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41-year-old Blessed Marvelous Herve, of San Francisco, has been arrested and charged with wire fraud. The man – who used aliases like Rodrigue Herve Ngandou, Herve Rodrigue Ngandou, and Blessed Roll Herve – is accused of making around $1.6 million (€1.2 million) through what’s known as a 419 sc... |
10 May 2013
09:26 GMT |
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Bitdefender experts have spotted an upgraded version of the classic Nigerian scam on LinkedIn.
The scammers have created a fake LinkedIn profile of Aziz Mohammad, the manager of a popular Malaysian bank. To make it more legitimate-looking, the information from the bogus profile has been copied from the real Aziz Moh... |
8 May 2013
12:21 GMT |
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419 scams – the ones in which a celebrity or the relative of a dead rich man offers you a large amount of money in return for some information and a small fee – have been around for quite some time, but I don’t think they’ll disappear any time soon. That’s because a lot of people still ... |
5 April 2013
15:21 GMT |
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Another lottery scam has been making the rounds since March 1. This time, crooks send out spam emails informing recipients they’ve won £1 million ($1.5 million / 1.15 million EUR) in the Nokia 2013 New Year Draw.
“Your Email ID has Won £1,000,000.00 UK POUNDS in this Years NOKIA 2013 NEW YEAR... |
13 March 2013
19:21 GMT |
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ESET Senior Research Fellow David Harley has identified an interesting advance fee scam that’s currently making the rounds on the Web. Bogus emails invite recipients to attend a conference on “Human Rights and Global Financial Crisis” that will allegedly take place in May in the US.
As you will see... |
27 February 2013
07:31 GMT |
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Bitdefender warns Internet users from Germany to be on the lookout for scam emails that appear to originate from Deutsche Bank or from Spain’s Santa Lucia insurance company.
In the first scheme, recipients of emails entitled “Money Sent Today” are told that they will receive a large amount of money... |
8 February 2013
05:16 GMT |
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A 54-year-old man, accused of running a lottery scam that helped him make a profit of almost £800,000 (964,000 EUR or $1.3 million), has been sentenced by a United Kingdom court to serve 6 years in prison.
Patrick Bomboi Emuh, of Bromhedge, Greenwich, sent out bogus emails to at least 20 people from various co... |
14 January 2013
06:54 GMT |
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One of our readers has informed us of a new variation of the old Facebook Gold Membership scam that’s currently making the rounds.
The malicious emails inform recipients that they’ve won a “Gold membership status.” However, this version doesn’t specifically mention Facebook. Instead, t... |
5 January 2013
14:31 GMT |
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Over the past month or so, a new 419 scam has been making the rounds, attempting to trick users into getting involved in all sorts of shady activities. Kaspersky experts, who have analyzed the bogus emails, entitled “Dollar Investment for the Companys President/Ceo!!! (Confidential),” highlight the fact ... |
21 December 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Scammers are once again leveraging a legitimate news article in order to make their stories more convincing. In the latest scam, they’re relying on the fact that Switzerland will return $700 million (546 million EUR) representing part of the money stashed in the country’s banks by Nigeria’s former p... |
10 December 2012
05:25 GMT |
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Spammers have turned to a somewhat clever method to distribute their scammy messages. Sophos experts came across an email that was sent via The Daily Mail’s “Share” feature.
The email in question looks something like this:
“My Name is Mrs.Naomi Elvis Michael.Pls i want you to reply me back a... |
26 November 2012
16:01 GMT |
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The image of many African countries has been stained internationally because of the large number of 419 and lottery scams that originate from them. Jamaican authorities say they’re determined to do something about it.
These fraud schemes don’t just affect the country’s image, but they’re also... |
12 November 2012
07:07 GMT |
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A Daily Mail story about an unclaimed lottery jackpot is utilized by cybercriminals in an attempt to convince users to hand over their information, and maybe even some money.
Kaspersky experts have come across the email which purports to come from one Mr. Jean-Marc Lietart.
“I write to seek your help to claim... |
8 November 2012
11:51 GMT |
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Cybercriminals have started leveraging the name of the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) in an effort to trick internauts into believing that they will be compensated with $1 million (780,000 EUR) for being targeted by fraudsters.
It all starts with an email entitled “We have mandated your paym... |
8 November 2012
04:16 GMT |
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An interesting 419 scam has been making the rounds in the past weeks. It claims that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) “in conjunction” with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are about to give recipients of the email the sum of $10 million (8 million EUR).
Part of the email reads something li... |
2 November 2012
04:27 GMT |
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Scammers have started sending out emails entitled “US Customs and Border Protection Service Department” in an attempt to trick recipients into thinking that they have received a package “all the way from Africa.”
