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Latest email hoaxes, internet scams

Anyone surfing on the internet has to fight Spam, Hoaxes & Scam, ie. :

Bogus warnings (Facebook deleting inactive users...), Virus email hoaxes (Postcard Image Virus Hoax, Merry Christmas Virus Hoax, Bin-Laden and Olympic Torch Virus, MSN contact list or Mobile Phone virus hoax, Virtual Card for you Virus Hoax and so on...)

Giveaway hoaxes (Microsoft email beta test hoax, Ericsson Lap-Top Computer Giveaway, Free champagne hoax email, Sony PSP-Xbox-Ipod Giveaway Hoax...), Charity Hoaxes (Mia Heyns/Ahmad Khaled Abu Rumman/Brian David/Matt Dawson/Bryan Warner Make-a-wish Foundation Hoaxes, Chad Briody Charity Request...)

Email Petitions & Protests (Telstra Free Directory Assistance Protest Email, Red Arrows Olympic Ban petition, Holocaust Ban in UK schools Chain Email...), Email Chain Letters (Person on the bridge hoax email, Good Luck Chain Letter, Iraq and The Wrath of the Eagle Koran Verse Hoax, Summer Chain Email - Blond Hair And Blood Shot Eyes, Birthday List/Luck In Love/First Name Chain Email...)

Celebrity Email Hoaxes (Paris Hilton Stabbed in Jail Hoax, Tom Hanks Death, Sinbad Heart Attack, Travis Barker Death, Will Ferrell is not Dead, Michael Jackson is Dead, Serena Williams Interview, Britney Spears Overdose, Magic Johnson Coma...)

Prank Emails also called Malicious Hoaxes (Nareepol Tree, Self Parking Garage, Barack Obama Endorsed by the Ku Klux Klan Hoax, Shark's Love for Man Hoax, Storm Photographs, Sumatra Island Tsunami Wave Photograph...), Bad Advice Email (Cancer Info From Johns Hopkins Hoax Email, Christmas Cards for Recovering American Soldiers, How to Survive a Heart Attack When Alone Hoax...)

Funny Email Hoaxes (Power Line Virus, Warning to all Dogs Owners, Why Computers Sometimes Crash, Work Virus, Show your Bum joke, Bad Times Spoof, Digital Camera for Sale, Nuclear Strike Email Hoax...), Unsubstantiated Emails (Siamese Pike Photograph, Giant Rattlesnake Photograph, Fake Eggs from China, Acid Car Hijacking Warning...)

Missing Child Email Hoaxes (Yohana Ravelo, Evan Trembley, Penny Brown, Ashley Flores, Michael Hunt...), Phishing Scams (Department of Finance Phishing Scam, IRS Refund, Ebay Phisher Scam, Question from E-Bay member, MSN/Smith Barney/E-Gold/ABA/FDIC / US Bank/Moneybookers/Paypal / Citibank/Union Planters Bank Phisher Scams...), Nigerian "419" Scams, Payment Transfer Job Scams, Email Lottery Scams, Pharming Scams, Internet Dating Scams and so on, and so on...

Hoax-Slayer - http://www.hoax-slayer.com - keeps you informed about the latest email hoaxes, true email forwards, current Internet scams and any spam and computer security issues.

Now before forwarding an email, ask yourself these questions :

- Does the email ask you to send it to a lot of other people ?
- Is the language used overly emotive or highly technical ?

Here is an example :

>>

Anyone-using Internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and so on.

This information arrived this morning, Direct from both Microsoft and Norton.

You may receive an apparently harmless e-mail titled "Mail Server Report"

If you open either file, a message will appear on your screen saying: 'It is too late now, your life is no longer beautiful.'

Subsequently you will LOSE EVERYTHING IN YOUR PC, And the person who sent it to you will gain access to your name, e-mail and password.

This is a new virus which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon. AOL has already confirmed the severity, and the anti virus software's are not capable of destroying it.

The virus has been created by a hacker who calls himself 'life owner'.

PLEASE SEND A COPY OF THIS E-MAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS, And ask them to PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY!

THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY SNOPES

<<

Or a similar hoax :

>>

Please Be Extremely Careful especially if using internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and so on. This information arrived this morning direct from both Microsoft and Norton. Please send it to everybody you know who has access to the Internet.

