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Does anybody fall for this?

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

So i got some spam today and a nice one because it came from the FBI and yes they use Yahoo for there email LOL

Here is the message I got:

Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI Seattle Divisionuse
1110 Third Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98101-2904
Payment Code: R5109176K
Reg No: 132731593

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has discovered through our intelligence Monitoring Network that you are
eligible to receive the sum of $7,500,000.00 USD regarding to an over-due Inheritance/Award payment which was fully
endorsed to be paid in your favour.therefore,the FBI Seattle Division in conjunction with the United States
Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Has screened through our various Monitoring Networks and has been confirmed
and notified that the transaction you have with the Financial Institution is Legal and you have the Lawful Right
to claim your due fund.

The President His Excellency Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar Adua President of the Federal republic of Nigeria has given us
the final approval to pay your fund to you within the next 48hrs, Your fund valued $7,500,000.00 USD has been
deposited into a Gold smart Card number: 5179-1234-5678-9120 personal identification is ATM- 7997 this card will
enable you buy and withdrawal cash anywhere around the world this is done for your own security, with this card you  will not have to take the risk of sending us your personal banking details online as you have been strongly advise
by your local bank not to send your banking details to anyone online.

What you are required to do now to Pay the fees of $380.00 USD for the shipment of your Gold Smart card to your
choice location, $380.00 USD is the only fees that has been approved by both the FBI and the Bank that you are to
pay as cost of Delivery of your Card to you by the courier company.Once the fees is been paid your ATM CARD will
get to you in the next 2-3 working  Note: Your funds are protected by a hardcover insurance policy, which makes it Impossible to deduct any amount from
the money before it can be remitted to you.this means that the above charges cannot be deducted from the Funds and
hence must be provided by you before your fund is transferred to you.the payment for any of the above options
should be sent via Western Union Money Transfer in the name of the Head of accounts Mr. ALEX OWO.
Find below the payment information.

Name of receiver: Alex Owo
Office Address: 47 St John Street Victoria Island, Lagos 23401
Nigeria.
Text Question: making friends
Answer: Good
Name of Sender:…………………
Address of Sender:………………
MTCN#…………………….

……
Amount….$380
As soon as we receive your payment, he shall proceed with your fund transfer immediately.
We anticipate your prompt response. If you need to contact me at any stage please do not hesitate to call (+1-206-
203-4190)
Hope you enjoyed.

Sincerely,
Steven M. Dean (Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge)
cc Robert Mueller (FBI Director)

And yes of course i am gone send 380 dollars to Nigeria because that is how you get the 7.5lots of money LOL Really who fall for this one is maybe really some one who needs to fall for it.

Domain Registry of Canada - SCAM

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

As some one who has a few domain names I always get tired of those nice brown envelopes you get from the Domain Registry of Canada. They look so official with the same color envelope like the goverment uses.

When you open the envelope you find a letter with way to much text and that is how they play this game. They want you to believe your domain names is up for renewal (most times it is in a couple of months) and that you need to pay them.

And that is what is not true of course because you didn’t get your domain name registred at Domain Registry of Canada but somewhere else. And then they try to charge you way to much. $40 dollars for one year while for instance I pay $15 dollars now.

Please people when you recieve a letter from Domain Registry of Canada don’t even bother opening it just trow it out it is not worth your time to even open the envelope!

Citi Financial snail mail

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

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Photo courtesy PhotoXpress.com

I get them like every other week a letter from Citi Financial here on Centre street in Calgary. I got approved for a loan and I just have to come in to pick up the money.

The sad thing is I don’t want there money and really don’t care if they leave it at my doorstep.

I tried everything to get ride of this first I called the nr on the letter (twice) and that didn’t change anything. Then I called Citi Financial’s head office customer service and that didn’t change anthing. Then for a while I returned the letter witch is tricky because on the envelope they don’t even have the balls to write where it came from. And then the time before today I wrote them that next time I would stop by to visit them and yell at them.

So today a new letter arrived and fortunately for them I didn’t have the time to go there in person. So I called again asked for the manager and yelled at her on the phone and she wrote down my information and promised me that they would take care of it.

And let me tell you this if there is a next time (lets hope not) I will stop by personally and want them see them remove me from the system other wise I will not leave! (I guess I will have to bring my sleeping bag)

The funny thing is that by sending me this mail against my will and knowing that I don’t want it do they really think that I will ever trust them with my banking needs? If they can’t stop bugging me with there junk mail then what would happen if I have a cheque to deposit? I will not trust Citi Financial with my money not even if they are the last bank on earth.