Your Citi Bank online account is about to expire.

Beware! Beware! Beware! This email does NOT come from Citi Bank! The link provided is NOT the Citi Bank website. Do NOT do anything with this email besides DELETE it!

Dear Citi Bank Customer,
We regret to inform you that your Citi Bank online account isabout to expire. In order to keep it active, and resolve this problemplease click the link below:
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If your problem could not be resolved, your online account will besuspended for a period of 3-4 days, after this period your accountwill be terminated.
For the User Agreement, section 7, we may immediately issue a warning,temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membershipand refuse to provide our services to you if we belive that your actionsmay 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 authenticateany information you provide us.
After the suspension of this account, please be advised that you are prohibitedfrom using Citi Bank in any way. This includes registering a new account.Please note that this suspension does not relieve you of your agreed-uponobligation to pay any fees you may owe to Citi Bank
IT Department Citi BankThe Citi Bank Team.

Your Credit Card was cloned and used in Bulgaria!

Everyone is afraid (and rightly so) of identity theft. The idea that someone might be getting away with your credit card information is frightening. Unfortunately, scammers prey on this fear, by faking emails from your credit card company. This one is doubly frightening, because the scammer tells you that your card has been accessed out of country. Somehow that makes it seem even less likely that you'll ever get your money back.

This is a scam. Ignore this email. Want proof that it's a scam? I got a copy of it, and I don't own a VISA card.

Dear VISA Member!
Attention! Your VISA Credit Card has been violated!
Someone from Bulgaria tried to access your personal account from 2 different ATM's but with wrong pin! We were forced to freeze your Credit Card until you will confirm your identity online!
Please click the link below and enter your account information to confirm that you are not currently away. You have 3 days to confirm account information or your account will be locked.
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Thank you for using Visa!
Verified by Visa Team
Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.
VISA Email ID VU294E22

Re: Congratulations. (Another Lottery Scam)

Ho hum. Another lottery scam. This one from Australia. Don't believe it. You didn't win anything. It's just a scam.

Australian Lottery.
NSW Lotteries Corporation,
2 Figtree Drive,
Homebush Bay NSW 2127
Dear Sir/Madam,
CONGRATULATIONS: YOU WON $1,000,000.00.
We are pleased to inform you of the result of Australian Lottery, which was held on the 20th, May 2006. Your e-mail address attached to prize winning number: 3 7 9 16 27 28, and supplementary number: 37 43 drew a prize of $1,000,000.00 (One Million USDollars). This lucky draw came first in the 2nd Category of the Sweepstake. You will receive the sum of $1,000,000.00 (One Million USDollars) from our authorized bank in Netherlands.
Because of some mix-up with our sweepstake numbers and prizes, plus the time limited placed on the payment of your prize: $1,000,000.00, we advice that you keep all information about this prize confidential until your funds: $1,000,000.00 have been transferred to you by the authorized bank in The Netherlands. You must adhere to this instruction, strictly, to avoid any delay with the release of your funds to your person.
This program has been abused severally in past, so we are doing our best to forestall further occurrence of past mix-ups.
This sweepstake was conducted under the watchful eyes of 12,000 spectators. Your e-mail address attached to prize winning number: 3 7 9 16 27 28 was selected and; it came first through an e-ballot draw from over 250,000 e-mail addresses (personal and corporate e-mail addresses). This program is sponsored by NSW Lotteries to compensate faithful internet suffers around the globe.
Congratulations for becoming one of the few lucky winners. With your permission, your e-mail will also be included in the next sweepstake of $5Million.
You must claim your prize: $1,000,000.00 not later than 10-days from the moment you receive this e-mail. In order to avoid unnecessary delays with your claim from our authorized bank; please contact them immediately, and quote your winning and personal information now.
Here is their contact information:
Bank: Laagste Heypotheekofferte Bank NL.
Contact person: Mr. Walter Hawkins.
Director: Public Finance, Global Markets, Interest Rate and Currency.
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Furnish them with the following:
(i). your name(s),
(ii) Your telephone and fax numbers
(iii) Your contact address
(iv) Your winning information (including amount won).
Congratulations.
Yours to serve,
Valentino Von Kahn (Mrs.).
Coordinator: Australian Lottery.

VISA Bank Account is fraudulent and it will be suspended

This is another scam. This does NOT come from VISA. Don't visit their site. This scam is particularly ugly - no line breaks anywhere, and it didn't even have a clickable link. Sad. Even for a spammer.