“We write to inform you that your package with reference number 2661428 ha... |
25 October 2012
08:12 GMT |
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$2.5 million – which is the equivalent of around 2 million EURO – is an impressive amount of money, but rest assured that no one will hand it over to you without a very good reason. Scammers are trying to convince Internet users that the money is safely stored in a Bank of Africa account, just waiting for... |
25 October 2012
05:49 GMT |
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Kaspersky’s spam report for September 2012 has brought to my attention an interesting 419 scam. It doesn’t employ any new techniques, but it’s worth mentioning because it highlights the fact that scammers use the names of popular individuals to ensure the success of their campaigns.
The emails read... |
24 October 2012
15:51 GMT |
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Emails entitled “Winner!!! Google Doodle Celebrates Search Giant” and apparently signed by Larry Page himself are attempting to trick recipients into believing that they’ve won a considerable amount of money in a competition sponsored by Google.
The message instructs users to download the attached ... |
16 October 2012
18:01 GMT |
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How would you react when receiving an email from the president of the United States, accusing you of participating in money laundering and terrorism? You should react by pressing the email client’s “delete” button because it’s just a scam.
Hoax Slayer has come across such an email, allegedly ... |
27 September 2012
03:35 GMT |
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A large majority of advance fee schemes, or 419 scams, involve Mr. Ali Bubba of the National Bank of Nigeria, or executives and diamond mine owners from other African countries. However, more recently, the scammers have changed their game to include the nationals of more developed countries.
Back in June, we saw a s... |
21 September 2012
05:32 GMT |
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Emails entitled “Compensations for Scam Victims,” apparently originating from the Federal High Court of Nigeria, try to defraud users by tricking them into thinking that they will receive large amounts of money from the African state.
A number of internauts have fallen victims to so-called 419 scams whic... |
24 August 2012
08:24 GMT |
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An International FIFA World Cup Online Lottery Program that’s designed and promoted by the European lottery, Russian Football Union and Qatar Football Association sounds great, especially if you’re told that you won £800,000 ($1.2 million or €1 million). However, as always, if it sounds too goo... |
6 August 2012
05:30 GMT |
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As the London 2012 Olympics approach the numbers of spam messages and malicious operations launched by cybercriminals grow. Experts have come across at least three new scam versions that currently make the rounds.
The first one is a classic. It reads, “your name and email was randomly picked by Visa/Master Car... |
28 June 2012
06:51 GMT |
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Nigerian scams, or 419 scams (419 is the number of a section in Nigeria’s criminal code), are encountered almost daily by most internauts and we can safely argue that by now a large percentage of users are able to identify and avoid them.
However, according to Microsoft researchers, there’s a perfectly g... |
20 June 2012
04:59 GMT |
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If you receive an email from a woman who seems more than willing to help out anyone that needs money, don’t be tempted to reply to it because it’s a scam that could cost you a lot.
419 scams are highly common these days and they’re all designed on the same principle: someone contacts you offering l... |
19 June 2012
06:50 GMT |
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Days before the start of the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, which will take place in Poland and Ukraine, security experts have found an email lottery campaign that tries to dupe unsuspecting Internet users into handing over their personal data and maybe even some money.
Similar to other typical lottery sc... |
5 June 2012
16:51 GMT |
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Fake emails that claim to originate from the organizers of the London 2012 Olympic Games have been spotted offering £800,000 (1 million EUR or $1.2 million) to the “lucky” recipients. London 2012 Olympics-themed scams have been making the rounds in the past few months and it has been clear that it ... |
30 May 2012
09:28 GMT |
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How do you react if you receive an email from a company that claims you can make easy money by purchasing and selling Facebook shares? Whatever your answer may be now, we’ll make sure to give you the right one by the end of this article.
Security experts from Symantec have come across a new scam email that lev... |
19 May 2012
05:49 GMT |
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A 71-year-old woman from East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, fell victim to a fraudster group that managed to convince her to voluntarily hand them over $34,500 (26,000 EUR).
According to The Advocate, the scheme began when the victim was approached at Home Depot by a man wearing a suit and a tie who claimed that he... |
7 May 2012
04:25 GMT |
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A fake Facebook lottery is making the rounds, promising recipients a prize of $100,000 (€76,000). In reality, those who respond to the email message that carries the scam will be asked to pay certain amounts of money that are allegedly needed to complete the transaction.
Apparently signed by “The Facebook... |
25 April 2012
06:08 GMT |
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A 23-year-old woman from Australia was accused of fraud by a court of law after she got involved in the operations of some Nigerian crooks that were running a vehicle sales scam.
According to Courier Mail, the suspect, Sarah Jane Cochrane-Ramsey, claims she unknowingly participated in the scam since March 2010, her ... |
24 February 2012
04:52 GMT |
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The latest 419 scam that circulates via email dupes recipients into thinking that they won a “gold membership status” on Facebook, which qualifies them for a $2.5 million (1.7 million EUR) prize offered by the social media company.
Hoax Slayer informs that the potential victims are not only requested to ... |
20 February 2012
04:20 GMT |
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The success of a BBC television show gave cybercriminals ideas for a 419 scam that has the potential to fill their pockets with money from unsuspecting Internet users who are duped into thinking that they may be the recipients of a fortune.
