Why Not a Wayne Rooney Foundation Scam?
Now that footballers earn a lot of money, I’m surprised some of our friends in the 419 scam business haven’t been creating things like the Wayne Rooney Foundation, which chooses to give people at random large amounts of money. After all, judging by the recent press reports, he might actually be stupid enough to do something like this off his own bat! Some would argue, he should after his abismal performance in South Africa!
Perhaps because something like this hasn’t turned up, it just shows that the scammers are even more stupid, than your average footballer.
A Symposium Invitation
This spam with its invitation of free travel to the United States is just too good to be true! And it is!
With Due Respect
We the Human Right And Social Welfare Organization (HRSWO), I Miss Trinity Hayden, a member of the United Association for Global Affairs, invite you to participate in the International Global combine Symposium on Violence and Human Trafficking, which the (HRSWO) is excited to be hosting in November 22nd – 26th 2010, Venue; Sheraton Central Hall (Washington D.C- U.S.A), and from November 29th – 3rd December 2010 (Dakar Senegal West Africa)for the second phase.
The Workshop welcomes paper presentation from any interested participants.
For registration form and other details, write an acceptance letter to be part of this event and send directly to Mrs. Isabella Jacob (HRSWO Secretariat)Note:you will be provided with air tickets, visa assistant, and accommodation for the period of stay in the United States.
Register Now!
Regards
Miss Amelia. Preston
It is just the sort of e-mail, that the Delete key was designed for.
I’m slightly puzzled about how this scam works, but I suspect they’ll ask for some money at some point.
Have Intel Bought a Pup?
I notice that the chip-maker Intel has just bought the anti-virus software company McAfee.
Now I have nothing against Intel and have used PCs powered by their chips for a long time. In fact except for the odd one powered by an AMD processor, I suspect it’s almost an exclusive relationship. I used to have the same relationship with McAfee, partly because I was an indirect investor in the company through a venture capital firm, but mainly because I knew I could trust their products. But recently they have tried and in some cases forced me to buy and/or install software that I have no need for, such as Site Advisor. So when my subscription to McAfee ran out, I searched for other software that was free to install and use. I now use ClamWin and I’m very happy with it.
There is other software too, that can do the same or a better job at a lower price than McAfee.
I hope Intel took note of these facts, when they worked out what they should pay for McAfee!
Religous Spam
I hate spam with a vengeance, but if it has a fake religous bent, it really gets my goat. Does anybody know why we use goats in this context?
Look at this loan spam from someone called Margaret Nicholas.
We are Christian Organization formed to help people in need.So if you are in financial difficulty or you need a loan,contact us today via email holytrinityfinancialhome2009@gmail.com for the bible says””Luke 11:10 Everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened”.So do not let these opportunity pass you by because Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever more.Please these is for serious minded and God fearing People.
* Refinance
* Personal Loans (Secure and Unsecured)
* Business Loans (Secure and Unsecured)
* Consolidation Loan
* Combination Loan
* Individuals Loans
* Companies LoanBORROWER’S INFORMATION
I have treated it with the utter contempt it deserves and applied the Delete key.
The stupid woman, who supposedly sent the e-mail, couldn’t even spell her name the same twice.
Your Wife Photos Attached
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been getting several e-mails every day with a title of “Your Wife Photos Attached” and just a zip file enclosed. My ISP marks them as spam and as I’m careful, I have never opened the zip, so they have been no threat to my computer until now.
As a widower though, who sorely misses his wife, I don’t like theses messages.
So finally curiosity got the better of me and I this morning I decided to find out what the zip files contain.
I don’t recommend doing this, but if you are careful it is a perfectly safe procedure. I copied the zip file on to an SD card and then transferred this to an old laptop, which is unconnected to the network and the Internet The laptop also has nothing of value on its hard drive, except gigabytes of nothing.
So what did the zip file contain?
Just an image containing a Russian web address, that if you typed it into your browser would give you access to cheap Viagra-type drugs. They would probably be cheap, but useless fakes.
So from a computing point of view they would appear to be safe at present!
But never take the chance of clicking on one of these zip files. Someone will start distributing ones, that are dangerous rather than just annoying!
Microsoft Sells Drugs
I actually think not, but this spam e-mail, which looks as if it had come from Microsoft, is actually selling the drugs, that are the main source of income for many crooks and fraudsters around the world. What gave the e-mail away was its title of “Your rod will stay”, so I suppose it was about turning software into hardware!
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The links in the mail actually point to a web site called tastymighty.com, which is registered in China and the e-mail may actually have come from a spammer in Uruguay. The web site is yet another incarnation of the well known fake drug provider, the Canadian Pharmacy.
I have seen spammers using the fake Microsoft e-mail, but not for some time. So beware anything like this, as trying to unsubscribe just takes you to the drug site.
Viagraski
I am getting a lot of spam trying to sell me the various erection dysfunctional drugs on Russian web sites.
In a way you can understand this, especially if like me you have read Fred Pearce‘s excellent book, Peoplequake. In the chapter on Russia, he says that the birthrate is dropping fast, as Russian men are spending most of their time with cheap vodka. So perhaps they need all the help they can get!
The e-mails are easily spotted as they just contain an inane comment and a single png file. Delete immediately!
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Pfizer Strikes Back
Vast amounts of spam are advertising one of Pfizer’s products; Viagra. On a spam list, I’ belong to, there has been a lot of discussion, about how the company has gone for a guy in the UK, who has been faking Viagra and selling it on the web. Here is a report from the Sydney Morning Herald.
I applaud Pfizer for what they are doing here, although others think that the company is acting outside of the law. But in the UK, if you do go outside the law, you’ll receive the proverbial ton of bricks.
Russian Spam Comments
This blog doesn’t get many spam comments, except for a load of Russian ones to A Better Keyboard. Usually, it’s about ten a day, all in Cyrillic and complete rubbish to me.
They obviously have a way of putting them in automatically.
Hopefully, by marking them as spam, WordPress will treat the with the contempt they deserve.
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.
The Anonymous Widower 