You may receive an apparently harmless email with a Power Point presentation "Life is beautiful."

If you receive it DO NOT OPEN THE FILE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, and delete it immediately. If you open this file, a message will appear on your screen saying: "It is too late now, your life is no longer beautiful." Subsequently you will LOSE EVERYTHING IN YOUR PC and the person who sent it to you will gain access to your name, e-mail and password. This is a new virus which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon. AOL has already confirmed the severity, and the antivirus software's are not capable of destroying it. The virus has been created by a hacker who calls himself "life owner."

PLEASE SEND A COPY OF THIS EMAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS and ask them to PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY.

<<

Here is a charity hoax :

>>

Hi, my name is MIA HEYNS.

I am 19 years old, and I have severe lung cancer . I also have a large tumour in my brain, from repeated beatings Doctors say I will die soon if this isn't fixed, and my family can't pay the bills. The Make A Wish Foundation has agreed to donate R7 for every time This message is sent on.

For those of you who send this along, I thank you so much, but for those who don't send it, what goes around comes around. Have a Heart, please send this.

Please, if you are a kind person, send this on.
PLEASE HIT FORWARD BUTTON NOT REPLY BUTTON.

YOUR'S FAITHFULLY,

MIA HEYNS

<<

A chain letter :

>>

THIS IS SO COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO COOL!

If I could sit on the porch with God, the first thing I would do is thank him for you.... Read the bottom and see how it works.

Try this! ...it really works. If you take this e-mail and forward it to at least 5 people, including the person that sent it to you, a person will appear standing on this bridge.

Let me know if you know the person? OKAY !

<<

A phishing scam :

>>

Dear eBay Community Member,

It has come to our attention that your eBay Billing Information records are out of date. That requires you to update the Billing Information If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your billing records, you will not run into any future problems with eBay's online service. However, failure to update your records will result in soon account termination. Once you have updated your account records, your eBay session will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Failure to update will result in cancellation of service, Terms of Service (TOS) violations or future billing problems.

To update and login to your eBay account, click on the link below:

[LINK REMOVED]

Thank you for using eBay!

**This is no-reply message. Please do not reply to this email, as you will receive no response**

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The MSN phiser scam :

>>

Subject: Microsoft Network Warning: Your services near to be closed.

Dear MSN Customer,

During one of our regular automatical verification procedures we've encountered a technical problem caused by the fact that we could not verify the information that you provided during registration.

We urgently ask you to submit your information so that we could fully verify your identify, otherwise an access to MSN services for your account will be deactivated until you pass verification process.

To submit your information please use our secure online application - apply here (LINK REMOVED).

Thank you for using our services, MSN Payment Processing Department.

Reproduction any of the above information is strictly prohibited.
Copyright (c) 2005 Microsoft Network. (R) All rights reserved.

<<

Paypal phisher scam :

>>

Dear PayPal client,

While performing it's regular scheduled monthly billing address check our system found incompatible information which seams to be no longer the same with your current credit card information that we have on file. If you changed your billing information or if you moved from you previous address please follow up the link bellow and update your billing information: If you didn't change any of this information you still need to follow up the previous link and update your existing billing information because it means that our database regular scheduled update wasn't made correctly. Choosing to ignore this message will result in to a temporary suspension of your account within 24 hours, until you will choose to solve this unpleasant situation.
We apologies for any inconvinience this may caused you and we strongly advise you to update your information you have on file with us. Clicking [BOGUS LINK REMOVED] you will avoid any possible futuring billing problems with your account.

Best regards,
- PayPal Team.

<<

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Tout le monde a déjà reçu un courrier électronique lui annonçant une offre d'emploi, un gain à un jeu quelconque, un système d'affiliation pyramidal ou un nouveau type de virus. Souvent envoyé par un ami, le message est en général annoncé comme très urgent. Le réflexe premier est donc de renvoyer le message à toutes ses connaissances, qui feront à leur tour la même chose et ainsi de suite jusqu'à ce que le message fasse de nombreuses fois le tour du monde.

