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Colin Day

New Scam?
« on: October 07, 2010, 02:41:37 pm »
I assume this is a scam...

"After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity, we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax rebate of 431.10 GBP
Please submit the attached Tax Rebate Form and allow us 5-7 days in order to process it.

Note : You will need to provide a valid credit/debit card where refunds will be made.
A refund can be delayed for some reasons, for example submitting invalid records or applying after deadline.

Best Regards,
HM Revenue & Customs"

They must think I landed on earth yesterday ::)

sarahbelleee

  • Posts: 59
Re: New Scam?
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2010, 02:49:35 pm »
I'm sure there are  people that would send back their cart numbers :) I get this type of message from time to time,too.

Doctor Carpet (Ret'd)

  • Posts: 2024
Re: New Scam?
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2010, 02:52:08 pm »
Since when have HMRC ever signed something "Best Regards"? ;D

If anything it should have been "whilst smiling through gritted teeth" ;D ;D
Diplomacy: the art of letting other people have your way

Steve. Taylor

  • Posts: 1036
Re: New Scam?
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2010, 04:07:53 pm »
COL just for fun you should reply asking if you could do this online
Steve T       All the gear but no idea!
www.leatherrepairsouthampton.co.uk

Paul Simpson

  • Posts: 999
Re: New Scam?
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2010, 04:43:30 pm »
Talking of scam emails, had this one through today, never had one with so much detail in it  ;D
Wonder if I shoud take her up on her offer  ::)



FROM Miss. Helen Lebaego
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.
West Africa.

Dear Guardian,
Good day to you over there, I am delighted to write to you. I am very sorry if this mail may come to you as an embarrassment or a surprise, I just felt like emptying myself to you, to confide in you, as am faced with total frustration and hardship life here. My Earnest prayer is that you find this mail in good health and blessings. I am Miss Helen Lebaego 19years old and the only daughter of late Mr. And Mrs Lebaego, my father was a very wealth cocoa & gold merchants in Abidjan, the economic capital of our country Cote d’Ivoire.

My father was attacked by unknown assassins after the political war crisis here in my Cote d'Ivoire in 2005. My mother died when I was a two years old during her childbirth and since then my father took me so special as only child. Before the death of my father on February 2008 in a private hospital here in Abidjan, he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of (us$5.200,000) Five million two hundred thousand United State Dollars in one of the private security/finances here in Abidjan that he deposited & declared it's values as a family valuables such as (Gold, Jewellery and family belongings) for security reason that he used my names as his only daughter for the next of kin in depositing of the consignment.

Before he finally give up, he advised and instructed me that I should seek for a foreign guardian in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purposes for my future life and education. Presently, I am not at the legal age to claim the consignment yet that is why I contacted you as my foreign guardian.

I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance, in this regards your suggestions and ideas will be highly appreciated.

My few questions to you.
(1) Can you help me to retrieve the consignment on my behalf in the security company custody here and to help me to provide a bank account in which the fund would be transferred into?

(2) Can you stand as my guardian since I am only 19years old?

(3) Can you kindly help me to make an arrangement to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a resident permit in your country as soon as receive the money?

(5) Can I completely trust you?
(6) What percentage of the total fund in question will be good for you after the money is in your possession?

Please, consider this and get back to me as soon as possible if you are interested.

I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Thanks and God bless you.
Your respectful,
Miss Helen Lebaego.

clinton

Re: New Scam?
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2010, 04:54:55 pm »
Roger ;D through gritted false teeth ;D

Love that one paul fresh from bongo bongo land..I had one a while ago wanting to meet me and have a nice cup of english tea and a cake with me ;D

M.Acorn

  • Posts: 7223
Re: New Scam?
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2010, 05:07:01 pm »
There is a bloke on club gti,who is a baiter,my god he strung this bloke along for ages,said he was interested in importing national costume and clothing etc,he had the bloke sending him pics of him wearing the clothes,and all sorts,he must have had a lot of spare time,as he strung him along for ages,was so funny.
I get at least 1 a day,had the tax one through this morning
What goes around comes around

chrisjohn

  • Posts: 214
Re: New Scam?
« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2010, 07:11:47 pm »
I had the same thing about 3 months ago.Showed it to my accountant,she told me plenty of her clients had received similar ones over the years.Its a SCAM!!


Chris

Peter White

  • Posts: 22
Re: New Scam?
« Reply #8 on: October 08, 2010, 12:35:52 pm »
Since when have HMRC ever signed something "Best Regards"? ;D

If anything it should have been "whilst smiling through gritted teeth" ;D ;D

Nice! ;D
www.whitescarpetcleaning.co.uk
Carpet Cleaning in Tunbridge Wells and Sevenoaks, Kent

absolutecleaning

  • Posts: 465
Re: New Scam?
« Reply #9 on: October 08, 2010, 02:08:15 pm »
There is a bloke on club gti,who is a baiter,my god he strung this bloke along for ages,said he was interested in importing national costume and clothing etc,he had the bloke sending him pics of him wearing the clothes,and all sorts,he must have had a lot of spare time,as he strung him along for ages,was so funny.
I get at least 1 a day,had the tax one through this morning

Similar to these guys - this one ends brilliantly ;D

http://www.419eater.com/html/okorie.htm


Joe H

Re: New Scam?
« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2010, 08:38:31 am »
Not seen this style before - received it this morning.....

