Alliance and Leicester Building Society
This building society has now been rebranded as part of the Santander Group.
But the spammers seem to be unaware of this change and they still keep sending me masses of e-mails trying to get me to give away my login details. It’s pointless anyway as I’ve never had an account at the bank or its parent.
On the subject of phishing spam, I’ve been watching it for about ten years now and it’s hardly changed in the wording and layout. So of the billions the crooks send out any day, how many actually reach a sucker, who is prepared to open their web site. On one today, I tried to open the link and the crooks web site had been taken down.
Hopefully, there must come a day, when the crooks give up and go away? But we don’t seem to be trhere yet! I don’t seem to have read of any prosecutions of phishers either. Surely, the banks are hoping for more than that the crooks give up?
On the other hand, today the Americans have swapped the Russian spies, when they should have prosecuted them! So is it now the policy of governments to only arrest those that have committed minor crimes?
Eliot Weave
The usual load of junk. Ignore it totally, except possibly with the delete key.
My name is Jonathan Brockley, human resources officer of Elliot weave Ltd., an establishment that deals in the Import and export of textiles and fabric materials, i am looking for a trustworthy representative in Your Country that will aid as a link between us and our customers in the United States Canada and Australia and Europe.
This part time job will not affect your present job and you earn an attractive salary(100-1500dollars) weekly.
I would like to know if you are interested. Respond only if you will like to work from Home / Part-Time and get paid weekly without leaving or it affecting your present job. (EARN 10% OF ALL PAYMENT, PAY IS GOOD)
Please if you are interested Just reply this message.
FULL NAME : ……………………
FULL ADDRESS : …………………………(No P.O. Box) CITY : ………………………………………
STATE: …………………………..
ZIP CODE: ……………………..
PHONE NUMBER (S) : ……………………………
OCCUPATION:……………………………
GENDER : …………………………….
AGE : ………………………………..
WHAT IS YOUR BEST MEANS OF COMMUNICATION ? e-mail or phone ? ……………
Your Swift reply will be appreciated in order to get across to our client for immediate payment and you start earning.
Thank you.
Warmest Regards,
Jonathan Brockley .
Elliot-weave
Why I Chose My Bank
I did this because it is in a convenient place in the High Street and I’d heard from people I trust, that the on-line banking worked well.
I also chose it because, I didn’t get too much spam purporting to be from the bank trying to get me to login to a fake site. This cut the chances of getting fooled.
Except fot two e-mails in the last week, which I knew to be very fake, as they were so obvious and lacked security check information, this is still the case.
But there are banks out there, for which I still get masses of phishing spam. I immediately delete them, as I have no account at the bank, so they must be crooked, especially as they go to undisclosed-recipients, which is a sure sign of fraud.
So are these banks ignoring these messages, which are an affront to their good name and a threat to their and their customers security?
There is a Lot of it About!
My page on NetTemps Inc, is just a repost of a spam e-mail I received. But yesterday it had 404 hits, so there must be thousands of these scam e-mails going around the web and people are doing the sensible thing and using Google to find the truth.
Look at this web site, where someone turns the tables on this type of scam. He’s just having fun and it’s a very interesting way to waste the criminals time. But as he says, he’s had death threats, so don’t do it yourself.
E-Mail Address List For Sale
I received a spam e-mail yesterday offering me a list of three billion e-mail addresses. I suspect, I’m on it, as they say they used the list to spam me.
How do you get off a list like that?
The only way is to change your e-mail address! Not easy, if it’s a domain, you’ve spent a lot of money on!
But in my view, as probably selling the list is illegal in most civilised countries in the world, shouldn’t someone have the power to at least ban the domain they are using? That by the way is \\email\\million\\dot\\c\\o\\m. It is registered in Muscat.
More People Sign On To The Internet
This report says that in the last year 2,000,000 more people have signed on to the Internet in the UK. A lot of those who’ve signed up are over fifty.
This is a very good thing, asa it makes it possible for the government to deliver more and more services on line to do things more efficiently and at less cost.
As an example I always get my Vehicle Excise Duty on line and it is a system that works well. Similarly, I fill in my Electoral Roll on line. That one is conpletely painless. We certainly need an on line tax and benefits system on-line, that makes sure that people are encouraged to work.
The more people that get on line, the more these systems will be possible.
Edward Riches
AVoid this crook at your peril!
We are Cyprus bases company that offer incorporation service to our clients.
We have over 250 individual Agents in the UK that are working for the company, they will be needing materials like envelopes, ink,printer etc. to do the jobs weekly.
Your job is order/acquire materials for them from the stationary supplier to do their job weekly, the agents will email you whenever they need materials,your duty is to contact the supplier through email to make order for the materials and also state the quantity that should be posted to the agent address through the post.. we are employing you just to reduce the workload for our agent in UK.
You will only be working from Mondays to Fridays and the job is an online job… i.e. through the email.
We will always email you guidelines and instructions to follow in getting your job done perfectly when you start working.
Get back to us with your NAME, ADDRESS and MOBILE NUMBER… also let us know when you can start working.
reply to this email: eriches257@gmail.com
Best regards,
EDWARD RICHES
HR & Development
My Overdaft Has Been Suspended
I received this scam from someone claiming to be Egg. I also received it four times. And overdraft was spelt the same in each. I don’t have an overdaft. but I suspect they are!
Note that a link in the e-mail points to a German web site. Perhapd, it’s to unsettle English fans before tomorrow. I don’t think it was sent by Germans though, as all the ones I know can spell better than that!
Dear Valued Egg Customer
Due to a recent credit limit check on your Egg Card, we have cancelled your overdaft until further noticed. Logon below to ammend your Egg Card and reactivate your account.
Failure to do this within 24hrs will lead to your online access been suspended.
Sorry for the inconvienence.
Regards,
Egg Card Customer Service
As this e-mail is an automated message, we can’t reply to any e-mails replied.
Spam in French
Over the last couple of days, I’ve started to receive the usual search engine optimisation spam in French. It’s funny but it seemed to start after France’s real troubles started in the World Cup. I wonder why?
Stoph Schmitz
This seems to be a new line in scams. Ignore it or report it to your local police. Note the +4470 number which is high cost and diverts to somewhere unsavoury. Why don’t OFCOM ban the use of these numbers except by properly checked companies and individuals?
stoph Schmitz Our company is a trading firm specializing in repairs and retail distribution of electrical products within the United Kingdom and Wales.
We want to replace one of our Directors due to a problem he currently has with the Home office to save the company an embarrasment. If we are able to reach a meaningful agreement with you on your signifying your interest, I will then explain more to you.
This is all I can say for now but it is important that I mention that the Director stands a chance of being deported back to Rwanda from England and has agreed that he is willing to work out a deal whereby he will hand over his shares in the company through a mutual agreement to you, to be redeemed at a later stage and this is a legitimate transaction.
You will be compensated with 14 percent for management fees, kindly write back and I will provide further instructions. I am available via email or telephone: +44-7024045640 and fax: +44 844 774 5598 I will write you back on reading your email or recieving your call or fax.
Finally, please note that this must be concluded in a matter of weeks.
Yours Sincerely,
Charles Munyaneza
The Anonymous Widower 