Graham Cluley from Sophos came across one of these email scams that relies o... |
7 February 2012
08:13 GMT |
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The latest 419 scam email pretends to come from the FBI’s Executive Deputy Director, accusing recipients of performing a large number of illegal transactions.
The phony email bears the subject "You are on the FBI wanted persons list. Reply now to clear your name," and warns the recipient that due to the large ... |
16 January 2012
14:31 GMT |
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The so-called 419 scams, or Nigerian scams, which start with an email telling the recipient that he could win diamond mines or millions in exchange for their assistance, can sometime turn real ugly and end with the victim being kidnapped. Such is the case of a South Korean man and his daughter who responded to a Sout... |
14 January 2012
05:27 GMT |
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What is the chance for a Bank of America phishing scam to obtain information from Internet users in France? Many can agree that the chances are slim and this is precisely why cybercriminals have begun using botnets to launch more targeted spam operations that increase their success rates.
ESET researchers from Irela... |
10 January 2012
07:25 GMT |
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Scammers came up with new techniques of masking a classic 419 scam. The latest methods imply that the actual message, the one that promises tens of millions from diamond mines and banks from Africa, is hidden in an archived text file that comes attached to the email.
“This is a confidential message, please kin... |
5 December 2011
10:53 GMT |
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A lawyer from New Zealand might have broken a record that wouldn't make anyone proud. He ended up paying close to a million dollars (700,000 EUR) to 419 scammers from Amsterdam which promised $27 million (19 million EUR) to one of his customers.
According to The New Zealand Herald, Jennifer Taukamo received an ... |
1 November 2011
10:27 GMT |
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A message that promises the experience of a lifetime by giving users the opportunity to become secret shoppers turns out to be nothing but a 419 scam which gets away with your information and your money.
GFI Labs informs us of a message that reads “SECRET SHOPPING JOB AVAILABLE/URGENT REPLY NEEDED.”
It&... |
28 October 2011
05:25 GMT |
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The now famous Ayesha Gaddafi, the only daughter of the recently killed Libyan dictator, returns to our attention in a new spam campaign, but since last time we saw her, she spent a large part of the 70 million she promised us.
As Commtouch Cafe informs us, she is now only offering “Fourteen Millions Two Hundr... |
27 October 2011
03:12 GMT |
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The latest spam campaign that uses the name of the recently killed dictator promises millions to anyone willing to help one of his men.
“As the battle is over, I want to give you the secret Deposit key to this fund to make this claim, and use 70% from the fund to establish good investment in the country of you... |
26 October 2011
07:54 GMT |
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Emails that seem to be coming from the Chancellor of the Exchequer himself, promise recipients the funds they've been expecting for years.Nigerian scams, also known as 419 scams, are being redesigned to gain the trust of unknowing internauts by pretending to be coming from UK officials instead of the popular Afr... |
24 October 2011
04:48 GMT |
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An email is roaming the web, announcing the participants of a fabulous winning that makes them millionaires overnight, but instead of dollars, the victims get a lot of malware, lies and an emptied bank account.419 scams keep getting better and better but somehow they all manage to fail right at the end.According to G... |
18 October 2011
07:27 GMT |
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Google calendars are widely used to send memos and invites to friends and acquaintances and because these invites are fairly trusted, spammers were discovered launching social engineering maneuvers hidden within them.A 419 scam was discovered the by Sunbeltblog masqueraded in such an invitation and for the unlucky pe... |
29 September 2011
08:12 GMT |
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Email con artists still hope to profit from the naivety of some people, promising millions to those willing to help them. The only difference now is that the newer versions of the Nigerian scam are a bit better documented.Yesterday I received an email from what seemed to be the exchange manager of a Burkina Faso ban... |
27 September 2011
07:45 GMT |
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Several 419 scam emails observed recently are leveraging the difficult situation of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to trick users.The emails purport to come from members of the Gaddafi family who are trying to urgently move money out of the country.Security researchers from Symantec have intercepted one such email tha... |
30 August 2011
16:46 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that 419 scams that try to extort money from individuals by threatening their lives are back in use.In one sample recently spotted by security experts from Symantec, recipients are contacted by an alleged hitman who calls himself Don Gunshot.According to the message, he was hired to kill the... |
5 July 2011
14:24 GMT |
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Ten people were indicted for their roles in running an advance-fee fraud operation that involved sending traditional 419 scam emails to people.Advance-fee fraud is a common type of scam where the attacker promises a big reward, but asks the victim to send a sum of money in advance to help secure it.This concept has e... |
8 March 2011
04:55 GMT |
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Security researchers warn of advance-fee email scams in languages other than English, which suggests that fraudsters are using automated translation services.Advance-fee fraud emails, also known as 419 or Nigerian letters, are scams in which victims are promised a large return on investment if they send payments in a... |
22 February 2011
10:10 GMT |
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