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		<title>Sarah May&#8217;s Scam Email</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 03:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BS Artist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hate it when assholes try to appeal to peoples greed or need for money in order to try and scam some money out of them. In my opinion that is really low but it&#8217;s even lower when they try to appeal to their Christian sensibility by bringing God into it and even mentioning a [...]]]></description>
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<p>I hate it when assholes try to appeal to peoples greed or need for money in order to try and scam some money out of them. In my opinion that is really low but it&#8217;s even lower when they try to appeal to their Christian sensibility by bringing God into it and even mentioning a passage in the Bible!</p>
<p>Then you add to the equation the fact they try to appeal to a person&#8217;s humanity by trying to make them feel sorry for them, ergo the dying from cancer story, now that is really despicable. Just so you can see how low they really are, and so you don&#8217;t get sucked in if you get this email, I&#8217;ve posted a copy for you.</p>
<blockquote><p>Urgent Assistance<br />
Dear Sir/Madam</p>
<p>After going through your profile I decided to contact you for friendship<br />
and assistance and distribution of my inheritance, I have to say that I<br />
have no intentions of causing you any Pains so I decided to contact you<br />
through this medium. I got your Contact through a personal search via<br />
the internet. As you read this, I don&#8217;t want you to feel sorry for me,<br />
because, I Believe everyone will die someday.</p>
<p>My name is Sarah May I am a dying woman who have decided to donate what<br />
I have to you/ church/charity Organizations. I was diagnosed with<br />
esophageal Cancer for about 7 Years ago; I am married to Sir Gerald<br />
Allport who worked with British Judicial Commission in Chelsea England<br />
for over a decade before he died on 5th of July in the year 2004. We<br />
were married for fifteen years without a child and he has left me<br />
everything he worked for.</p>
<p>I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared<br />
for anyone. Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always<br />
hostile to people and only focus on my self as that was the only thing I<br />
Cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to<br />
life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world. I<br />
believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I would<br />
live my life a different way from how I have lived it. Now that I know<br />
My time is near I have been touched by God to donate from what I have<br />
Inherited from my late husband for the good work of God, rather than<br />
Allow my relatives to use my husband hard earned funds ungodly.</p>
<p>So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the<br />
U.A.E, London and Ireland. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly,<br />
I cannot do this my self any more. I once asked members of my family to<br />
Close one of my accounts and donate the money, which I have there to<br />
Charity organization in Bulgaria; they refused and kept the money to<br />
themselves.</p>
<p>Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended<br />
with what I have left for them. The last of my money which is the huge<br />
Cash deposit that I have with Financial Firm Abroad .I will want you to<br />
Help me collect this deposit and dispatched it to charity organizations<br />
And let them know that it is me Sarah May that is making this Generous<br />
donation.</p>
<p>I am writing this from my laptop computer in my hospital bed where I<br />
wait for my time to come. I pray that God uses you to support and assist<br />
me with good heart Please pray that the good Lord forgives me my sins. I<br />
have asked God to Forgive me and I believe he has because He is a<br />
merciful God. I will be going in for an operation in less than few days.<br />
I decided to WILL/donate the money to you for the good work of the lord,<br />
And also to help the motherless and less privilege and also for the<br />
Assistance of the widows according to (JAMES 1:27).</p>
<p>I took this decision because I do not have any child that will inherit<br />
This money and my husband relatives are not inclined to helping poor<br />
Persons and I do not want my husband&#8217;s hard earned money to be misused<br />
Or spent in the manner in which my late husband did not specify. At the<br />
moment I cannot take any telephone calls right now due to the Fact that<br />
my relatives are around me and my health status. I wish you All the best<br />
and May the good Lord bless you abundantly, and please use The funds<br />
well and always extend the good work to others.</p>
<p>NB: I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until<br />
the task is accomplished as I don&#8217;t want anything that will jeopardize<br />
my last wish. And Also I will be contacting with you by email as I don&#8217;t<br />
Want my relation or anybody to know because they are always around me.</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Sarah May Mrs.</p>
<p>Please contact me through the email address below: <a href="mailto:sarahmay4t@aol.com">I&#8217;m a poor excuse for a human@aol.com</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Naturally I changed the email address, no point in promoting it is there? <img class="lmbbox_smileys_img" src="http://www.loadofbullshit.com/wp-content/plugins/lmbbox-smileys/smileys/ee/wink.gif" alt=":wink_ee:" />  Obviously this email is the forerunner for a phishing scam and there is a good chance that anyone foolish enough to respond to it would get sucked in. Don&#8217;t let it be you.</p>