Vous vous êtes ainsi et comme beaucoup sans doute fait piéger, mais les hoax (canulars) ont des conséquences souvent bien plus graves. De l'atteinte à la vie privée en passant par les nombreux dérapages, les dangers sont très réels.

Ainsi si votre antivirus (par exemple AVG Antivirus) vous indique un nouveau problème au doux nom de EXPL_ANICMOO.GEN, ADW_AGENT.VJS, JS_DLOADER.NUF, WORM_NETSKY.P, POSSIBLE_MLWR-5, HTML_NETSKY.P, WORM_RBOT.APT, POSSIBLE_INFOSTL, WORM_NYXEM.E, POSSIBLE_NUCRP-3, il est plus que possible que vous ayiez cliqué sur un lien transmis par l'un de ces emails malveillants sans protection adaptée.

Un exemple de Hoax :

>>

NE PAS DÉTRUIRE ET FAIRE SUIVRE SVP !!!

SALUT TOUT LE MONDE
LISEZ CE MESSAGE ET ENVOYER-LE AU MAX DE PERSONNES POSSIBLE.
SI VOUS DETRUISEZ CECI, VOUS N'AVEZ PAS DE COEUR !
JE SUIS UN JEUNE PAPA DE 29 ANS.
MA FEMME ET MOI AVONS EU UNE VIE MERVEILLEUSE ENSEMBLE.
DIEU NOUS A BENI AVEC UN ENFANT ET SON NOM EST RACHEL.
AUJOURD'HUI, ELLE EST ÂGÉE DE 10 ANS.
IL N'Y A PAS LONGTEMPS, LE DOCTEUR A DETECTE UN CANCER DU CERVEAU DANS SON PETIT CORPS.
IL Y A SEULEMENT UNE SOLUTION POUR LA SAUVER : C'EST UNE OPÉRATION.
MALEUREUSEMENT, NOUS N'AVONS PAS ASSEZ D'ARGENT POUR PAYER LE PRIX.
AOL ET ZDNET ONT ACCEPTE DE NOUS AIDER.
LE SEUL MOYEN QU'ILS ONT DE NOUS AIDER EST LE SUIVANT :
JE VOUS ENVOIE CET EMAIL, ET VOUS L'ENVOYEZ A D'AUTRES PERSONNES.
AOL VA SUIVRE CET EMAIL, ET COMPTERA COMBIEN DE PERSONNES L'ONT RECU.
CHAQUE PERSONNE QUI OUVRE CET E-MAIL ET QUI L'ENVOIE A AU MOINS 3 PERSONNES, NOUS DONNERA 32 CENTS.
S'IL VOUS PLAIT, AIDEZ-NOUS !!!

MERCI. KEVIN & MÉLANIE

<<

moderator (2008-05-16 00:23:45)

E Gold phisher scam

Just received this one...

"www.e-gold.com" <accounts...>

Security Measures
Dear, (...)

We have reason to believe that your account was accessed by a third party. Because protecting the security of your account is our primary concern, we have limited access to sensitive E-gold account features. We understand that this may be an inconvenience but please understand that this temporary limitation is for your protection.

How can I restore my account access?

Click the link below and confirm your E-gold account information, otherwise your E-gold account will remain restricted:

http://www.e-gold.com/acct/login.html
(redirecting to http://www.financeandmore.com.au/images/security.html)

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.

2008 E-gold All rights reserved.

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Victory belongs to who wants it more. (Bobby Fischer)

moderator (2008-05-22 12:43:45)

