suspicion.

Give-Away Scam - - L.P.C. Electronics Sony Vaio Laptop Giveaway Hoax

Message claims that L.P.C. Electronics is giving away Sony Vaio Laptop to recipients who forward the email to twenty other people.

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Subject: Sony Laptop

DO YOU WANT A FREE SONY VAIO LAPTOP?

L.P.C. Electronics is giving away free laptops as part of a new promotion. This is a campaign to increase the popularity and sales.

You are 100% guaranteed to win a free Sony Vaio Laptop VGN-AW270 if you send this email to 20 other people. The stock for these laptops is limited so make sure to send out the emails as fast as possible.

Forward a copy along with verification to: [Address removed} You will receive an email with more information: Kind Regards,
Eve Gibson [IT Manager L.P.C.]

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It's for real, I just received it!!

Note: The hoax normally circulates in the form of the following graphic:

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Be Ware It's a Cyber World-Explanation:
This message claims that, just by forwarding the email to 20 other people, the lucky recipient is 100% guaranteed to "win" a free Sony Vaio Laptop VGN-AW270. According to the message, a company named L.P.C. Electronics is giving away the laptops as part of a promotional campaign to increase popularity and sales.

However, the claims in the email are untrue. L.P.C. Electronics is not giving away free laptops in exchange for sending on an email. Nor is any other company. In fact, the email is just one more incarnation in a long line of similar hoaxes. The message is very similar to an earlier email hoax that falsely claimed that Sony Ericsson was distributing free laptops to those who forwarded the message:


And the Sony Ericsson laptop hoax email was in turn just a mutated version of an even earlier hoax that claimed that Sony Ericsson was giving away free mobile phones. Other versions of the hoax have claimed that Nokia was the company distributing free phones in exchange for forwarding. And one mutation of the hoax even claimed that the recipient could get a free power inverter just for sending on the message.

There are several businesses that trade under the name "L.P.C. Electronics", located in various parts of the world including the United States, Australia and India. It is unclear which of these, if any, is being targeted in this version of the hoax. It is possible that the name was simply made up for the occasion by the pranksters responsible for generating this particular variant of the hoax. Emails sent to the address included in the hoax message have so far gone unanswered.

In truth, any message that claims that a company is giving away products, services, gift vouchers or cash to those who forward on a specified email is virtually certain to be a hoax. No legitimate company is ever likely to engage in a promotion that is reliant on the random and uncontrolled forwarding of an email. While companies regular use prizes and giveaways as part of their promotional campaigns, such promotions will invariably be tightly controlled via specific terms and conditions and entry cutoff dates.

The "get something free just for forwarding an email" is a favourite ruse of Internet pranksters and has been the engine driving the spread of a large number of absurd, inbox cluttering junk email since the early days of the Internet. One of the most prolonged of these hoaxes has been the infamous Money from Microsoft hoax which claims that Bill Gates is paying considerable sums of money to those who participate in a "beta test" by forwarding an email to as many people as possible. This hoax has circulated continually for at least a decade.

As a rule of thumb, if a message claims that you can receive a free giveaway just for sending on an email, it is very likely to be just another hoax in a long and sorry line of similar hoaxes and should be deleted rather than forwarded.