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		<title>Beware PayPal Policy Updates Email</title>
		<link>http://www.loadofbullshit.com/2011/08/05/1469/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 02:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BS Artist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have just received an email from PayPal which looks completely legit, especially as it is addressed to me personally, but I believe it to be a total scam.  This is the email. Notice of Policy Updates Dear Peter Pelliccia,PayPal recently posted a new Policy Update. You can view this Policy Update by logging in [...]]]></description>
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<p>I have just received an email from PayPal which looks completely legit, especially as it is addressed to me personally, but I believe it to be a total scam.  This is the email.</p>
<blockquote>
<h4>Notice of Policy Updates</h4>
<p>Dear Peter Pelliccia,PayPal recently posted a new Policy Update. You can view this Policy Update by logging in to your PayPal account. To log in to your account, go to https://www.paypal.com.au and enter your member log in information. Once you are logged in, look at the Notifications section on the top right side of the page for the latest Policy Updates.</p>
<p>If you need help logging in, go to our Help Center by clicking the Help link located in the upper right-hand corner of any PayPal page.</p>
<p>Kind Regards,<br />
PayPal Australia</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p></blockquote>
<p>The problem is the link withing the email takes you to the following url <span style="color: #ff0000;">https://email-edg.paypal.com/r/EKDHPWQ/GILQ/IPUS5/8JGL/YHWFO/PP/h</span> which the redirects you to this one <span style="color: #ff0000;">http://www.paypal.com.au/au</span>? Normally PayPal uses a secure site which you can tell from the url starting with https://!</p>
<p>Perhaps the email is legitimate but I have never known PayPal to redirect urls before. I don&#8217;t know about you but I&#8217;m not taking any chances. I logging in the good old way just to make sure I don&#8217;t get sucked in to any phishing scam.</p>
<p>OK, did that and as it turns out there is a policy update, but I still don&#8217;t trust that email and if I was you I wouldn&#8217;t click on that link.</p>
<p class="buymebeer"><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" target="paypal" method="post"><input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick" /><input type="hidden" name="business" value="sire@theelusivepotofgold.com" /><input type="hidden" name="return" value="" /><input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Buy Me a Beer for Beware PayPal Policy Updates Email" /><input type="hidden" name="amount" value="" /><input type="image" src="http://www.loadofbullshit.com/wp-content/plugins/buy-me-beer/icon_beer.gif" align="left" alt="" title="" hspace="3" /></form><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&amp;business=sire@theelusivepotofgold.com&amp;amount=&amp;return=&amp;item_name=Buy+Me+a+Beer+for+Beware+PayPal+Policy+Updates+Email" target="paypal">I'd love a beer, & that's no bull!</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Anti-Terrorist And Monitory Crime Division Bullshit Email</title>
		<link>http://www.loadofbullshit.com/2011/03/04/anti-terrorist-and-monitory-crime-division-bullshit-email/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 01:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BS Artist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Man, I can&#8217;t believe the crap you can get in your inbox these days. This latest one is supposedly from the FBI saying that with their help I&#8217;ve been cleared to receive some $850,ooo. What, they haven&#8217;t got enough on their plate that they have the time to have a &#8220;Series of meetings have been [...]]]></description>
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<p>Man, I can&#8217;t believe the crap you can get in your inbox these days. This latest one is supposedly from the FBI saying that with their help I&#8217;ve been cleared to receive some $850,ooo. What, they haven&#8217;t got enough on their plate that they have the time to have a &#8220;Series of meetings have been  held over the past 7 months with the secretary general of the United Nations  Organization.&#8221; all for some Aussie that lives clear over the other side of the world that they&#8217;ve never heard of, and all without me even asking them to step in?</p>
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<p>And to think that all I have to do is to send them some money to cover the cost of releasing the money to me! Not to mention they also require my name, address and preferred method of payment. Are they for real? Not only is this a phishing scam, they&#8217;re also trying to suck some money out of me. And what is it with these people insisting on using email providers such as Gmail, yahoo and the like? What professional uses that crap anyway?</p>
<p>I must admit warning me to disregard emails from impostors claiming to be in possession of my ATM card is hilarious, especially when you consider the source of the advice. Assholes!</p>
<p>And where do they get off charging $480 in fees to ship the ATM card? Anyway, this is the email.</p>
<blockquote><p>Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)<br />
Anti-Terrorist And Monitory Crime  Division.<br />
Federal Bureau Of Investigation.<br />
J.Edgar.Hoover Building  Washington Dc<br />
Customers Service Hours / Monday To Saturday<br />
