Stay out of this! Today came in my highly assaulted email account this… mail notification.
You know what bothers me? Is that a twisted P.O.S. tries to make advantage of this bloody economical crisis by sending mass emails in which is advertised a “Vacant Post“. I don’t understand why some prick out there tries to catch some fishes when even a 10 years old child could spot the net from a mile away…
Here’s the bloody spam e-mail:
Just to stay informed.
Stay out of this e-mail:
Information Regarding Your account:
Dear PayPal Member:
Attention! Your PayPal account has been limited!
As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system.We recently contacted you after noticing an issue on your account.We requested information from you for the following reason:
Our system detected unusual charges to a credit card linked to your PayPal account.
Reference Number: PP-259-187-991
This is the Last reminder to log in to PayPal as soon as possible. Once you log in, you will be provided with steps to restore your account access.
Once you log in, you will be provided with steps to restore your account access. We appreciate your understanding as we work to ensure account safety.
Click here to activate your account [link removed]
We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account. We apologise for any inconvenience..
Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department
Copyright © 1999-2007 PayPal. All rights reserved. PayPal Ltd. PayPal FSA Register Number: 226056.
PayPal Email ID PP059
———END of the quoted e-mail———
I got admit this e-mail it’s by far the most elaborate. Not perfect, but well put together. You can spot that right from the start - the “From” e-mail information: “Service PayPal ! <paypal@contact.com>“
He/She inverted the words “paypal” and “contact” to get a more plausible e-mail address. This can be real tricky for the untrained eye/mind, but if you know the basics of the internet you can easily deduct it’s a fake because you know that any e-mail on this planet was / is / will be (for the near future) name@a-domain-name. Example: johnsmith@cjspot.net where johnsmith is the name and cjspot.net is the domain name ( 
my domain actually).
In this case “paypal” is the name and “contact.com” it’s the freakin’ domain name which, by the way, it’s a bloody SEO page. Probably he or she still waits for the right price on that domain name.
Stay out of scam,
CJ
So, what would say about that?
Recently I received an email from PayPal stating that a suspicious withdrawal of $149 has been made through my account to an Albanian Bank.
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Right! And I’m Napoleon.
To be honest, this email sound very professional and PayPal-ish.
BUT, there’s some things I ALWAYS CHECK before making any moves. Of course this applies to those who own a PayPal account.
Do not go there! I warned you!
Rule number one: NEVER follow web links from spam emails or from emails that you don’t know.
Reason: In that way you confirm your email address => to be spamed like crazy in the future. This method of advertising is old just like prostitution and it’s also dangerous because you never know with what do you have to deal in the future…
Take a look at the original SPAM email received from the so-called PayPal.
Dear PayPal Customer,
We have recently noticed more login attempts to your PayPal account from a foreign IP address and we have reasons to believe that you have been the victim of an identity theft. If you have recently accessed your account while traveling, the unusual login attempts may have been initiated by you.
However, on 09.01.2008, 01:29PM, a suspicious $149.98 withdrawal has been made from your account to an Albanian bank account.
Access to your PayPal account and funds has been temporary suspended until we can verify the account ownership. Please click here [edit: link REMOVED for your protection] to access the PayPal website and follow the steps to reactivate your account and confirm or cancel the withdrawal. To protect our customer accounts and to prevent future account hijacking or identity theft, one of our team merbers will manually verify the information you provide. After submitting the form, please send a fax to (1)484-993-0195 (Paypal Security Department) with a copy of your ID or driving license and a copy (front and back) of a credit/debit card associated with this account. Failing to do so whithin 24 hours will result in account termination and severe legal actions.
Please click here to confirm account ownership. [edit: link REMOVED for your protection]
We apologize for any inconvenience that we’ve may caused you and stay assured that your online security is our first priority.The PayPal Security Department
(1)484-993-0195
Email ID: 2988
Albanian bank?!
This guy must be extremely stressed with spam emails from Albanian and Nigerian people requesting his personal info to perform a bank transaction of a fabulous sum of money. Or maybe it’s a trend nowadays.
I end this post with a clarification, just to be sure that you got it right. This post talks about a phishing method which uses PayPal as bait (to gain credibility).
The email quoted above IT IS NOT FROM PayPal!
The web address (the one that I warned you not to follow) does not have any relation with the original PayPal website.
This is the original PayPal website.
Remember! PayPal will NEVER ask for your personal data through an email or by phone or any other method. PERIOD
Stay safe,
CJ
Recently my e-mail account was flooded with an increased number of junk e-mails. They’re all about one thing: Some guy named X wants to secretly transfer a huge sum of money from an Indian or Chinese Bank and suspiciously polite asks me to give him some personal info (name, address, employment status, age), but he doesn’t asks for the bank account or credit card number hmm… maybe this mail is for real.
Another e-mail similar to the previous one, but the story this guy invented just stuns me.
