What's New On The Page Of Scams

What's New On Todays Scams

Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 22:14:34 -0800 (GMT+8) Subject: ARE YOU CAPABLE OF DOING THIS From: "Mr.Joshua Nkosi" Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert Mr.Joshua Nkosi, ABSA Bank Limited, Johannesburg, South Africa. Dear Friend, I am Mr.Joshua Nkosi, manager of bills/exchange at the foreign remittance department of ABSA Bank. In my department, we discovered an abandoned sum of US$14,700,000.00(Fourteen Million, Seven Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only)belonging to a foreign customer. Since we got the information about his death, we have been expecting his next-of-kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applied for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our Banking guidelines. Noboby has come forward to claim this money and we do not want it deposited into the governemnt treasury as unclaimed funds and this is the reason we requesting you to present yourself as next of kin,the fact that the deceased (customer) was a foreigner, and we have access to his detailed bio data which you will hold as a weapon to present yourself as the next of kin. 70% will be for my colleagues and I, for the role you will be expected to play in this deal, we have agreed to give you 25% of the total sum and 5% for the expenses we are going to encounter by the two parties in the course of this transaction. As a result of the urgency and time being of great essence in these transactions, I'll appreciate if you can kindly forward to me the following information's (1)Your direct telephone (2)Your fax number (3) Your Full Names. (4) Your Age. (5) Your Occupation/Profession (6) Your residential address, So that I can contact you and explain to you more details regarding to this transaction and fax to you the Bio-data of the deceased so that you can apply for the fund. I expect your urgent response through my Direct email address joshua_nkosi22002@excite.com, and I shall contact you for further discussion on this matter, to enable us conclude this transaction urgently without any delay or hitch. Please treat this business proposal as strictly confidential for security reasons considering my official position in ABSA Bank. Personal Regards, Mr.Joshua Nkosi.

What's New On Todays Scams...

From FraudWatch International Wed Jun 28 09:31:59 2006 Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 02:31:59 +1000 To: cs@rkoolstuff.com Subject: Fraud Alert #50682 - Texas DPS Credit Union Phishing Incident From: "FraudWatch International" You are subscribed to FraudWatch International. To discontinue your subscription use the link at the bottom of this message. This Fraud Alert can be viewed online: http://www.fraudwatchinternational.com/phishing/individual_alert.php?fa_no=50682&mode=alert FRAUD ALERT www.fraudwatchinternational.com Home Phishing Alerts Consumer Business Report Fraud Learn More FWI Fraud Shield Members Phishing Site Statistics Active Sites 616 Total 50,512 Updated 28 Jun 2006 Report Email Fraud Nigerian 419 Scam Letters, Lottery emails, Phishing emails and other fraudulent emails should be forwarded to our Investigations Team at: scams@ fraudwatchinternational.com What's new at FWI? RSS Feeds Our regularly updated Phishing Fraud Alerts delivered to you as an RSS feed. Learn more . . . Phishing URL Data Feed The FWI Phishing database provides a data feed of phishing URL's to be used to protect consumers from visiting phishing sites. Learn more . . . Weekly Phishing Statistic Reports Weekly Phishing Statistics Reports published on Mondays detailing the previous weeks phishing sites detected by FraudWatch International. Learn more . . . Phishing Site Take Down Is your company currently targeted by a phishing attack? Our 24x7 Security Operations Center will take the phishing site down within 24 hours, or a full refund!- No Risk! Learn more . . . FWI Fraud Shield Protect yourself from phishing sites when browsing the Internet with the FWI Fraud Shield Free Beta Version! Texas DPS Credit Union phishing email - "Update your account information within 48 hours to avoid suspension" Date Issued: Wednesday 28th June 2006 Fraud Alert # 50682 Target Company: Texas DPS Credit Union From Address: Texas DPS Credit Union Subject Line: Update your account information within 48 hours to avoid suspension Email Link URL: Available to FWI Phishing Data Feed Clients Phishing Methods Used: Email: Deceptive Subject Line Forged Senders Address Genuine Looking Content Disguised Hyperlinks Web Site : Genuine Looking Content Form - Collection of Information Incorrect URL, not disguised A copy of the email is displayed below. A copy of the fake web site is displayed below. Phishing Index Index of Phishing Attacks by company, last detected date and total number of attacks detected by FraudWatch International. Please Visit our Site to see a complete Listing of Phishing Fraud Alerts By Company: http://www.fraudwatchinternational.com/phishing/company_index