Office Hours  Monday to Saturday:</p>
<p>Dear Beneficiary,</p>
<p>Series of meetings have been  held over the past 7 months with the secretary general of the United Nations  Organization. This ended 3 days ago. It is obvious that you have not received  your fund which is to the tune of $850,000.00 due to past corrupt Governmental  Officials who almost held the fund to themselves for their selfish reason and  some individuals who have taken advantage of your fund all in an attempt to  swindle your fund which has led to so many losses from your end and unnecessary  delay in the receipt of your fund.</p>
<p>The National Central Bureau of  Interpol enhanced by the United Nations and Federal Bureau of Investigation have  successfully passed a mandate to the current president of Nigeria his Excellency  President Good luck Jonathan to boost the exercise of clearing all foreign debts  owed to you and other individuals and organizations who have been found not to  have receive their<br />
Contract Sum, Lottery/Gambling, Inheritance and the likes.  Now how would you like to receive your payment? Because we have two method of  payment which is by Check or by ATM card?</p>
<p>ATM Card: We will be issuing  you a custom pin based ATM card which you will use to withdraw up to $3,000 per  day from any ATM machine that has the Master Card Logo on it and the card have  to be renewed in 4 years time which is 2015. Also with the ATM card you will be  able to transfer your funds to your local bank account. The ATM card comes with  a handbook or manual to enlighten you about how to use it. Even if you do not  have a bank account.</p>
<p>Check: To be deposited in your bank for it to be  cleared within three working days. Your payment would be sent to you via any of  your preferred option and would be mailed to you via UPS. Because we have signed  a contract with UPS which should expire by MARCH 09 2011 you will only need to  pay $150 instead of $420 saving you $270 So if you pay before March 08, 2011 you  save $150 Take note that anyone asking you for some kind of money above the  usual fee is definitely a fraudsters and you will have to stop communication  with every other person if you have been in contact with any. Also remember that  all you will ever have to spend is $150.00 nothing more! Nothing less! And we  guarantee the receipt of your fund to be successfully delivered to you within  the next 24hrs after the receipt of payment has been confirmed.</p>
<p>Below are  few list of tracking numbers you can track from UPS website to confirm people  like you who have received their payment successfully.</p>
<p>Name: Donna L.  Vargas: UPS Tracking Number: EO 989 255 511 US (<a href="http://www.usps.com/">www.usps.com</a>)<br />
Name: Rovenda Elaine Clayton:  UPS Tracking Number: 873944886796 (<a href="http://www.fedex.com/us">www.fedex.com/us</a>)</p>
<p>Note: Everything has  been taken care of by the Federal Government of Nigeria, Thace United Nation and  also the FBI and including taxes, custom paper and clearance duty so all you  will ever need to pay is $150.</p>
<p>DO NOT SEND MONEY TO ANYONE UNTIL YOU READ  THIS: The actual fees for shipping your ATM card is $480 but because UPS have  temporarily discontinued the C.O.D which gives you the chance to pay when  package is delivered for international shipping We had to sign contract with  them for bulk shipping which makes the fees reduce from the actual fee of $420  to $150 nothing more and no hidden fees of any sort!</p>
<p>To effect the  release of your fund valued at $850,000.00 you are advised to contact our  correspondent in Africa the delivery officer Andrew Morgan with the information  below,</p>
<p>Email: <a href="mailto:andrewmorgan10@yahoo.com">andrewmorgan10@yahoo.com</a><br />
You are  advised to contact him with the informations as stated below:</p>
<p>Your full  Name..<br />
Your Address:&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<br />
Home/Cell  Phone:&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<br />
Preferred Payment Method (ATM / Cashier  Check)</p>
<p>Upon receipt of payment the delivery officer will ensure that your  package is sent within 24 working hours. Because we are so sure of everything we  are giving you a 100% money back guarantee if you do not receive payment/package  within the next 24hrs after you have made the payment for shipping.</p>
<p>Yours  sincerely,<br />
Miss Donna Story<br />
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION<br />
UNITED  STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE<br />
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535</p>
<p>Note: Do disregard  any email you get from any impostors or offices claiming to be in possession of  your ATM CARD, you are hereby advice only to be in contact with James Richard of  the ATM CARD CENTRE who is the rightful person to deal with in regards to your  ATM CARD PAYMENT and forward any emails you get from impostors to this office so  we could act upon and commence investigation.</p></blockquote>
<p>If you get this be warned it is total bullshit! Just delete the email. Do not reply to it, even for the sake of telling them you didn&#8217;t fall for their ruse because if you do this you&#8217;re telling them they have a legitimate address and you will be opening the doors to a lot more spam</p>
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		<title>Beware Scam Email From Barclays Bank</title>
		<link>http://www.loadofbullshit.com/2011/01/24/beware-scam-email-from-barclays-bank/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 02:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BS Artist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s one for you that I just got today. It&#8217;s an email from some sheila from Barclays Bank PLC claiming &#8220;Wrong transfer of your US$1,200,000.00 funds to Australia.&#8221; Shit, that the first time I&#8217;ve even heard that I had  over a million dollars and if I did have it why would I transfer it to [...]]]></description>
