These Emails May Be Hitting Your Inbox...Beware Of the Scam

The purpose of this article is to give you some live examples of email scams that actually end up in my inbox. Most of them are easy to spot, but you have to think to yourself that these people wouldn't send these emails if they weren't catching a few unsuspecting innocent people out there. Use these examples as live help to recognize the crap that is hitting your inbox. Pass it along to your friends and family so they will be able to recognize them as well. Awareness is key.

PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO EXAMPLE 3 WHICH ACTUALLY APPEARS TO BE FROM BANK OF AMERICA. BUT IF YOU LOOK MORE CLOSELY AT THE LINK THAT THE ACTUAL EMAIL LINK YOU WILL SEE THAT IT IS TRYING TO SEND YOU TO: WWW.KITESURF.WTFE.COM WHICH IS NOT THE BANK OF AMERICA WEBSITE. THE EMAIL LOOKS GENUINE AND IS ACTUALLY PLASTERED WITH A BANK OF AMERICA LOGO, BUT BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THEM. MAKE SURE YOU DOUBLE CHECK WHERE THE ACTUAL LINK IN THE EMAIL IS GOING. OR DON'T CLICK THEM AT ALL.

Example 1
Sender: johnpeter_11@student.com
Subject: CONTACT FEDEX COURIER COMPANY BENIN REPUBLIC
BODY:

Dear Friend,

I have been waiting for you since to come down here and pick your money but I did not hear from you since that time.Then I went and deposited the $3.7M usd as a consignment box to global FEDEX COURIER COMPANY in Benin Republic,because I travelled to SAUDI ARABIA to visit my friend and i will not come back till next month ending.
I want You to contact the FEDEX COURIER COMPANY to know when they will deliver your package. I have paid for the delivering charges and security fee including the keeping fee.The only money you have to send to them is the,insurance fee, which is $98.00 Us Dollars to received your package.
Please, Send them your contact information to able them locate you
immediately they arrived in your country with your BOX .This is what they need from you.

1.YOUR FULL NAME...................
2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS........
3.YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHON E NUMBER.........
4.YOUR CURRENT OFFICE TELEPHONE......
5.A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE .......
6.YOUR COUNTRY................
7.YOUR NEAREST AIRPROT TO YOU............

CONTACT PERSON; DR.CHIOMA WILLIAMS
MANAGER DIRECTOR, FEDEX COURIER COMPANY BENIN REPUBLIC.
E-mail:(fedexcoexpress@yahoo.fr)
CONTACT PHONE: +229 93 77 96 86

Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid increasing the security keeping fee. I gave them your delivering address but you have to reconfirm it to them again to avoid any mistake on the delivery. Let me know as soon as the delivery of your package is completed.Do not tell them the content of the box because I registered it as a box of ordinary family goods.

Best Regards.

Barr JOHN PETER

EXAMPLE 2
SENDER: marine63499@paradise.net
SUBJECT: DONAZIONE
BODY:
Donazione
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Chiesa Cattolica Italiana (http://www.chiesacattolica.it/), that is the
Catholic Church Italy, would like to notify you that you have been
chosen by the board of trustees as one of the final recipients for a
cash Grant/Donation for your own personal, educational, and business
development. The Church is one of the biggest church built for God in
Italy. In the year 1901, they started offering collection for the
sole aim of human growth, educational and Community development. In
conlaboration with the ECOWAS, UNO, and the EU, We are giving out an
annual donation of US$650,000.00 each to 100 lucky recipients each year.
These specific Donations/Grants will be awarded to 100 lucky
international recipients
worldwide; in different categories for their personal business
development.
The objective is to make a notable change in the standard of living of
people all around the Universe (From America to Europe, Asia to
Africa and all around). Kindly note that you will only be chosen to receive
the donation once, which means that subsequent yearly donation will
not get to you. Take time and thought in spending the donation wisely
on something that will last you a long time.
Based on the random selection exercise of internet websites and
millions of supermarket cash invoices worldwide, you were selected among
the lucky recipients to receive the award sum of US$650,000.00 as
charity donations/aid from the Catholic church Italy, ECOWAS, EU and
the UNO in accordance with the enabling act of Parliament. (Note that
all beneficiaries email addresses were selected randomly from over
100,000
Internet websites or a shop's cash invoice around your area in which
you might have purchased something from). You are required to contact
the Church Executive Secretary below, for qualification documentation
and processing of your claims. After contacting the secretary, you
will be given your donation pin number, which you will use in collecting
the funds. Please endaevour to quote your Qualification numbers
+(N-2.2.2,6.6.4.7, E-9.1 0.5.6) in all discussions.
Exec Sec Rev Antonio pepe
Email: chiesacattolicaitaly22@gmail.com
Please note that the EU, ECOWAS, UNO, strictly administers these
donations/Grants. You are by all means hereby advised to keep this whole
information confidential until you have been able to collect your
donation.
On behalf of God, The Church, ECOWAS, UNO and the EU, accept our
warmest congratulations.
May God Bless you with this donation.

EXAMPLE 3:
SENDER: accounts@bankofamerica.com (SOME OF THESE PEOPLE GET PRETTY CREATIVE)
SUBJECT: ACCOUNT ACCESS LOCKED
BODY:

We recently reviewed your account, and suspect that your Bank of America Internet Banking account has been accessed by an unauthorized third party. Protecting the security of your account and of the Bank Of America network is our primary concern. Therefore, as a preventative measure, your profile has been locked due to inactivity or because of too many failed login attempts.

To restore your account access, please take the following steps to ensure that your account has not been compromised:

1. You can unlock your profile online with your ATM/Visa Check Card number and PIN by following the link bellow.

To get started, please click the link below:

https://sitekey.bankofamerica.com/sas/unlockAccountScreen.do?state= (THIS LINK IS ACTUALLY TO A DIFFERENT SITE IF YOU LOOK MORE CLOSELY)

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and appreciate your assistance in helping us maintain the integrity of the entire Bank of America system. Thank you for attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

The Bank of America Team

Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered. For assistance, log in to your
Bank of America account and choose the "Help" link in the header of any page.

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I hope this helps you in recognizing the scam emails out there.