PHISH ALERT

Be warned, there is yet another PayPal phish infesting the net at the moment.

This one looks extremely plausible, as it contains numerous graphics and links.

However, as with all the other phishes, it is a con designed to trick you into revealing your passcodes.

PayPal confirm that it is a fake, and are taking action to shut down the website that it links to.

In the meantime, should you receive one of these, do not click on the link but throw the email away.

Text, without graphics, of the phish follows below:

Protect
Your Identity

Dear PayPal Member,

Identity protection matters. And PayPal works day and night to help keep your identity safe. That's why we created a new Identity Protection area for update your PayPal records to help you increase your privacy and protect your identity.

PayPal's world class fraud investigators share 5 important actions you can take to help prevent identity theft and protect your account.


Update Your Profile

If you've closed a credit card or bank account recently, remember to go to PayPal's website to update your profile.

This new security statement will helps us continue to offer PayPal as a secure and cost-effective payment service. We appreciate your cooperation and assistance.


Sincerely,
The PayPal Team

Oh joy!

Another fake lottery win.

This one comes complete with spelling mistakes.

As with all of these frauds, if you receive one, throw it away.

DESK OF THE PRESIDENT,
ZONAL CO-ORDINATOR
EMAIL LOTTERY PROMOTION
LUCKYDAY INTERNATIONAL NL
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
GOUDA, NEDERLANDS.


REFERENCE-NUMBERS: 33145/2005nl/Dpa
BATCH-NUMBERS: 991/LDNL/001
WINNING SECURITY-CODE: NL97036/DPA-WSD


SUBJECT: CONGRATULATION!!! YOU HAVE WON.



Dear Winner,
We are delighted to inform you of the result of Email Lottery Promotion
held on the 3rd November, 2005 and that you were one of the FOUR LUCKY
WINNERS and your e-mail address attached to:

SERIAL-NUMBERS: 001-3562
LUCKY-NUMBERS: 7-9-0-1-2-9

which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay of $500,000(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLARS)
CONGRATULATIONS!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

Please be informed that all participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from over 75,000 company and 350,000,000 individual
email addresses and names from all over the world.Please to file in for
your claims,contact our Claim's Agent:



MR WELLINGTON VAN BLINKMAN
Foreign Remittance operation manager,
ATAXIA CONSULTING AGENCY.
Reply-Email:
Telephone: +



Please do remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 10TH
NOVERBER , 2005.
After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,if you
wish to file in for your claims,you are
therefore requested to qoute the following claims requirements to the above
reply email address:

1. Reference ,winning Security Code and Lucky-Numbers.
2. Your Full Names and Address
3. Telephone and Fax Numbers.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
Sincerely yours,
MR TOM WAARDEN

Another fake lottery win.

This scammer claims that the lottery is supported by Bill Gates and the Sultan of Brunei.

Yeah right!

NEW DUTCH HOLLAND
FROM MR. ANDREW SMITH.
(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)
Dear
Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you that as a result of our recent
lottery draw held on the 14 th October 2005. Your e-mail address
attached to ticket number 27522465896-532 with serial number 652-662
drew lucky numbers 7-14-18-23-31-45, which consequently won in the
2nd
category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out
of 1,000,000 (Euros)(One Million Euros only) Note that all
participants in this lottery program have been selected
randomly
through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 companies and
30,000,000 individual email addresses from all search engines and
websites.

This promotional program takes place every year, and is
promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities like the Sultan of
Brunei; Bill Gates of Microsoft Inc and other corporate organizations.
This is to encourage the use of the Internet and computers worldwide.
For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you keep your winning
information confidential until your claims have been processed and
your money remitted to you.

This is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
participants. We look forward to your active participation in our next
year USD50 million slot.

You are requested to contact our Lottery
coordinator below to assist you with your winnings and subsequent
payments. All winnings must be claimed not later than one month
after
the date of this notice. Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary
delays and complications, remember to quote your reference number and
batch numbers in all
correspondence.

Furthermore, should there be any
change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.


Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our
promotional program.

NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU
ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE.

Sincerely yours,

MR. ANDREW SMITH.
LOTTERY COORDINATOR)

Another fake lottery win!