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<p>Here&#8217;s one for you that I just got today. It&#8217;s an email from some sheila from Barclays Bank PLC claiming &#8220;Wrong transfer of your US$1,200,000.00 funds to Australia.&#8221; Shit, that the first time I&#8217;ve even heard that I had  over a million dollars and if I did have it why would I transfer it to Australia when I&#8217;m already living here?</p>
<p>There is so much wrong with this email, grammar included, that one has to wonder if anyone would actually fall for what is so obviously a scam.</p>
<p>Here, read it for yourself.</p>
<blockquote>
<p style="text-align: left;">
<p>Barclays Bank PLC<br />
2 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf<br />
London, E14 5RB -United  Kingdom</p>
<p>Ref No: BC/AUD-05IC</p>
<p>Dear Sir,</p>
<p>RE: Wrong  transfer of your US$1,200,000.00 funds to Australia.</p>
<p>We wish to  us this medium to inform you that following the ongoing review<br />
of all  unclaimed and delayed funds, your payment file was forwarded to<br />
this bank for  immediate payment of our long delayed funds starting with a<br />
first installment  transfer of US$1,200,000.00 to your bank account.</p>
<p>The Audit report shows  that you have been going through hard times by<br />
paying a lot of money to some  dubious officials for the release of your<br />
funds.<br />
We therefore advice that  you stop further communication with any<br />
correspondence outside this office  since you have satisfied all funds<br />
transfer requirements and do not have to  pay any fee or charges for the<br />
release of your funds.</p>
<p>However, we are  surprised to receive another application this morning from<br />
your  representative, MR.ROBERT MUELLER.</p>
<p>Could you please reconfirm  immediately, your relationship with MR.ROBERT<br />
MUELLER with two others, who  claim to be your partners.</p>
<p>Please confirm if he is your business partner;  and that the Account<br />
Number:034582004,BSB: 083337;National Australia Bank, is  your new bank<br />
account information to receive your US$1,200,000.00 and that  you were<br />
recently involved in an auto accident and cannot walk right  now.</p>
<p>It has become necessary to verify directly from you, the  original<br />
beneficiary, if you authorized such changes in your beneficiary  bank<br />
information before granting their request to avoid wrong transfer of  your<br />
US$1,200,000.00</p>
<p>Kindly get in touch with us ASAP by email with  your TELEPHONE NUMBER, so<br />
that we can proceed with the transfer of your  US$1,200,000.00 to your<br />
correct bank account as scheduled.</p>
<p>To protect  the confidentiality of your information, send your TELEPHONE<br />
NUMBER directly  to my personal e-mail: <span style="color: #ff0000;">edited out!</span></p>
<p>Yours  sincerely,</p>
<p>Mrs. Sandra R. Penfold<br />
Barclays Bank UK.</p></blockquote>
<p>Do you see what I mean. It&#8217;s pure unadulterated bullshit. The only way anyone would actually believe this was if there actually was a transfer of a large amount of money and if they actually knew someone called ROBERT MUELLER who was acting on their behalf. Man this stuff is so far off the mark. Still, there may be someone out there who thinks they may get hold of some money dishonestly, and if that&#8217;s the case you deserve everything you get.</p>
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		<title>FROM THE DESK OF COCA-COLA LOTTERY PROGRAM MANAGER, Phishing Email</title>
		<link>http://www.loadofbullshit.com/2010/12/18/from-the-desk-of-coca-cola-lottery-program-manager-phishing-email/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BS Artist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shit, how lucky am I? My email has just been selected at random in a competition that I never even bloody entered and I won a million British pounds! That&#8217;s unbelievable isn&#8217;t it. You&#8217;re damn right it&#8217;s unbelievable, in fact it&#8217;s bloody bullshit. Yeah I can say bullshit and I don&#8217;t have to worry about [...]]]></description>
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<p>Shit, how lucky am I? My email has just been selected at random in a competition that I never even bloody entered and I won a million British pounds! That&#8217;s unbelievable isn&#8217;t it. You&#8217;re damn right it&#8217;s unbelievable, in fact it&#8217;s bloody bullshit. Yeah I can say bullshit and I don&#8217;t have to worry about Google anymore because they&#8217;ve already disabled my account on this blog over a post that didn&#8217;t deserve it.</p>
<p>But we&#8217;re not talking about Google, we&#8217;re talking about this email that I received today. Check it out!</p>
<blockquote><p>FROM THE DESK OF COCA-COLA LOTTERY PROGRAM MANAGER<br />
WINNING  INFORMATIONS:<br />
Ticket Number: 78945327856619<br />
with Serial Number  445/02<br />
Ref. No: CLA/9080118308/02/Z01</p>
<p>COCA-COLA LOTTERY AWARD  2010</p>
<p>WINNING NOTIFICATION:</p>
<p>Sir/Madam,</p>
<p>We wish to  congratulate you over your email success in our Online Coca<br />
Cola Lottery  Promo held on 1St Of Dec  2010 In London, This is a<br />
Millennium Scientific  Computer Game in<br />
which email address were used. It is a promotional program  aimed at<br />
encouraging Coca Cola Customer.; therefore you do not need to buy  ticket<br />
to enter for it.</p>
<p>You have been approve to Claim the Sum Of   $1,000,000.00 (one Million<br />
