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Hilarious scam email
05 months ago
by Jason
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It's a Trap
I was just checking through my Google Mail spam filter and found this, it made me laugh so I thought I would share it. Email scammers clearly have a sense of irony!
From: Mr. Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary General (UNITED NATIONS)
United Nations Headquarters,
760 United Nations Plaza, New York,
NY 10017, USA
Subject: SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION FOR 2011. UNITED NATIONS 2007/2008/2009/2010/2011 SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS.
ATTENTION:
SCAMMED VICTIM/$2,500,000 BENEFICIARIES.
REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654.
AMOUNT 2,500,000.00 USD.
I write to bring to your notice that I am the UNA head of operations and an official delegate from the United Nations to pay 150 beneficiaries of scam victims $2,500,000 USD each. You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the beneficiaries to be paid this amount as compensation. As a result of this laudable recommendations, it is imperative to bring to your notice that during the last U.N. meetings held at Washington Dc, USA, it was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various foreigners to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today. In other to redeem the good image of the UNA, the Sec- General has ordered the payment of $2,500,000 USD each to the affected victims in pursuance with the U.N. recommendations.
According to the number of applicants at hand, 114 Beneficiaries has been paid, 60% of the victims are from the United States, while about 40% are from other parts of the world. we still have more than 30% left to be paid the compensations of $2,500,000 USD each.
Your particulars was mentioned by one of the Syndicates who was arrested in Africa,as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason what so ever as the The International Police (INTERPOL) have combined effort with the United Nation Anti-crime commission to alleviate the plight of these victims as well as redeeming the image of the United Nations Association (UNA). The U.S. secret service is already on trace of the criminals. Other victims who have not been contacted can submit their application as well for scrutiny and possible consideration.
Many Banks, Universal firms, Companies and individuals have been in bankruptcy today due to the activities of these hoodlums. However, a thorough investigation have revealed that these people have dropped over 500,000 victims across the world, after collecting their money falsely, many as a result of this have committed suicide, while others are now living in abject poverty. As regards these ongoing developmental strive, we have over 600 suspects at hand. While many are awaiting trial, we are still in search of others, who think they are wise, and hope that you will assist by giving any vital information that could lead to the apprehension of these hoodlums. You will receive your compensations payments immediately without any hitch.
Note: this system of payment was imposed by the office of the Sec- General of the UNA, in order to avoid all the unnecessary office procedures, delays in payment, fraudulent activities of non officials and to comply with the instructions by the United Nations, International Monetary Fund to settle all outstanding debts owed to foreign nationals. Be also informed that you have been selected among the qualified beneficiaries who are to receive their fund. Please NOTE that as strictly warned by the office of the Sec-General to stop any further communication with any person that claiming to handle your payment.
(1) Your full name and address:
(2) Your age and marital status:
(3) Your occupation:????????????…
(4) Your telephone/fax number:???.
(5) Your nationality????????????.
You are advice to provide to us this information to make such you are the right owner of this fund, and once we have the remaining details that is required your information will be forwarded to the bank for your immediate payment.
let us know as soon as possible if you receive this email message to enable us proceed further in securing the IMF payment approval and Letter of Authorization on your behalf.
Making the world a better place
Mr. Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary General (UNITED NATIONS).
United Nations Headquarters,
760 United Nations Plaza, New York,
NY 10017, USA
A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing – Don’t get Scammed
08 months ago
Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
A number of particularly nasty scams have emerged over the years involving computers and the internet.
This latest one is different. It is not carried out by autonomous viruses that infect your computer… or an email from your bank asking for your login details. It’s not an email from a “friend” that is stuck abroad without any money… or a fake website that takes your credit card details…
This scam is different in that it involves a phone call, from a real person. The scam can play out a number of different ways but the most common happens a bit like this:
- You get a phone call from a pleasant-sounding foreign person, in a busy call-centre, offering to speed up your computer or fix some problems. (sometimes they will claim to be phoning from BT or another third party and that they have sanctioned the call).
- The caller then talks you through a few steps, often showing you random folders of inane systems files, that they claim are viruses or files that are slowing down your computer.
- (Optional step) The caller may now explain that some of these “viruses” are very serious or that there is a very large problem which is to serious to fix for free, so they will conveniently take payment over the phone to remove these fake viruses.
- The caller then asks you to install remote-control software so that they can control your computer and clear out these folders and fake viruses. They will also install some clever cleaning software (sometimes the same that we use) as well as some of their own software, to help speed up your computer.
- Job done, they hang up and everything seems great. Your computer is working faster than it has done ages and they seem to have fixed the problem… until one month later your credit card has been used to buy all sorts of strange things around the world, your bank account has been emptied and your identity stolen.
What did you miss? While they were cleaning up your computer they installed a little program that runs silently on your computer, reporting all your activity to criminals who have been using the information for all sorts of illegal activity.
The moral of the story: Don’t let anyone you don’t know or trust have access to your computer, remotely or otherwise. Letting someone else use your computer is tantamount to handing over all of your personal information.
If you need help from an IT professional always use a reputable UK company; Ideally a limited company with credentials that can be checked like… wait for it… shameless marketing link coming right up…
Southern Cross IT – IT Support you can trust!
Google Apps – a summary
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Google Apps
Google offers powerful, reliable and secure web-based office tools for your organisation, which reduce IT costs and help employees collaborate more effectively.
With Google Apps you can…
- Get customised email for your domain (i.e. name@yourdomain.com) with Gmail for business
- Share and manage your calendars online with Google Calendar
- Create team websites as easily as creating a document with Google Sites
- Collaborate easily and simply with documents, presentations and spreadsheets with Google Docs
Reduce costs:
Traditional business email and collaboration tools can be costly to purchase, set up and maintain. With Google Apps everything is hosted online, which means your business doesn’t require additional hardware or software. Using Google Apps minimises the need for maintenance and upgrades as this is all managed by Google, reducing your IT costs even further.
Be more efficient:
Google Apps goes beyond traditional email and gives you numerous applications to help you work efficiently with people inside and outside your business.
- Google Docs – web-based documents, spreadsheets and presentations let you share your work easily inside and outside your business. Google Docs enables you to work collaboratively on one version of your documents as well as giving you anytime access to your work.
- Google Sites – with Google Sites create an intranet quickly and simply, without the need for IT support. Let project teams create and share sites to make sure information is shared throughout your business.
- Google Video – share videos within your business while retaining security of your data, great for sharing things like training videos or team announcements.
Google Apps provides the power of a first-class email and office collaboration system for your domain at an affordable, predictable annual fee of just £33 per user/year.
More than 3 million businesses run Google Apps, with thousands more signing up every day.
Let Southern Cross help with your migration to this flexible, reliable and more efficient way of working.