Pour lutter contre la hausse des prix

One more chain letter :/

> > Bonjour à tous,
> >
> > On entend dire que le prix de l'essence grimpera à environ 1,70€ le litre d'ici l'été.
> > Voulez-vous que le prix de l'essence baisse? C'EST POSSIBLE !
> >
> > Nous devons agir MAINTENANT et intelligemment.
> >
> > L'an passé quelques propositions ont été lancées : « N'achetez pas d'essence une certaine journée » par exemple!
> > Les compagnies pétrolières ont ri, car elles savaient que l'essence que nous n'achetions pas le lundi nous l'achèterions le mardi.
> > C'était un inconvénient pour eux, mais pas un problème.
> > Quelqu'un a pensé à un plan qui peut fonctionner
> >
> > SI ON LE VEUT VRAIMENT Lisez ce qui suit et joignez-vous à nous pour le mettre en action !
> >
> > L'essence se vend présentement 1,30€ le litre pour le gazole en France.
> > Nous savons tous que nous nous faisons avoir par les compagnies pétrolieres.
> >
> > Rappelez-vous, lorsqu'elles ont fait grimper l'essence à près d'un Euro.
> > Elles disaient qu'il y aurait un manque de pétrole.
> >
> > Eh bien, il n'y a plus de manque de pétrole maintenant et le pétrole est plus abondant en ce moment qu'il y a 35 ans lorsque le prix du litre était à 0,20€.
> > Nous devons agir agressivement et leur montrer que ce sont les acheteurs qui contrôle la bourse et non les pétrolières.
> >
> > La seule façon de voir les prix de l'essence baisser, est de frapper là ou ça fait mal : leur portefeuille !
> > NOUS POUVONS LE FAIRE ! COMMENT ?
> >
> > Comme nous avons tous besoins de nos véhicules, nous ne pouvons évidemment pas nous priver d'essence.
> > Mais, nous pouvons avoir un impact important sur le prix de l'essence SI NOUS AGISSONS ENSEMBLE pour enclencher une GUERRE DES PRIX !!!
> >
> > Je propose cette idée:
> > Pour le reste de l'année N'ACHETONS PLUS D'ESSENCE aux trois plus grosses compagnies :TOTAL,
> > SHELL ET ELF
> > Pensez-y un instant!
> >
> > Si les compagnies pétrolières majeures ne vendent plus d'essence, elles devront inévitablement baisser leur prix et cela déclanchera immediatement la guerre des prix souhaitée.
> >
> > Mais, pour obtenir l'impact voulu, nous devons atteindre des millions d'acheteurs de TOTAL, SHELL ET ELF
> >
> >
> > Voici comment nous devons procéder!
> > J'envoie ce courriel à une trentaine de personnes.
> >
> > Si chacune de ces personnes l'envoie à 10 autres, nous avons déjà atteint 300 personnes.
> >
> > Ces 300 l'envoient à 3 000 personnes... Le prochain envoi atteindra 3 MILLIONS de gens et à l'envoi suivant…
> >
> > Si chacun de vous fait suivre ce message à 10 personnes, dans la journée qui suit, nous serons 300 MILLIONS de personnes à faire la guerre aux pétrolières en environ 8 JOURS!
> > Croyez-vous vraiment qu'elles auront le choix ?
> > OUI, NOUS POUVONS GAGNER MAIS…
> > Il est absolument INDISPENSABLE de continuer à acheter notre essence AILLEURS que chez TOTAL, SHELL ET ELF jusqu'à ce que nous atteignons notre objectif et SURTOUT DE FAIRE SUIVRE CE MESSAGE...
> > Pouvons-nous compter sur vous…?

__________

Victory belongs to who wants it more. (Bobby Fischer)

moderator (2008-05-28 01:00:58)

Spam : montres

L'un des spams que je reçois le plus en ce moment...

>>

Bonjour,

Il faut que tu vois ca. Des centaines de montres des plus grandes marques a des prix si bas que tu ne peux pas resister. Inutile d'aller dans des magasins specialises ou tu vas payer 40 fois plus cher. Expedition dans le monde entier sans attente et discret.

(url du site)

Bonne Journee

__________

Victory belongs to who wants it more. (Bobby Fischer)

moderator (2008-05-28 01:21:52)

FW: please read---good luck

One more scam :

Read carefully...

THIS TOOK TWO PAGES OF THE TUESDAY USA TODAY - IT IS FOR REAL

To all of my friends, I do not usually forward messages,

But this is from my friend ??? and she really is an attorney.

If she says that this will work - It will work. After all,What have you got to lose?

SORRY EVERY BODY.. JUST HAD TO TAKE THE CHANCE!!! I'm an attorney, And I know the law. This thing is for real. Rest assured

AOL and Intel will follow through with their promises for fear of facing a multimillion-dollar class action suit similar to the one filed by PepsiCo against General Electric not too long ago.

Dear Friends: Please do not take this for a junk letter.