British Pounds) from<br />
the on line COCA COLA  LOTTERY PROMO.To claim your winning prize you are to<br />
contact our  Promotions<br />
claim Agent in London as soon as possible for the immediate  release of<br />
your winnings with the following<br />
informations  below:</p>
<p>Full Names:&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<br />
Date Of  Birth:&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<br />
Full  Address:&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<br />
Email:&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<br />
Contact  Telephone  Number:&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<br />
Occupation:&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<br />
Country  Of Residence:&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..</p>
<p>Please Kindly Contact your Claims  Agent with above information for the<br />
processing<br />
of your claim.</p>
<p>Mr.  Desmond  Harry<br />
Email:claim211@<a class="zem_slink" title="Gmail" rel="homepage" href="http://gmail.com">gmail.com</a><br />
Telephone:+448713155319</p>
<p>Mrs.Sandra  Micheal<br />
Coca Cola Lottery Award Coordinator.<br />
UNITED KINGDOM.</p></blockquote>
<p>Naturally this email is a pile of crap and isn&#8217;t fit to wipe your arse with. Why these people insist on using gmail or yahoo as their email address is ludicrous. Oh yeah, that&#8217;s right they couldn&#8217;t really use one from coke because they don&#8217;t actually work there do they?</p>
<p>I also found it strange that, seeing how it was supposed to have originated in England and all, how they used a <a class="zem_slink" title="Dollar sign" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_sign">dollar sign</a> instead of the <a class="zem_slink" title="Pound sterling" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_sterling">English pound</a> sign. The English is also a little off which suggests it&#8217;s probably from somewhere else, possibly Nigeria.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s obviously a phishing attempt, and a pretty poor one at that. Still, I reckon someone will fall for it. Don&#8217;t let that someone be you!</p>
<p>The thing to remember is no-one is going to send you an email saying you won the lottery when you never bought a ticket. That will only happen if you actually buy one online. You can do that at a site like <strong><a title="buy lottery tickets online" href="http://buyonlinelottotickets.com/">Buy Lottery Tickets Online</a></strong> which allows you to buy your lottery tickets online from any of the major lotteries in the world.</p>
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		<title>J. RICHARD LEAMAN OF UBS INVESTMENT BANK Phony Email</title>
		<link>http://www.loadofbullshit.com/2010/11/06/j-richard-leaman-of-ubs-investment-bank-phony-email/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2010 23:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BS Artist</dc:creator>
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<p>I&#8217;m constantly amazed by the amount of crap that&#8217;s going around, all of it trying to rip off the innocent. I&#8217;ve had people tell me that I should leave it alone and that those people who get sucked into this crap are so stupid they deserve it and that only then will they learn that nothing in life comes easy.</p>
<p>Truth be told though, I just can&#8217;t do it. I don&#8217;t believe that anyone has the right to rip people off and if I can save just one person from losing money to some scam or other then it is all worthwhile.</p>
<p>Sort of makes you wonder though how gullible some people can be though. Honestly would anyone seriously fall for the following email that I received today?</p>
<blockquote><p>FROM: J. RICHARD LEAMAN<br />
UBS INVESTMENT BANK<br />
WEBSITE: WWW.IBB.UBS.COM<br />
EMAIL:rlrichardjleaman54@gmail.com</p>
<p>DEAR SIR,</p>
<p>I DECIDED TO  REACH YOU DIRECTLY AND PERSONALLY. PLEASE PERMIT ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, MY NAME  IS J. RICHARD LEAMAN. I AM THE JOINT GLOBAL HEAD OF INVESTMENT BANKING AND ALSO  THE RISK MANAGER OF UBS INVESTMENT BANK LONDON. I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL RISK  AND FINANCIAL POLICIES AT THE BANK. I AM COMPELLED TO CONTACT YOU DIRECTLY AFTER  DUE CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING A CONFIDENTIAL MATTER.</p>
<p>IF YOU ARE IN DOUBT  OF MY PERSON, KINDLY VISIT UBS INVESTMENT BANK  MANAGEMENTPROFILEhttp://www.ibb.ubs.com/Meet_our_mngmt/j.richard leaman .shtml)  FOR COMFIRMATION.IN THE DISCHARGE OF MY DUTY, I STUMBLED ON THIS DOMI  DOMICILIARY ACCOUNT THAT HAS REMAINED DORMANT FOR THREE YEARS WITH</p>
<p>THE  TOTAL SUM OF EIGHT MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED &amp; NINETY THOUSAND(8,490,000.00 GBP)  GREAT BRITISH POUND STERLING.I CONTACTED THE BANK MANAGEMENT AND WE SENT OUT  STAFFS FOR ENQUIRIES AND DISCOVERED THAT THE ACCOUNT HOLDER DIED IN AN  ACCIDENT.<br />
I AM WRITING YOU TO PLEASE STAND AS THE NEXT OF KIN OF THE ACCOUNT  SO THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO REMIT THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN,I HAVE  MADE ENQUIRIES AND DISCOVERED THAT THE FUND OWNER DIED TOGETHER WITH HIS FAMILES  AND NO NEXT OF KIN WAS LEFT.</p>
<p>I AM THE ONLY PERSON THAT KNOWS ABOUT THIS  INFORMATION BECAUSE I AM THE RISK MANAGER AND THIS IS THE REASON I AM CONTACTING  YOU TO ACT AS NEXT OF KIN TO THE FUND OWNER. I HAVE CERTIFIED MY ONSCIENCE TO  COMPENSATE YOU ADEQUATELY AT ADEQUATELY AT THE END OF THE TRANSACTION.ALSO, I DO  NEED TO INFORM YOU THAT THERE IS PRACTICALLY NO RISK INVOLVED IN  THIS.</p>
