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Your Consignment Has Been Released
Sometime back I received an email stating "Your Consignment Has Been Released." The email was supposedly from Christopher Magnus, The commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection telling me that they have a consignment for me with 3.5 Million US Dollars!...
Are You Dead Or Alive?
Today, I received an email from Mr. Godwin of Central Bank of Nigeria wanting to know if I was Dead or Alive? If I was alive, I could get 27 million US Dollars! The email correspondence that I had with him is reproduced below. My comments about the content are in bold...
Manuel Franco: Good News For You
Couple of weeks back, I received an email from one Mr. Manuel Franco. He introduced himself as a winner of $768.4 million in Powerball lottery on APRIL 23th, 2019. He informed me that he was donating 12.5 Million US Dollars to me! If I did not know better, I'd have...
Sextortion Scam Email – You're in Debt!
Some days back I received a sextortion scam blackmail email purportedly having been sent from my own email address! The scammer wanted to have me believe that he has been able to hack into my email and was now able to send emails at will using my email address....
Airtel CEO – Caution Message About Online Frauds
Online frauds & phishing attacks are becoming so commonplace that a number of service providers such as Airtel have been sending emails cautioning customers to beware of such fake emails and smses. One such email that I received is reproduced here verbatim Caution...
Email Quarantine Phishing Message
Email quarantine phishing messages contain dangerous links. While talking about phishing , in one of the earlier articles - Fraudulent Email Selling Viagra - we mentioned that many a times you get a suspicious email with dangerous links. The intention of the fake...
Not A Phishing Email: An Example
There are phishing emails and then there are emails that do not fall in that category. A phishing email tries to get you to disclose some information about yourself. The information could be related to your finances or your identity. It is extremely important for us...
Reem Nasser: Oil Contract With Saudi Aramco
I received an email from one Mrs. Reem Nasser saying that she has a legit and genuine lucrative business deal to discuss with me. That is, if I was interested. She presented herself as the Sales/Marketing Manager of Saudi Aramco Crude Oil Company. Below, you'll find...
Sextortion Email: Overdue Payment
Today, I received a sextortion email from someone who claimed many frightening things - frightening, if true. I am, however not scared because I know that what he has written in the email is a pack of lies. Let us go through the sextortion email and my comments in red...