This one for a mere $500K.

Pah!

I don't get out of bed for less than $1M.

DESK OF THE PRESIDENT,
ZONAL CO-ORDINATOR
EMAIL LOTTERY PROMOTION
LUCKYDAY INTERNATIONAL NL
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
GOUDA, NEDERLANDS.


REFERENCE-NUMBERS: 33145/2005nl/Dpa
BATCH-NUMBERS: 991/LDNL/001
WINNING SECURITY-CODE: NL97036/DPA-WSD


SUBJECT: CONGRATULATION!!! YOU HAVE WON.



Dear Winner,
We are delighted to inform you of the result of Email Lottery Promotion
held on the 3rd November, 2005 and that you were one of the FOUR LUCKY
WINNERS and your e-mail address attached to:

SERIAL-NUMBERS: 001-3562
LUCKY-NUMBERS: 7-9-0-1-2-9

which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay of $500,000(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLARS)
CONGRATULATIONS!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

Please be informed that all participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from over 75,000 company and 350,000,000 individual
email addresses and names from all over the world.Please to file in for
your claims,contact our Claim's Agent:



MR WELLINGTON VAN BLINKMAN
Foreign Remittance operation manager,
ATAXIA CONSULTING AGENCY.
Reply-Email:
Telephone: +



Please do remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 10TH
NOVERBER , 2005.
After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,if you
wish to file in for your claims,you are
therefore requested to qoute the following claims requirements to the above
reply email address:

1. Reference ,winning Security Code and Lucky-Numbers.
2. Your Full Names and Address
3. Telephone and Fax Numbers.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
Sincerely yours,
MR TOM WAARDEN

The fact that this email purports to come from Africa and uses the phrase "100% risk free", gives me no cause for confidence.

The fact that it asks me to help the scammer steal money from a bank account, which of course doesn't really exist, puts the final nail in the coffin.

I trust that none of you are stupid, greedy or dishonest enough to fall for this obvious con trick?

FROM THE DESK OF: MR RICHARD OUEDRAOGO.
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING SECTION,
BANK OF AFRICA (BOA),
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO,WEST AFRICA.


(TOP SECRET)

Dear Friend,

I am MR RICHARD OUEDRAOGO, the director in charge of auditing and accounting section of Bank Of Africa(BOA) Ouagadougou Burkina-faso West Africa with due respect and regard. I have decided to contact you on a business transaction that will be very beneficial to both of us at the end of the transaction.

During our investigation and auditing in this bank, my department came across a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased person who died on October 31st 1999 in a plane crash and the fund has been dormant in his account with this Bank without any claim of the fund in our custody either from his family or relation before our discovery to this development.

USD 7,350, 000.00 dollars (seven Million, Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars) As it may interest you to know, I got your impressive information through the Burkina-faso chamber of commerce on foreign business relations here in Ouagadougou Burkina-faso.

Meanwhile all the whole arrangement to put claim over this fund as the bonafide next of kin to the deceased, get the required approval and transfer this money to a foreign account has been put in place and directives and needed information will be relayed to you as soon as you
indicate your interest and willingness to assist us and also benefit your self to this great business opportunity.

In fact I could have done this deal alone but because of my position in this country as a civil servant(A Banker),we are not allowed to operate a foreign account and would eventually raise an eye brow on my side during the time of transfer because I work in this bank. This is the
actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow who will forward claims as the next of kin with affidavit of trust of oath to the Bank and also present a foreign account where he will need the money to be re-transferred into on his request as it may be after due verification
and clarification by the correspondent branch of the bank where the whole money will be remitted from to your own designation bank account.

I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free.On smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 30% of the total sum as gratification, while 5% will be set aside to take care of expenses that may arise during the time of transfer and also
telephone bills, while 65% will be for me and my partners. Please, you have been adviced to keep "top secret" as I am still in service and intend to retire from service after we conclude this deal with you.

I will be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until you confirm the money in your account and ask me to come down to your country for subsequent sharing of the fund according to percentages previously indicated and further investment, either in your country or any country you advice us to invest in.All other necessary vital information will be sent to you when I hear from you. I look forward to receive your phone and fax numbers for easy communication,This is my email address; >.