<p>IT IS GOING TO BE A BANK-TO-BANK TRANSFER TO YOUR NOMINATED BANK  ACCOUNT.I GUARANTEE THIS TRANSACTION UNDER LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENTS THAT WILL NOT  BREACH THE LAW BY BOTH PARTIES; IT IS A SIMPLE PROCESS WHICH WILL TAKE A SHORT  WHILE IF YOU ARE WILLING. IF I HEAR FROM YOU, I WILL TELL YOU ALL YOU NEED TO  KNOW ABOUT THE TRANSACTION.</p>
<p>GOD BLESS YOU<br />
REGARDS,<br />
J. RICHARD  LEAMAN<br />
(JOINT GLOBAL HEAD OF INVESTMENT BANKING) UBS INVESTMENT BANK,  LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM.</p></blockquote>
<p>There are so many things wrong with this email it&#8217;s laughable.</p>
<ol>
<li>What professional writes the whole thing in capitals.</li>
<li>The moron is using a gmai account! What head honcho of a major corporation would use a gmail account?</li>
<li>Why would anyone end out an email to a complete stranger for the purpose of ripping of any company?</li>
<li>Grammar and spelling sucks. I thought this guy was supposed to be a professional!</li>
</ol>
<p>Well Richard, you won&#8217;t be hearing from me mate, or from anyone reading this post. You asshole, why don&#8217;t you get yourself an honest job instead of trying to rip people off?</p>
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		<title>FaceBook Lottery Team Email Is A SCAM!</title>
		<link>http://www.loadofbullshit.com/2010/10/30/facebook-lottery-team-email-is-a-scam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BS Artist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Man, these assholes are starting to get tricky. Usually you get an email that tries and sells you some cock and bull story about how you won some money and all you need to do is to provide some simple information in order to collect the cash. This is called phishing and is all about [...]]]></description>
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<p>Man, these assholes are starting to get tricky. Usually you get an email that tries and sells you some cock and bull story about how you won some money and all you need to do is to provide some simple information in order to collect the cash. This is called phishing and is all about &#8216;fishing&#8217; for your personal  information so that they can use it for their own evil purposes.</p>
<p>Well the email that I received today is different in that it doesn&#8217;t ask for that information directly. It still tells me that I won the lottery, one that Facebook is running. Using a well known company is a standard procedure that they use to legitimize themselves. As you can see from the copy of the email I posted below it sends you to a website which embellishes on the email trying to suck you in even further. Check out the email.</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;"> </span></p>
<div><span style="color: #000080; font-size: small;"><strong>Facebook Lottery Team</strong></span></div>
<div><span style="color: #000080; font-size: small;"><strong>30 St Vincent Place,</strong></span></div>
<div><span style="color: #000080; font-size: small;"><strong>Glasgow, G1 2HL,</strong></span></div>
<div><span style="color: #000080; font-size: small;"><strong>United Kingdom</strong></span><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Monotype Corsiva; color: #0000ff; font-size: large;"><strong>Congratulations!!!</strong></span></div>
<div><span style="color: #000080; font-size: small;"><strong>Facebook has selected you as one (1) of (8)  winners in this year&#8217;s</strong></span></div>
<div><span style="color: #000080; font-size: small;"><strong>Face-book online splash promo. For further  instructions and directives on how to receive your cash prize,</strong></span></div>
<div><span style="color: #000080; font-size: small;"><strong>Log on to your award notification  website.</strong></span></div>
<div><a href="http://facebookonlinedraw2010.web.officelive.com/default.aspx"><span style="color: #000080; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">www.facebookonlinedraw2010.web.officelive.com</span></strong></span></a></div>
<div><span style="color: #000080; font-size: small;"><strong>fill the online email verification form on  the &#8220;</strong></span><a href="http://facebookonlinedraw2010.web.officelive.com/contactus.aspx"><span style="color: #000080; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Contact Us</span></strong></span></a><span style="color: #000080; font-size: small;"><strong>&#8221; page and submit.</strong></span></div>
<div><span style="color: #000080; font-size: small;"><strong>Announcers!</strong></span></div>
<div><span style="color: #000080; font-size: small;"><strong> </strong></span></div>
<div><span style="color: #000080; font-size: small;"><strong>Mr. David Buckley</strong></span></div>
<div><span style="color: #000080; font-size: small;"><strong>+447031808573 </strong></span></div>
<div><span style="color: #000080; font-size: small;"><strong>Facebook Award Promo Team</strong></span></div>
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<div><span style="color: #000000;">Although this is obvious bullshit it will fool the uninitiated, those new to the web and to Facebook, but I assure you it is BULLSHIT!. Whatever you do, do not hit the email link as all this will do is show the scam artists that they have hit on an legitimate email address thereby opening up the floodgates to your inbox.</span></div>
<div><span style="color: #000000;">Please pass on this link to all your friends to warn them about this latest scam.</span></div>
<div>One thing to remember is that no-one is going to send you money from a lottery you never entered.</div>
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<div>Speaking of lotteries, <strong><a title="buy lottery tickets online" href="http://buyonlinelottotickets.com/">Buy Lottery Tickets Online</a></strong> allows you to buy your lottery tickets online from any of the major lotteries in the world.</div>