Dear VISA Credit Card Owner , Verified by VISA protects you existing VISA card with a password you create , giving you assurance the only you can use your card online! Your Credit Union Credit Card ( Debit ) will be blocked in 24h Verified by VISA is devoted to keeping a safe environment for its community of consumers and producers. To guarantee the safety of your account, VISA deploys some of the most advanced security measures in the world and our anti-fraud units regularly screen the VISA database for suspicious activity. We recently have discovered that multiple computers have attempted to log into your VISA. Online Banking account, and multiple password failures were presented before the logons. We now require you to activate Verified by VISA and create a password for your credit card . If this is not completed by March 24, 2006, we will be forced to suspend your account indefinitely, as it may have been used for fraudulent purposes. We thank you for your cooperation in this manner. In order to confirm your Online Bank records, we may require some specific information from you. Please Click Here or on the link below to re-validate your account information : ### Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to temporary suspend your account. VISA Security Team

Account Information - American National Bank of Texas

Another bank scam. If you are a customer of American National Bank of Texas, beware of this scam email going around. It is NOT from your bank!

Dear American National Bank of Texas Customer,

Due to recent fraudulent activities on some of American National Bank of Texas online accounts we are launching a new security system to make American National Bank of Texas online accounts more secure and safe. Before we can activate it we will be checking all American National Bank of Texas online accounts to confirm the authenticity of the holder.

We will require a confirmation that your account has not been stolen or hacked. Your account has not been suspended or frozen.

To confirm your account status please login -complete the required information to authenticate and reset your account -make sure your account balance has not been changed -make sure your details have not been changed -review recent transactions in your account history for any unauthorized transfer

If you find any type of suspicious activities please contact us immediately. Please include in your message your account number, your account name and the unauthorized transfer date & time.

Please do not reply to this message. For any inquiries, contact Customer Service.

Three Scams - Kuwait, Ivory Coast, and Sudan

This will be a long post, as it contains three scams that came in on the same day. Funny how I can go weeks without seeing one of these, then see a pile of them all at once. There is a pathetic "sameness" to all these - they're all Nigerian scams, trying to pass of oodles of money. Don't buy into any of these.

KINDLY GIVE THIS AN URGENT ATTENTION

Dear Sir,
In the first place I wish to introduce my self to you I am Mrs. Janet Garang, the wife of Lieutenant Colonel John Garang Hinga the Leader of Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) one of the leading political parties in Sudan, which was formed, in 1983. My late husband died during the out brake of the recent civil war in Sudan.
Before his death, he held many important offices which includes being the prime minister in a coalition government between 1986 to 1989. He also was the leader of the Umma Party a strong political organization in Sudan. After his tenure as coalition prime minister, he was made to be in-charge of the payment of Sudanese Media communications department in 2001.
My husband was killed by a group known as Sadiq al Mahdi at the on set of the civil war while fighting for the liberation of the Sudanese people from the hands of a dictatorship government.! I am 41 years old now and seriously ill although I am now receiving treatment in a hospital here in Thailand. During the period of our marriage we were blessed with a male child by name Mr. Minja John Hinga, who is here taking care of me.
After the death of my husband, I inherited a huge amount of money ( US$5.5million US dollars) which my late husband deposited with a Security Company in Thailand for safe keeping. I decided to contact you to assist me and my son to claim this money from where it was deposited and probably guide us in investing the fund in a worthwhile flourishing business over there. I hereby ask for your help and assistance.
Although I am a novice in business, I have an eye on real estates properties. Your advice on other areas of private sector will be highly appreciated. I believe that you would be of great help in guiding my son to a successful business investment in your country even when I am gone.
I will appreciate if you will show interest in collaborating! with us, as this transaction will benefit both of us on joint venture partnership. Furthermore I am ready to give you a good negotiable percentage cash reward for your assistance. Detailed information on other proceedings will be made available to you upon receiving your reply showing interest in collaborating with us as I look forward to your urgent reply. We may need your personal telephone numbers for more information.
Sincerely Yours,
Mrs. Janet Garang

Marcel and Alice,
In confidence / Marcel and Alice
Hello Dear, We Are Marcel And Alice Egobia from sierra leone but residing in Ivory Coast in Africa. It is our desire to contact you on honesty and sincerity to assist Us in transferring the sum of $8,000,000(Eight Million United States Dollars) inherited from our late mother late Mrs Alina Egobia to your country for investment.we motivated in contacting you and hope to gradually build trust, relationship and confidence in you as we get to know you better. So please we want to know if you will be of assistance but first we want to get to know you better. our willing to offer you $235,000 usd for your effort input after the successful transfer of this money and investment. Indicate your interest towards assisting us by sending your phone # and address so that we can communicate with you at any time. we will be waiting for your response.thanks Marcel and Alice