Yours faithfully,

MR RICHARD OUEDRAOGO,

TOP SECRET

This scumbag has written to me twice in the last 48 hours.

He claims to work for a UK bank, and asks me to commit fraud.

Needless to say, even if the money that he claims to exists really did exist (and of course it doesn't), I have no intention of participating in his "zero risk" scheme.

Dear Friend,

Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal
ethics. I will introduce myself as Mr John.O.West,a staff in the accounts
management section of a well-known bank here in the United Kingdom. One of
our accounts with holding balance of £15,000,000(Fifteen Million British
Pounds) has been dormant and has not been operated for the past 5 years.

From my investigations and confirmations, the owner of this account a
foreigner by name Austin Martins died in August 2000 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. Also Information from the National Immigration states that he was
also single on entry into the UK.


I have secretly discussed this matter with some of the bank officials and we
have agreed to find a reliable foreign partner to deal with. We thus propose
to do business with you, standing in as the next of kin of these funds from
the deceased and funds released to you after due processes have been
followed. This transaction is totally free of risk and troubles as the fund
is legitimate and does not originate from drug, money laundry, terrorism or
any other illegal act. On your interest, let me hear from you.

Regards,
JOHN.O.WEST

I am sure that I "won" this "lottery" only a few days ago.

Anyhoo, the fact remains it is a fake.

If you "win" this one throw it away.

STAATSLOTERIJ.NL
No 21 EGGER-STRAAT
28089 AMSTERDAM/NETHERLANDS

FROM: THE PROMOTION DIRECTOR
RESULTS FOR THE SECOND CATEGORY DREW
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS DEPT.
REF: YPL/4249859609/WX1
BATCH: GLV/91663/AK


ATTENTION:


STAATS LOTERIJ AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION:


We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the long awaited results of the STAATS LOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM held on the 19th October 2005.

You were entered as dependent clients with: Reference Number:7334NFJF/UDDFMF/NDDD, and Batch number DFFF346/56TR/765GHG.

Your email address attached to the ticket number: 445555377 that drew the lucky winning number, which consequently won the sweeptake in the second category, in four parts.

You have been approved for a payment of 1,000,000.00Euro (ONE MILLION EURO)in cash credited to file reference number:43QFFSS/GDFD7565/66HGMH.

This is from a total cash prize of ten milliom euro shared among the Ten International Winners in Categories B.

Congratulations!!!!!

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 90,000 (Sixty thousand) names of email users around the world, as part of our international promotion program.

Due to mixed up of some names and addresses, we ask that you keep this award personal, till your claims has been processed and your funds remitted to you.

This is part of our security measures to avoid double
claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of the situation by other participants or impersonators.

To begin your claim,do file for the release of your winning by contacting your/our accredited agent in our security department:

MR.DUFFMAN SMITH.
Foreign Transfer Manager.STAATSLOTERIJ.NL,

TEL:+.
FAX +.
FAX +.
Email::


They are your agent, and responsible for the processing and transfer of your winnings to you.

YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS 345DF/E5A*X903(keep personal)Remember, your winning must be claimed not later than(08-11-05).

failure to claim your winning/ fund will be added to next 17,000.000 euro international lottery program.

Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

NOTE: All winnings must be notarized to complete the claim process; winners will be referred to a Foreign Transfer Manager,to have their winnings notarized.

Winners are to cover the legal charges not
STAATSLOTERIJ.NL,


Once again, Congratulations.

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs.Marcy Van Daab.

Co-ordinator International.

I have "won" yet another lottery.

Needless to say this is just a fake, sent by a scammer.

The idea being that those who are daft enough to respond, will then be tricked into parting with a "processing fee".

Once this money has been conned out of the hapless victim, the scammer disappears never to be heard of again.

If you receive one of these, throw it away.

It is worthless!