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<p class="buymebeer"><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" target="paypal" method="post"><input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick" /><input type="hidden" name="business" value="sire@theelusivepotofgold.com" /><input type="hidden" name="return" value="" /><input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Buy Me a Beer for FaceBook Lottery Team Email Is A SCAM!" /><input type="hidden" name="amount" value="" /><input type="image" src="http://www.loadofbullshit.com/wp-content/plugins/buy-me-beer/icon_beer.gif" align="left" alt="" title="" hspace="3" /></form><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&amp;business=sire@theelusivepotofgold.com&amp;amount=&amp;return=&amp;item_name=Buy+Me+a+Beer+for+FaceBook+Lottery+Team+Email+Is+A+SCAM!" target="paypal">I'd love a beer, & that's no bull!</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>lexus Motor Company Lottery Promotion Is A Scam</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 22:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BS Artist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just received another email which is obviously a phishing attempt.  Their reason for existence is to garner information from the recipient which is then used against them. Their obvious &#8216;fishing&#8217; attempt is so they can use this information to rip off their victims at a later date, and if they get enough information off [...]]]></description>
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<p>I&#8217;ve just received another email which is obviously a phishing attempt.  Their reason for existence is to garner information from the recipient which is then used against them. Their obvious &#8216;fishing&#8217; attempt is so they can use this information to rip off their victims at a later date, and if they get enough information off them they may even have an attempt at identity theft.</p>
<p>In their attempt at getting this information they will use the name of a reputable company to legitimize the email, in this case it was Lexus. Heck they&#8217;ve even used Microsoft as a partner in gaining my email ID which they pulled out of some fictitious hat or something in order for me to win the prize.</p>
<p>Naturally the prize is pretty big as they want to wet my appetite so that I will give them the information they require to rip me off. Here is a copy of the email.</p>
<blockquote><p>lexus Motor Company Lottery Promotion<br />
japan/china Lottery Promotion<br />
lexus  House,N60 Raffles Place,<br />
Beijing,China (ASIA  DISTRICT).<br />
===================================<br />
Our Reference: lux  2010/19513-10.<br />
Our Batch: 24/00319/lux</p>
<p>Dear Lucky Winner,</p>
<p>This is to inform you that your email ID have won you  a prize money of USD$300,000.00(three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)for  this Year Lottery promotion which is organized by lexus Motor Company,Your  Email-ID was selected by the Microsoft Corporation which Always Supplied lesux  Company With Fifty Thousand Email Addresses Of Active Internet Users Yearly, And  Your Email Address Was Submitted as one Of the Active Internet Users For the  Year 2010.After Email Address are Been Submitted to us for the Random Selection  By Microsoft Corporation,we only select five people as our winners,through  electronic balloting System without the winner applying.</p>
<p>These are your  identification numbers:<br />
Ref: lux/26510460037/05<br />
Batch:  24/00319/lux<br />
Winning number: lux/09788/60</p>
<p>VERIFICATION AND FUNDS  RELEASE FORM<br />
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br />
1.Full  Name:&#8230;.<br />
2.Contact Address:&#8230;.<br />
3.Sex:&#8230;.<br />
4.Date Of  Birth:&#8230;&#8230;<br />
5.Marital  Status:&#8230;&#8230;<br />
6.Country:&#8230;&#8230;<br />
7.State:&#8230;&#8230;<br />
8.City:&#8230;&#8230;.<br />
9.Zip  Code:&#8230;&#8230;<br />
10.Occupation:&#8230;&#8230;<br />
11.Telephone Number:&#8230;..</p>
<p>To file for your claim, please fill and submit your verification form to our  fiduciary manager immediately via email.<br />
(CLAIMS MANAGER)<br />
Contact Person:  Dr Jimmy Leo.<br />
Email: <a href="mailto:lesuxPromotion@gmail.com">lesuxPromotion@gmail.com</a><br />
web;;;;http://www.lexus.com/<br />
Congratulation Once More And Please Do Not Forget to help the poor in the  society when lexus Company makes you a Beneficiary.</p>
<p>Yours  Faithfully,</p>
<p>Mrs.Eunice Chen<br />
Promotion Online Announcer,<br />
lexus  Motor Company,<br />
China,(ASIA DISTRICT).</p></blockquote>
<p>There are obviously more than one person using this email to scam people as I&#8217;ve received more than one email. This alone should trigger alarm bells but apparently it doesn&#8217;t. If you received this pile of bullshit in your inbox do yourself a favor and delete it. Don&#8217;t even reply to it as this will simply legitimize your email address opening yourself up to more of this crap.</p>