FROM Dr. Musa Bakari.
Dear Sir / Ceo,
Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal ethics although.
I am the bill and exchange Manager of a well known bank here in the Cotonou Benin Rep. In one of our periodic auditing I discovered a dormant account with holding balance of Twenty Two million [$22,000.000.00] which has not been operated for the past three years. From my investigations and confirmations, the owner of this account, a foreigner by name Dr. Hamid Ayed died in plane crash in July 19, 2003 and since then nobody has done anything as regards the claiming of this money because he has no family members who are aware of the existence of neither the account nor the funds.
I have secretly discussed this matter with a top senior minister official of the federal ministry of finance here and we have agreed to find a reliable foreign partner to transfer the fund into your account which you will provide although due to his position he did not want to take active part but as soon as you follow the instructions I will be getting from him, everything will be successful because we will be working hand in hand with him. We thus propose to do business with you, standing in as the next of kin of these funds from the deceased and after due legal processes have been followed the fund will be released to your account without delay and we will use it for investment and to assist the less privileged in the society because if we left the fund with the government it will be forfeited for nothing and will be used to suppress the poor masses in the society.
This transaction is legitimate and does not originate from drug, money laundry, terrorism or any other illegal act. Finally, I will give you 30% for your co-operation, 10% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during this process. You should send me any of your valid international passports. On receipt of your response I will furnish you with detailed clarification as it relates to this mutual benefit.
You should send me your information as states below,
Your Age…….. Status……… Your Full Name……….
Your Tel/Fax Number………. State & Country…………….
I need your full co-operation to make this work fine.because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this account, which I will give you our the information , upon your positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable and I need your strong assurance that as long as you will remain honest to me till the end of this important business trusting in you and believing in God that you will never let me down either now or in future.
Dr. Musa Bakari.
+229 97 98 35 84.
Who the fuck is going to be fooled by this crap?
As much as I don’t want to believe I have to face a cruel reality. The internet community must be getting real stupid if there are some guys out there who send these messages to them.
BUT, I cheer my self up by thinking at this aspect from another angle: The guys who actually put together these e-mails must be getting stupid if they think they’re going to trap some fishes in their net.
[me talking to my self now :: I find that angle kind of hard to believe. Especially now, after LHC experiment, when the real moral integrity, intellectual capacity and the scientific illiteracy of our people showed its face...]
Oh, just got another junk message which can only make me angrier. Check this guy out:
From MR.HENRY UKO.
Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas
Lagos Central Office Nigeria.
E-mail(henryuko3@gmail.com )
Dear Sir,
I wish to intimate you with this proposal in my capacity as Chief Accountant & Auditor-General of the above named Company, Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG). After a thorough scrutiny of the records of Accounts of all Awarded and Executed contracts of this company (NLNG) during the previous military regime, I carefully mapped out an over-invoiced sum of USD$16.5 million Dollars which I intend to transfer to your account as the beneficiary. The contract was valued at $86.5 (Eighty six million, five hundred thousand United States dollars) and was awarded with reference number:
(NLNG//FMF/CBN/B2517/99). The contract has since been completed while the original Contractors has fully received their contract value of $70 million dollars leaving the balance of $16.5 million as over-invoice.
This balance of $16.5 million dollars has been approved for payment by NLNG & the Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF) including the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). As a public servant, I am not allowed to operate foreign bank account hence; my decision to contact you to receive this money on my behalf for onward disbursement among us. With my position as Chief Accountant & Auditor-General of this company NLNG, I will regularize and update the approvals of this payment to reflect your name as the true beneficiary of the over-invoiced sum of USD$16.5 million dollars. There is no risk attached to this business because, I’m here to back-up our claim. I have resolved to give you 30% of the total sum for your assistance. If you are interested in this deal, please contact me through my email address below while I need the following details from you to enable me process the payment in your name.
1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS
3. YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER
4. YOUR BANK A/C NUMBER AND THE NAME OF YOUR BANK,
I am anxiously waiting for your response and please send your response to this email address:(henryuko3@gmail.com )
Sincerely,
MR. HENRY UKO.
And to make it blossom check this out: I won £1,000,000.00!
Isn’t that cute? I won the Microsoft Lottery! Can you imagine? Not just that I should first win AT or IN the Microsoft lottery, rather than win the entire Lottery. Not to mention that I have to:
OPEN THE ATTACED FILE FOR FUTHER
PROCEDURES.
Yo, mate! At least have the decency to correctly write your messages, thus you’ll gain more credibility. Simply copy and paste it into Microsoft Word, it will do the job by itself. Please look into your spam folder for more inspiration. Your SPAM message got outdated before you’ve even sent it, you bloody idiot.
I’ve had enough of this junk guys, must let the stress go away.
I’d rather go redeem my prize 
Stay out of scam,
CJ
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