FROM:THE DIRECTOR
LOTTO INTERNATIONAL NL.
REF:EL3/9318/04
BATCH:8/163/EL.
Attn:Dear Sir/Madam

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the
Lottery Winners International programs held on the
24/10/2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number :EL-23133 with serial number: EL-123542,batch
number: EL-35,lottery ref number: EL-9318 and drew
lucky numbers 7-1-8-36-4-22 which consequently won in
the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for
a lump sum pay out of US$1,500,000.00 (One Million,
Five Hundred Thousand United States dollars)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that
you keep your winning information confidential until
your claims has been processed and your money Remitted
to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program
by some participants. All participants were selected
through a computer ballot system drawn from over
40,000 company and 20,000,000 individual email
addresses and names from all over the world.
This promotional program takes place every year. This
lottery was promoted and sponsored by a group of
successful electronic dealers.we hope with part of
your winning,you will take part in our next year US$20
million international lottery. To file for your claim,
please contact our paying officer.

Mr Terry Edward (Lottery Director)
Netherlands Lottery Company
107 Vanderloop
1902AB ,Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
TEL:
FAX; +
Email:

Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than
1st of November, 2005.After this date all unclaimed
funds will be included in the next stake.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications please remember to quote your reference
number and batch numbers in all correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do
inform our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff
and thank you for being part of our promotional
program.
Note:
Anybody under the age of 16 is automatically
disqualified.

yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Innes Seedorff,
For Management.

Another pathetic attempt to con me out of money landed in my mail box today.

Needless to say it has been consigned to the dustbin.

I do wish that these guys would learn to spell!

I AM MR.PAUL CHEMBERLIN, WORKING WITH DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN OPERATIONS, FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE,DAKAR,SENEGAL.I GOT YOUR CONTACT THROUGH AN ASSOCIATE WHO WORKS WITH THE SENEGALAISE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE (FOREIGN TRADE DIVISION).THIS TRANSACTION REQUIRES MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING,TRANSPARENCY AND ABSOLUTE TRUST.ONE MR. PAKIR KUBANI FROM INDIA EXECUTED A CONTRACT WITH THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF AVIATION HERE IN SENEGAL. THE CONTRACT WORTH IS TWENTY MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$20,500,000.00), BUT DURING THE PROCESS OF TRANSFERRING THE MONEY TO HIM, HE DIED IN
AN EARTHQUAKE DISASTER THAT OCCURED IN INDIA.

MEANWHILE THIS FUND IS PRESENTLY SITTING IN A FERERATION ACCOUNT WITH THE BANK OF AFRICA,DAKAR,SENEGAL. NOBODY KNOWS WHAT IS GOING ON EXCEPT TWOOF MY COLLEAGUES AND I. THIS IS THE INFORMATION OF THE CONTRACT EXECUTED BY MR. PAKIR KUBANI:CONTRACT NUMBER: FMA/SLE/BIR/99CONTRACT SUM:US$20,500,000.00. YOU WILL STAND AS THE PARTNER TO MR.PAKIR KUBANI AS THE SOLE BENEFICIARY OF THIS FUND.

I WILL SEND TO YOU ALL THE RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED IN THIS TRANSACTION IMMEDIATELY YOU ACCEPT TO CO-OPERATE WITH ME FOR YOUR VERIFICATION AND CONFIRMATION BEFORE WE PROCEED. THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE AND NEEDS UTMOST SINCERERITY FROM ALL THE PARTIES INVOLVED. I WILL BE GOING FOR MY RETIREMENT VERY SOON, SO I NEED THIS MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF MY FAMILY IN FUTURE

I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE

REGARDS.
MR.PAUL CHEMBERLIN,

PHISH WARNING

I am afraid that there is yet another phish going around the internet.

This one claims to come from the Bank of the West.

They want me to click on a link, and disclose my passcodes.

Needless to say it is a scam:

1 I am not a customer of this bank

2 No reputable company will ever ask you to reveal your passcodes

If you receive one of these, do not respond to it or click on the link.

Bank Of The West Customer,

For your security, the profile that you are using to access Bank Of The West
Online Banking has been locked because of too many failed login attempts.
You can unlock this profile online by selecting an option below:

Unlock your Bank of the West profile :

www.bankofthewest.com

We regret any inconvenience this may cause you.

Sincerely,
Bank of The West Account Review Department.