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<p class="buymebeer"><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" target="paypal" method="post"><input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick" /><input type="hidden" name="business" value="sire@theelusivepotofgold.com" /><input type="hidden" name="return" value="" /><input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Buy Me a Beer for lexus Motor Company Lottery Promotion Is A Scam" /><input type="hidden" name="amount" value="" /><input type="image" src="http://www.loadofbullshit.com/wp-content/plugins/buy-me-beer/icon_beer.gif" align="left" alt="" title="" hspace="3" /></form><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&amp;business=sire@theelusivepotofgold.com&amp;amount=&amp;return=&amp;item_name=Buy+Me+a+Beer+for+lexus+Motor+Company+Lottery+Promotion+Is+A+Scam" target="paypal">I'd love a beer, & that's no bull!</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Beware McDonald&#8217;s Survey Department Phishing Mail</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BS Artist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just got this one today. Dear customer, Please give us only 5 minutes of your valuable time to ask you some questions about our products . Please be aware that we will not ask you about any personal information. In return, we will credit $90.00 to your account &#8211; just for your time. If you [...]]]></description>
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<p><span style="color: #000000;">Just got this one today.</span></p>
<blockquote><p>Dear customer,</p>
<p>Please give us only 5 minutes of your valuable time to  ask you some questions about our products . Please be aware that we will not ask  you about any personal information.</p>
<p>In return, we will credit $90.00 to  your account &#8211; just for your time.</p>
<p>If you want to answer our simply 8  questions , please click the link below :</p>
<p>http://mail.smart.com.my/manual/.mcdonalds/survey/index.html <span style="color: #ff0000;">(</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">I removed this link on purpose) </span></p>
<p>Thank  you for helping us to become better .</p>
<p>Sincerely, McDonald&#8217;s Survey  Department.</p>
<p>Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox  is not monitored and you will not receive a response.</p></blockquote>
<p>OK, while the site the link takes you to looks legitimate the whole thing has been set up to get your personal credit card information, and why would they want that? So they can use it to charge things on <strong>your</strong> card. So, it&#8217;s not about putting money in, it&#8217;s all about taking money out. Don&#8217;t fall for this one.</p>
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<p class="buymebeer"><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" target="paypal" method="post"><input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick" /><input type="hidden" name="business" value="sire@theelusivepotofgold.com" /><input type="hidden" name="return" value="" /><input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Buy Me a Beer for Beware McDonald's Survey Department Phishing Mail" /><input type="hidden" name="amount" value="" /><input type="image" src="http://www.loadofbullshit.com/wp-content/plugins/buy-me-beer/icon_beer.gif" align="left" alt="" title="" hspace="3" /></form><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&amp;business=sire@theelusivepotofgold.com&amp;amount=&amp;return=&amp;item_name=Buy+Me+a+Beer+for+Beware+McDonald's+Survey+Department+Phishing+Mail" target="paypal">I'd love a beer, & that's no bull!</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Beware FaceBook International Games Promotion Scam</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BS Artist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s one to watch out for. It definitely falls into the phishing category as it asks for certain personal contact information. While they&#8217;re not asking for any banking details this is obviously the next step for the unwary. The obvious thing they will want to know is where to deposit the money, right? Congratulation!! On [...]]]></description>
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<p>Here&#8217;s one to watch out for. It definitely falls into the phishing category as it asks for certain personal contact information. While they&#8217;re not asking for any banking details this is obviously the next step for the unwary. The obvious thing they will want to know is where to deposit the money, right?</p>
<blockquote><p>Congratulation!! On behalf of Facebook  International Promo,You have been  awarded the sum of 500,000 POUNDS (G.B.P) as one of the six lucky winner of the  FACEBOOK INTERNATIONAL GAMES PROMOTION 2010 which is always carried out each  year on behave of FACEBOOK UP TAKE.</p>
<p>NOTE: YOUR WINNING INFORMATION&#8217;S  BELOW.</p>
<p>Reference Number: 0097678<br />
Facebook Registration Number:  RGD879045FL<br />
Confirmation code: 17774550857</p>
<p>Make contact to our CLAIMS  DEPARTMENT IN UNITED KINGDOM by contact your Claims officer for more instruction  to enable claim  your winning cheque.</p>
<p>Name: Dr.Pery  Williams<br />
Contact  Email Address: facebookclaimsdepartment@discuz.org</p>
<p>Phone:  +447024020766; +447024020759</p>
<p>Contact with with the following  information.</p>
<p>Your Full Name:&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<br />
Present  Contact Address:&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<br />
Contact Phone  Number:&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<br />
Occupation:&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..</p>
<p>Not  that you are advice to keep this confidential until your have taken possession  of your funds. Follow this instruction will avoid any form of  impersonating.</p>
<p>Once Congratulation and we wish you the best also for next  year promotion.</p>
<p>Best Of Regards<br />
Mark Zuckerbeg, CEO.<br />
Facebook  International Promotion 2010!</p></blockquote>
<p>I traced the <span style="color: #ff0000;">discuz.org</span> part of their email address &#8216;facebookclaimsdepartment@discuz.org&#8217; and it lead to some totally unrelated site. If you get this email, you must not respond!</p>
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