"New" Scam Letter

[Loafer]

I haven't seen this one before.
Somebody's brain must be in a knot after thinking this one up.



Attn: My Dear,


I am Mrs. Susan Jones, I am a US citizen, 48 years Old. I reside here in New Braunfels Texas. My residential address is as follows. 108 Crockett Court. Apt 303, New Braunfels Texas, United States, am thinking of relocating since I am now rich. I am one of those that took part in the Compensation in Thailand many years ago and they refused to pay me, I had paid over $50,000 while in the US, trying to get my payment all to no avail.


So I decided to travel to BANGKOK THAILAND with all my compensation documents, And I was directed by the ( F B I) Director to contact Mr.Kelvin Williams, who his a representative of the ( F B I ) and a member of the COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE, currently in Thailand. And I contacted him and he explained everything to me. He said whoever is contacting us through emails are fake.


He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment. Right now I am the most happiest woman on earth because I have received my compensation funds of $15,Million Us Dollars Moreover, Mr. Kelvin Williams, showed me the full information of those that are yet to receive their payments and I saw your name as one of the beneficiaries, and your email address, that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people, they are not with your fund, they are only making mtestoney out of you. I will advise you to contact Mr. Kelvin Williams.


You have to contact him directly on this information below.
COMPENSATION AWARD HOUSE
Name : Mr. Kelvin Williams
Email: kelvin_william0213@administrativos.com
Phone:+66811463320


You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you and telling you that your fund is with them, it is not in anyway with them, they are only taking advantage of you and they will dry you up until you have nothing.


The only money I paid after I met Mr. Kelvin Williams was just $490 for the paper works, take note of that.


Once again stop contacting those people, I will advise you to contact Mr. Kelvin Williams so that he can help you to Deliver your fund instead of dealing with those liars that will be turning you around asking for different kind of money to complete your transaction.


Thank You and Be Blessed.
Mrs. Mary Susan Jones
108 Crockett Court.
Apt 303, New Braunfels Texas,
United States Of America.

[crazygene49]

Wow!

http://maps.google.com/maps?rls=com....ed=0CBEQ8gEwAQ

[canuckrider]

Wow too! And I'll bet we never even knew that we were even entitled to $15 million compensation in Thailand.

Where do I send my $490????

[bibendum]

What I don't understand is how somebody reads such a poorly written letter, and thinks to themselves, "Yup. This looks legit, let me send my money, and simply collect my 15m.

[cnc]

Phone the number and tell them you are at 108 crockett court, but are having problems locating apt 303.

[ringadingh]

If you bring my share back I'll give you half.

[Yellow Jacket]

I wonder whose address she/he/it hijacked. I don't see any apartments at that address.

[cactusjack]

It's hard to believe that some people are actually stupid enough to fall for this garbage.


Last week, I received an email from a large credit card company I do business with. It stated that "either you or someone else has used your card from different locations". Okay, I had just been to the Kanab rally, but I didn't use that card at all on the trip. (clue #1). It asked me to click on a link to verify my account information or my account would be suspended. (clue #2). The email was poorly worded and contained numerous grammatical errors. (clue #3, and an example of why proper spelling and grammar is important).

I called the toll-free number on the back of my card and spoke with customer service. When I told them about the email, they transferred me to their technical support department who advised me that the email is a phishing scam and to not respond to it. They also told me to forward the email to their abuse@credit_card_co.com email and they would investigate.

[cnc]

I've had those as well Scott. Most times they are for a bank I don't even deal with. Almost all banks and credit card companies here do not contact you by email, they will phone you and ask to go to your branch if there is a real issue.

[jandreu]

I got the same one, another clue is look at the sending email address very close. There's usually a slight difference.

Email and Internet scammers should be lined up and shot, they try to take advantage of desperate people. The Internet is a great thing and the scammers are making it worthless.

[ringadingh]

Originally Posted by cactusjack

It's hard to believe that some people are actually stupid enough to fall for this garbage.


Last week, I received an email from a large credit card company I do business with. It stated that "either you or someone else has used your card from different locations". Okay, I had just been to the Kanab rally, but I didn't use that card at all on the trip. (clue #1). It asked me to click on a link to verify my account information or my account would be suspended. (clue #2). The email was poorly worded and contained numerous grammatical errors. (clue #3, and an example of why proper spelling and grammar is important).

I called the toll-free number on the back of my card and spoke with customer service. When I told them about the email, they transferred me to their technical support department who advised me that the email is a phishing scam and to not respond to it. They also told me to forward the email to their abuse@credit_card_co.com email and they would investigate.

Ive had the same type of scam tried on me with Paypal a couple years ago. I suspected something was not right, since I had only used my Paypal a couple times at that point. I forwarded the message to their fraud dept. and they confirmed it was a scam.

[ponch]

Originally Posted by cactusjack

It's hard to believe that some people are actually stupid enough to fall for this garbage.


Last week, I received an email from a large credit card company I do business with. It stated that "either you or someone else has used your card from different locations". Okay, I had just been to the Kanab rally, but I didn't use that card at all on the trip. (clue #1). It asked me to click on a link to verify my account information or my account would be suspended. (clue #2). The email was poorly worded and contained numerous grammatical errors. (clue #3, and an example of why proper spelling and grammar is important).

I called the toll-free number on the back of my card and spoke with customer service. When I told them about the email, they transferred me to their technical support department who advised me that the email is a phishing scam and to not respond to it. They also told me to forward the email to their abuse@credit_card_co.com email and they would investigate.

It should be a capital offense.

[cnc]

Originally Posted by jandreu

I got the same one, another clue is look at the sending email address very close. There's usually a slight difference.

Email and Internet scammers should be lined up and shot, they try to take advantage of desperate people. The Internet is a great thing and the scammers are making it worthless.

They are also phoning you directly and pretending they are from windows or some internet clearing house saying your computer is infected and sending malicious viruses to them. They want you to let them into your computer to fix it. I've had this call 3 times, the first I was taken off guard for a few minutes. The last 2 I have had some fun with them and then told them to F-OFF.

[ponch]

Originally Posted by cnc

They are also phoning you directly and pretending they are from windows or some internet clearing house saying your computer is infected and sending malicious viruses to them. They want you to let them into your computer to fix it. I've had this call 3 times, the first I was taken off guard for a few minutes. The last 2 I have had some fun with them and then told them to F-OFF.

That would be funny to me as I use a Mac.

[bigsid1]

I just sent my $490. I want to be a millionare.