419 Alert

So today, I received another scam email and I would like to share with you and warn you for those type of emails, and through mine and many people who actually care about the web society's healthy and security's concern.

As you can see, and as I said I received the email today and I looked for the sender on the internet and for the "The Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP,Prime Minister British Government Office" that he claims to be.

Adilson Marques da Cunha:

According to the this website (http://161.24.9.6:81/cunha/index.jsp) this guy is working at the ITA (Aeronautic Technologic Institute) and the email matches, perfectly. So is this the scammer? I don't know. I leave it to you to think about.

The Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Brown#Prime_Minister

Would this smiley sir ask an unknown teacher to send us an email telling us we won a prize? You bet.

 

Enough of joking I am going to tip you how to hopefully distinguish these 419 fraud emails

      Advanced Fee Fraud or 419 fraud as many other things has its own variatons, it may appear as:

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  Purchasing goods and services
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  Check cashing
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  Romance scam
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  Lottery Scam
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  Hitman
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  Bomb Scam
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  Charity Scam
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  Fraud Recovery Scam
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  Babysitting and Au-Pair scam
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  Pet Scam
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  Craigslist
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  Bona vacantia
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  Fake job offer
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  Rental scams

      It may lead to:

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  Monetary loss
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  Physical harm or death
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  Kidnapping
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  Murder
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  Emotional harm
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  Arrests
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  Victim becoming a criminal
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  Scam baiting

(http://www.wikipedia.org)

      Some Tips to Avoid Nigerian Letter or "419" Fraud:

• If you receive a letter from Nigeria asking you to send personal or banking information, do not reply in any manner. Send the letter to the U.S. Secret Service, your local FBI office, or the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. You can also register a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Sentinel.
• If you know someone who is corresponding in one of these schemes, encourage that person to contact the FBI or the U.S. Secret Service as soon as possible.
• Be skeptical of individuals representing themselves as Nigerian or foreign government officials asking for your help in placing large sums of money in overseas bank accounts.
  
• Do not believe the promise of large sums of money for your cooperation.
  
• Guard your account information carefully.

 (http://www.fbi.gov/majcases/fraud/fraudschemes.htm)

This website also gives important data about another frauds

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