OUR LORD IS GOOD
Dear Brother/Sister's in Lord Christ Jesus.Calvary greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,I am former Mr Ahmedaliza Wasilat ,now Mr Christain Davis,,I am now a new Christian convert,suffering from long time cancer of the heart. From all indications, my condition is really deteriorating and is quite obvious that I may not live more than six months, because the cancer stage has gotten to a very severe stage.My late wife was killed during the Gulf war, and during the period of our marriage we had a son who was also killed in a cold blood during the Gulf war.My late wife was very wealthy and after her death,I inherited all our business and wealth. My personal physician told me that I may not live for more than six months and I am so scared about this. So, I now decided to divide part of this wealth, by contributing to the development of evangelism in Africa,America, Europe and Asian Countries. This mission which will no doubt be tasking had made me to recenlty relocated to Israel,where I live presently. I selected your church after visiting the website for this purpose and prayed over it, I am willing to donate the sum of $19.500,000.00 Million US Dollars to your Church/Ministry for the development of evangelism and also as aids for the less privileged around you.
Please note that, this fund is lying in a Security Company in Europe and the company has branches, therefore my lawyer will file an immediate application for the transfer of the money in the name of your ministry. Please, do not reply me if you have the intention of using this fund for personal use other than enhancement of evangelism.Lastly, I want you/your ministry to be praying for me as regards my entire life and my health because I have come to find out since my spiritual birth lately that wealth acquisition without Jesus Christ in one's life is vanity upon vanity. If you have to die says the keep fit and i will give you the crown of life. May the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the sweet fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you. If your are interested doreach my Attorney he lives in England London.His Particulars areName :Avocat: LEO ADLER
Thanks for your assistanceYours in Christ
MR CHRISTAIN DAVISFROM KUWAIT.

From Harald

You do want to ask yourself, when you ureceive this scam, what kind of lawyer sends out official communications by email. Of course, there are plenty of other questions you should ask, like why this guy who appears to be the solicitor for a someone in Britain, has an Italian email address. Remember...this is just another scam!

This is for your attention.
We are solicitors to Michael Statz hereinafter referred to as “our client”, and this letter issues on his behalf. I write to notify you that my client (captioned above) who is now deceased made a deposit of Four Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars with a finance company and it was witnessed by my chambers.
My client came to England at a very young age and married a Pilipino woman. Unfortunately, they had no child of theirs. The wife died in 1994 and she was buried here. Mr. Michael Statz died on the 8th day of February 2004 after a brief illness at the age of 85. Until his death he was a consultant to several oil and gas industries. He had a sojourn in the United States, Canada and so many other countries before he came to Cairn Energy PLC an oil and gas exploration and production company based in the United Kingdom. He was a knight in the Church and belonged to several non-governmental and scientific organizations. He was also a great philanthropist and a Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Club International.
At the time of making, the deposit, he wrote in a statement that he would appoint an organization as the beneficiary. This bequest is to support the organization continue his humanitarian services and help to the less-privileged. Unfortunately, he did not fulfill presenting the beneficiary’s name to the finance company before his death. While on his sick bed, he advised me to search his private study for a business handbook. He said I would find a name in the handbook which should be presented to the finance company as the beneficiary. I found your contact in his business handbook hence I am contacting you and believing that you are the beneficiary.
Upon your immediate response, we will perfect the process of formally introducing you to the finance company as the appointed beneficiary. You are therefore required to forward the following details of yours; address, occupation, age, phone and fax numbers. Please treat as urgent and revert black to us immediately.
You can equally use my alternative email address in reaching me which is: I will furnish you with my phone and fax lines upon your response.
Yours truly, Harald. Hecht (Legal Practitioner)

Personal Data Verification Process

With PayPal getting more popular, this particular scam gets more and more likely to trick people. The important thing to remember here is that even though this email looks like it came from PayPal, it did not! The web address is not PayPal's web address. The scammer is trying to trick you into giving out your credit card number or PayPal login information!

Your Personal Data includes information that can identify you as a specific individual, such as your name, address, phone number, credit card number or e-mail address are stored in your account. Is strongly recommend that you log into your account and verify your Personal Data. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

To verify your account and some or all of the information that PayPal use in your account, please visit the Resolution Center ########### . If, after reviewing your account information, you seekfurther clarification regarding your account access, please contact PayPal by visiting the Help Center and clicking "Contact Us". We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help and protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Sincerely,Pay Pal Account Review Department
Pay Pal Email ID PP724-763