"Hello, I am looking for an honest person who can use the funds of my family for charity purpose as I cannot do this due to my deteriorating health. If you are honest and interested, please contact me via this email below for more details: mrsmarie@live.co.uk"

M.Acorn

  • Posts: 7223
Re: New Scam?
« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2010, 08:15:36 am »
I got this one this morning !!!


FROM THE DESK OF MS. STELLA WANG
4TH FLOOR, 21 WOODLANDS CLOSE GOLDERS
GREEN LONDON NW11 9QR UNITED KINGDOM
HEADING :{AWARD RESULT 2010}

From Safe Internet Lottery Foundation in Association with Readers Digest! we
happily announce to you that you have won award of $750,000 at the China Payment
Center.

Ticket Number: 44-09-42-09-94-4Q
Serial Number: 66-Q99
Batch Number: UK/PPT/090/033D
Reference Number: LM/0800/LK/WRQ
Drew Date: 13th Sept. 2010

Your email address name attached to a ticket number: 44-09-42-09-94-4Q with the
serial number: 66-Q99 drew the lucky number: 09-54-90-76-00 which consequently
won the draw in the 1st category. Your email address was among the (10) email
addresses chosen to receive grand prize of US$750,000.00 each in this section.
Therefore you must contact your Claim Agent.

MR. MR. PAUL ADAMS
Email: adamspaul616@gmail.com
Address: 16 Mananching Building,
China Immigration Centre, Floor 1108,
Beijing, China.

He will need to confirm everything we have on file to ensure that there will be
no set backs upon the release of these funds to you.
I want you to know that verification and confirmation of all of your payment
documents have been sent to our affiliate company, The International Lottery
Board of Commissions from our processing office. Also, be rest assured that your
winning will be sent to you as {ATM Card or Bank Transfer} which can be used in
any Atm machine worldwide. This will be issued from our paying bank in China.

Your won prize cannot be deducted, simply because this is a promotional award,
until prize is released to you due to strict insurance policy. After you have
received your money, we expect you to use some of the money to spread Internet
knowledge within your locality and remember to support our next promotion. We
have five clearance offices zoned continentally AUSTRALIA,CHINA,USA,LONDON &
ALGERIA. Clearance zones are picked randomly by computer, each winning number
falls within any of the clearance zones picked, it is the duty of the approved
zonal clearance officer to handle all clearance processes to make sure bank
releases won prize in time.
Your prize number falls within Asia region clearance office in Beijing, China .
In view of this, your prize will be released from China, your money has been
deposited in the bank with insurance coverage.
Your clearance agent will facilitate payment process immediately you contact
him.

Contact with your information below:
Full Name:
Marital Status:
Age:
Occupation:
Home Phone:
Mobile Phone:
City/Country:
Nationality:
Ref No:LM/0800/LK/WRQ
Batch No:UK/PPT/090/033D

Copyright !! All right reserved


What goes around comes around

John Kelly

  • Posts: 4461
Re: New Scam?
« Reply #12 on: October 12, 2010, 04:20:51 pm »
These are a good laugh however the sad thing about it is that these are sent by the absolute scum of the earth and unfortunately it is the old and vunerable who fall foul of them often losing their wholes lifes savings. I would shoot them >:(

Carpet Dawg

  • Posts: 2968
Re: New Scam?
« Reply #13 on: October 12, 2010, 07:17:06 pm »
PayPal one:

Sender: PayPal Service Customer - services@paypalc.com <<< Notice the dot com!!


Dear Member,
 
 
 
As part of our efforts to provide a safe and secure environment for the
online community, we regularly screen account activity.
Our review of your account has identified an issue regarding its safe use.
We have placed a restriction on your account as a precaution.
 
To lift the restriction we will require some further information from you.
 
If, once we review your further information and we're confident that the
use of your account does not present a safety risk to our service and
customers, we'll be happy to reinstate your account.
 
We have sent you an attachment which contains all the necessary steps in order to restore your account access.
Download and open it in your browser.
After we have gathered the necessary information, you will regain full access to your account.
 
We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.
 
 
 
Very sincerely,                    <<<<<<<< Very very very sincerely lol  ;D
 
PayPal Review Department


You'd just love to round them up and feed them to the loins wouldn't you?

Simon@arenaclean

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M.Acorn

  • Posts: 7223
Re: New Scam?
« Reply #15 on: October 14, 2010, 05:01:03 pm »
This one today !! New one,not seen this before.

Dear Consignment Receiver,
This is Dallas Forthworth International Airport. We intercepted your Consignment which was abandoned by Air Cargo/Express freight forwarding company. On scanning we discovered that the content of the consignment is cash rather than Personal effect.
Please contact Mr. Peter Ferguson
Head Inspection Department DFW.
Email: peterferguson@hawamail.com
Contact him for the normalization and release of your Cash Consignment.
Reference me  Mr. David Williams.
Head Handling and Logistics Department DFW.
All correspondence and Phone discussion must be forwarded to me for me to advice accordingly. We have signaled Transguard for pick up as soon as the Normalization is done.
Please copy to me all emails from Mr. Ferguson.
Yours Sincerely
Mr. David Williams.
What goes around comes around