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empallinthe “nigerian” email scam
the bait: con artists claim to be officials, businesspeople, or the surviving spouses of former government honchos in nigeria or another country whose money is somehow tied up for a limited time. they offer to transfer lots of money into your bank account if you will pay a fee or “taxes” to help them access their money. if you respond to the initial offer, you may receive documents that look “official.” then they ask you to send money to cover transaction and transfer costs and attorney's fees, as well as blank letterhead, your bank account numbers, or other information. they may even encourage you to travel to nigeria or a border country to complete the transaction. some fraudsters have even produced trunks of dyed or stamped money to verify their claims.
the catch: the emails are from crooks trying to steal your money or perpetrate identity theft. inevitably, emergencies come up, requiring more of your money and delaying the “transfer” of funds to your account; in the end, there aren't any profits for you, and the scam artist vanishes with your money. according to state department reports, people who have responded to “pay in advance ” solicitations have been beaten, subjected to threats and extortion, and in some cases, murdered.
your safety net: if you receive an email from someone claiming to need your help getting money out of a foreign country, don't respond.
forward “nigerian” scams — including all the email addressing information — to spam@uce.gov. if you've lost money to one of these schemes, call your local secret service field office. local field offices are listed in the blue pages of your telephone directory.
and now for another little spam poem...
i call this one
flafey work mail goes to bulk
soliton! extricate and physique on commandeer it foxhole but alexei try commissary it backstage on inoperable may poise on criminal not chaff see admonition on diatribe it stolen be baccalaureate some shake on pestle the sera be thereon in silken may monica!
aspheric the thirsty!
or advisee may nu,
it ali may diagrammatic
bridge!
carbonyl some composite may ripe a offset some stationary,
emitting may earthshaking see ho the reverberate!
intake be treasonous and list in consular and postal but detail it's parasol in calhoun some eavesdropping see smithsonian in olin but clone some charlottesville be leathery and may snafu but bunkmate or
but judith may cathode on
got some denominate a pneumonia be annoy may sidewise may geld may excitatory or immobile and giveaway a dater may tweedy may dichotomy some philharmonic some steinberg some ethereal!
infatuate or configure it's alyssum some irk!
holdover,
zimmerman be shortage a shmuel but dahlia but,
toddle the cartilaginous but
the argot may annunciate !
tailor try intestine it furthest not gypsite it's quaver and food,
epimorphism some interferometer!
lebensraum it's hypochlorous the anthem,
cheshire ! risk a lawman but advent be resiny and luxuriant try hugo see rave be akers the papyri or brahmsian it's backup on age or ! symphony see cormorant and
not circumstantial some gosh see
the bait: con artists claim to be officials, businesspeople, or the surviving spouses of former government honchos in nigeria or another country whose money is somehow tied up for a limited time. they offer to transfer lots of money into your bank account if you will pay a fee or “taxes” to help them access their money. if you respond to the initial offer, you may receive documents that look “official.” then they ask you to send money to cover transaction and transfer costs and attorney's fees, as well as blank letterhead, your bank account numbers, or other information. they may even encourage you to travel to nigeria or a border country to complete the transaction. some fraudsters have even produced trunks of dyed or stamped money to verify their claims.
the catch: the emails are from crooks trying to steal your money or perpetrate identity theft. inevitably, emergencies come up, requiring more of your money and delaying the “transfer” of funds to your account; in the end, there aren't any profits for you, and the scam artist vanishes with your money. according to state department reports, people who have responded to “pay in advance ” solicitations have been beaten, subjected to threats and extortion, and in some cases, murdered.
your safety net: if you receive an email from someone claiming to need your help getting money out of a foreign country, don't respond.
forward “nigerian” scams — including all the email addressing information — to spam@uce.gov. if you've lost money to one of these schemes, call your local secret service field office. local field offices are listed in the blue pages of your telephone directory.
and now for another little spam poem...
i call this one
flafey work mail goes to bulk
soliton! extricate and physique on commandeer it foxhole but alexei try commissary it backstage on inoperable may poise on criminal not chaff see admonition on diatribe it stolen be baccalaureate some shake on pestle the sera be thereon in silken may monica!
aspheric the thirsty!
or advisee may nu,
it ali may diagrammatic
bridge!
carbonyl some composite may ripe a offset some stationary,
emitting may earthshaking see ho the reverberate!
intake be treasonous and list in consular and postal but detail it's parasol in calhoun some eavesdropping see smithsonian in olin but clone some charlottesville be leathery and may snafu but bunkmate or
but judith may cathode on
got some denominate a pneumonia be annoy may sidewise may geld may excitatory or immobile and giveaway a dater may tweedy may dichotomy some philharmonic some steinberg some ethereal!
infatuate or configure it's alyssum some irk!
holdover,
zimmerman be shortage a shmuel but dahlia but,
toddle the cartilaginous but
the argot may annunciate !
tailor try intestine it furthest not gypsite it's quaver and food,
epimorphism some interferometer!
lebensraum it's hypochlorous the anthem,
cheshire ! risk a lawman but advent be resiny and luxuriant try hugo see rave be akers the papyri or brahmsian it's backup on age or ! symphony see cormorant and
not circumstantial some gosh see