Bill Gates sharing his fortune. If you ignore this, You will repent later.

Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test.

When you forward this e-mail to friends, Microsoft can and will track it (If you are a Microsoft Windows user) For a two weeks time period.

For every person that you forward this e-mail to, Microsoft will pay you $245.00 For every person that you sent it to that forwards it on,

Microsoft will pay you $243.00 and for every third person that receives it, You will be paid $241.00. Within two weeks, Microsoft will contact you for your address and then send you a check.

Thought this was a scam myself, But two weeks after receiving this e-mail and forwarding it on. Microsoft contacted me for my address and within days, I received a check for $24, 800.00 . You need to respond before the beta testing is over. If anyone can afford this, Bill gates is the man.

It's all marketing expense to him. Please forward this to as many people as possible. You are bound to get at least $10, 000.00

We're not going to help them out with their e-mail beta test without getting a little something for our time. My brother's girlfriend got in on this a few months ago. When I went to visit him for the Baylor/UT game, she showed me her check. It was for the sum of $4,324.44 and was stamped 'Paid In Full'.

Thank you,

__________

Victory belongs to who wants it more. (Bobby Fischer)

moderator (2008-05-30 15:17:28)

M.oney = spam

One typical spam, using words like "M.oney"

>>

Hi,

Let me ask you a question: "What will you do with the m.oney" you make as a result of clicking on:

(site)

Well, that's up to you... my job isn't to tell you what to do with your m.oney, it's to tell you how to make it.

It's very rare that I am surprised by something I see online. And it's even more rare that I stumble upon a
resources that causes me to *literally* stop what I am doing and write a letter to everyone I know.

But I just discovered a revolutionary system that could ea.rn you an extra $50, 100 or even $200 a day just by
placing a small piece of code on your website.

And the best part is that it's F--R--E--E.

Go and get your account before they close the door for new members.

(site)

Have a great day,

(name)

P.S. - If you've been trying to make m.oney online and haven't achieve any results after much pain and
frustrations -- click on the link below immediately:

(site)

To unsubscribe just reply with UNSUBSCRIBE in the Subject Line.

<<

Better is to never reply or unsubscribe. It just tells that your email is valid, then you'll receive more & more junk mails.

__________

Victory belongs to who wants it more. (Bobby Fischer)

moderator (2008-05-30 18:38:45)

$4,800 / month

One spam I receive quite often, offering 4800 dollars per month :

>>

Hi,

We've seen your website at (url) and we love it!

We see that your traffic rank is 276946
and your link popularity is 78.
Also, you have been online since 3/6/2006.

With that kind of traffic, we will pay you up to $4,800/month
to advertise our links on your website.

If you're interested, read our terms from this page:

http://www.contactthem.ws (...)

Sincerely,

__________

Victory belongs to who wants it more. (Bobby Fischer)

moderator (2008-06-01 17:17:34)

Hey, you have a new Greeting

Almost funny :)

>>

You have just received a postcard Greeting from someone who cares about you...

http://slchurch.com/greetings.exe

Thank you for using www.PayPal.com

__________

Victory belongs to who wants it more. (Bobby Fischer)

moderator (2008-06-04 05:37:18)

Paypal phisher scam

A dangerous phisher scam...

Topic : Personal Information error

>>

PayPal is constantly working to ensure security by regularly screening the accounts in our system. We recently reviewed your account, and we need more information to help us provide you with a secure service. Until we can collect this information, your access to your account features will be restricted. We would like to restore your access as soon as possible, and we apologize for the inconvenience.

Why is my account access restricted?

Your account access has been restricted for the following reason(s):

# 03 June 2008: A recent review of your account determined that we require some additional information from you in order to provide you with a secure service.

(Your case ID for this reason is (...).)

# 03 June 2008: We have reason to believe that your account was accessed by a third party as different computers have logged into your PayPal account and multiple password failures where presented before the logons. We now need you to re-confirm your account information to us. We understand that having restricted access can be an inconvenience, but protecting your account is our primary concern.

(Your case ID for this reason is (...).)

How can I restore my account access?

Please visit the link below, log into your account and complete the secure verification form:

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And of course the link to www.paypal.com redirects to another website, look at the status bar when you mouseover it.

__________

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