We are requesting this information to verify and protect your identity. This is in order
to prevent the use of the U.S. banking system in terrorist and other illegal activity.

Need help? Use "Site Helper" or call customer service at 1.800- Bank Of The West.

Please do not "Reply" to this Alert.

© 2005 Bank Of The West, N.A. All rights reserved.

PHISH WARNING

Yet another phish is doing the rounds at the moment.

This one purports to be from E-gold.

They advise me that there has been a security issue with my account, and ask me to click on a link to verify my details.

I have two observations:

1 I do not have an account with E Gold

2 No reputable company will ever ask you to click through on a link to verify passcodes etc.

It is a phish designed to trick you into revealing your passcodes.

E-gold is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its community. To protect the security of your account, E-gold employs some of the most advanced security systems in the world and our anti-fraud teams regularly screen the E-Gold system for unusual activity.

We are contacting you to inform you that our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account. In accordance with E-Gold's User Agreement and to ensure that your account has not been compromised, your e-gold account has been frozen. Your account access will remain limited until this issue has been resolved.

From the User Agreement, Section 9, we may immediately issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership and refuse to provide our services to you if we believe that your actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, our users or us. We may also take these actions if we are unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to us.

Due to the suspension of this account, please be advised you are prohibited from using E-gold in any way. This includes the registering of a new account. Please note that this suspension does not relieve you of your agreed-upon obligation to pay any fees you may owe to E-gold.

To resolve this problem please login to your egold account click here.



Regards, Safeharbor Department E-gold, Inc
The E-gold team.

This is an automatic message. Please do not reply

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You can feel free to call our Customer Service Support Center between 8:00 AM and 6:30 PM (Eastern Standard Time), Monday through Friday and 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM on Saturday.

1-402-935-2050 toll-free in U.S. & Canada 1-614-921-2450 international callers We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and apriciate your assistance in helping us maintain the integrity of the entire e-gold system.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please do not reply to this email. Email sent to this address cannot be answered. For assistance, log in to your e-gold account.

This scammer wants me to help him commit fraud, to the tune of $30M.

I have a number of problems with his request:

1 I am not a criminal, therefore I have no intention of committing fraud

2 He is a criminal, therefore he should be avoided like the plague

3 The $30M does not exist

4 The word "modalities" is used, beloved by scammers around the world.

In short this email is a pile of shit.

I am interested in your partnership in a business transaction. This business
proposal I wish to intimate you of will be of mutual benefit to the both of
us and it?s success is entirely based on mutual trust, cooperation and a
high level of confidentiality.

I am representing the board of the contract award and monitoring committe of
the Zambian Ministry of Mining and Resources. I am seeking your assistance
to enable me transfer the sum of US$30,500,000.00 (Thirty Million, Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) into your private/company account.

The fund came up as a result of a contract awarded and executed for and on
behalf of my Ministry. The contract was supposed to be awarded to two
foreign contractors to the tune of US$180,000,000.00 (One hundred and Eighty
Million United States Dollars). But in the course of negotiation, the
contract was awarded to a Bulgarian contractor at the cost of
US$149,500,000.00 (One hundred and Forty-nine Million, Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) to our advantage unknown to the contractor. This
contract has been satisfactorily executed and inspected as the Bulgarian
firm is presently securing payment from my Ministry, where our Board is
in-charge of all foreign contract payment approval.

As a civil servant still in active government service, I am forbidden by law
to operate an account outside the shores of Zambia. Hence this message to
you seeking your assistance so as to enable me present your private/company
account details as a beneficiary of contractual claims alongside that of the
Bulgarian contractor, to enable me transfer the difference of
US$30,500,000.00 (Thirty Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) into your provided account.

On actualisation, the fund will be disbursed as stated below.

1. 20% of the fund will be for you as beneficiary

2. 80% of the fund will be for Us.

All logistics are in place and all modalities worked out for a smooth
actualisation of the transaction within the next few working days of
commencement. For further details as to the workability of this transaction,
please reach me as soon as possible for further clarification. via my
email address; on receipt of this mail
Thank you and God bless as I await your urgent response.

Yours Sincerely,