Beware Halifax scam

[Shents]

I think it's over a year now since I have been asked for my verified by Visa password - the transactions just go through.

A few months a go I was buying something in John Lewis and couldn't remember my password for this, so phoned the number to reset it. I was on hold for about two mins and the page timed out and the purchase went through. Completely pointless, more of an annoyance than a protection in my opinion.

 

[Motown Fox]

Another recent email. Pity I missed the 24 hours deadline.

OFFICE OF THE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER. COTONOU
Financial Bank Benin Republic
WESTERN UNION DEPARTMENT
Address Rue du Commandant DECORUM,
Avenue du Governed Général Ponty, Cotonou
Benin Republic B.P. : 01 - 2700
OUR WEB SITE/ www.westernunion.com
WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER. COTONOU BENIN- REPUBLIC
ADDRESS 455 NABOKOV,SPANK ROAD LAGOONS
MY DIRECT PHONE LINE IS +234)818-*********** E-MAIL (moneytransfer11@**********)

ATTENTION:


INFORMATION REACHING US FROM OUR CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS NOW, STATES THAT YOU ONLY HAVE 24HOURS TO EFFECT PAYMENT FOR THE ACTIVATION OF YOUR MTCN TO ENABLE YOU CASH UP YOUR FIRST $5,000:00 FROM YOUR TOTAL (FUND) SINCE YOU ARE FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO MAKE THIS PAYMENT WE HAVE DECIDED THAT YOU ARE TO GO AHEAD AND PAY WHATEVER YOU HAVE START FROM $50.00 FOR THE ACTIVATION FEE SINCE YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE REQUIRED SUM,TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE HERE.YOU ARE TO PAY WHATEVER YOU HAVE FROM UP FOR THE ACTIVATION FEE; WE WILL ACTIVATE YOUR MTCN UPON RECEIPT OF THIS PAYMENT.

HERE IS THE YOUR Available for pick up by receiver BELOW.

SENDERS NAMES: EMMANUEL CHUKWUEMEKA
MTCN *************
TEXT QUESTION:IN GOD
TEXT ANSWER:WE TRUST
AMOUNT $5000
YOU CAN CHECK IT WITH WWW.WESTERNUNION.COM


BE INFORMED THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY THE BALANCE SUM OF YOUR ACTIVATION UPON CASHING UP OF YOUR FIRST $5,000.00 USD, ALSO I AM USING THIS MEDIUM TO INFORM YOU THAT FAILURE TO PAY THE BALANCE SUM WILL LEAVE US WITH NO OPTION BUT TO DEACTIVATE YOUR MTCN OF WHICH YOU WILL AND CAN NEVER CASH UP THE BALANCE SUM


I WANT YOU TO SEND THE RENEWING AND TRANSFER FEE WITH THE INFORMATION BELLOW.

1.RECEIVER NAME:.............NKECHIKWULU CHINEDU
2.COUNTRY:............. BENIN REPUBLIC .
3.CITY :............... COTONOU
4..TEST QUESTION:...WHEN
5.TEST ANSWER:......NOW

MTCN:...............
SENDER NAME:............
AMOUNT SENT.......................

SEND US THE MTCN NUMBER IMMEDIATELY YOU SEND THE MONEY AND IMMEDIATELY WE CONFIRM THE TRANSFER FEE WE WILL SEND YOU THE FIRST RECEIPT OF YOUR $5000 TODAY AND NOT TOMORROW.


REGARDS MY DIRECT PHONE LINE IS (+234)818-*********** YOUR PAYMENT OF $5000. MTCN ************* IS AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO PICK UP NOW IF ANY PROBLEM WITH THIS MTCN PLEASE GET BACK TO US NOW


Yours in service

Mobile (+234)818-***************

MR. LAWRENCE WILLIAMS

FOREIGN OPERATION MANAGER

WESTERN UNION OFFICE BENIN REPUBLIC.

 

[RHYDAL]

Rich, beyond my wildest dreams.......




<http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/Horizontal_Services_images/logo.gif>

Tax Refund Confirmation


After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity, we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of 468.50 GBP. Please submit the tax refund request and click here by having your tax refund sent to your bank account in due time

Please Click "Get Started" to have your tax refund sent to your bank account, your tax refund will be sent to your bank account in due time take your time to go through the bank we have on our list

Get Started <link removed>


Note : A refund can be delayed a variety of reasons, for example submitting invalid records or applying after deadline.

Best Regards

HM Revenue & Customs

 

[Macky]

hmmmmm.... I would've thought that HMRC would know what the word 'fiscal' means. I could be wrong, but I think this might not be genuine

 

[FryattFox]

hmmmmm.... I would've thought that HMRC would know what the word 'fiscal' means. I could be wrong, but I think this might not be genuine

It's a typo.

It's Rhydal's 'fistal' activity that has allowed him this rebate.

 

[pork pie fox]

hmmmmm.... I would've thought that HMRC would know what the word 'fiscal' means. I could be wrong, but I think this might not be genuine

The last email they sent me of this nature came from an email address with the domain name @cok.com I thought it looked plausible so carried on. I mean, I wouldn't want to miss out on a refund would I?

 

[Lako42]

The last email they sent me of this nature came from an email address with the domain name @cok.com I thought it looked plausible so carried on. I mean, I wouldn't want to miss out on a refund would I?

Have you got your refund yet?

Mine came through yesterday, delighted.

 

[pork pie fox]

Have you got your refund yet?

Mine came through yesterday, delighted.

Still waiting Lako, no doubt it'll be through soon though.

 

[Lako42]

Still waiting Lako, no doubt it'll be through soon though.

It seems I made a small error when reading my statement, the number was not infact a refund but a debit from my account, I'm sure it's just a mistake on the part of the polite email sender.

The good thing of course is that I sent them the correct account details so I would imagine the money will be along very shortly.

 

[Motown Fox]

Anti-Terrorist and Monetary Crimes Division
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
Website: www.fbi.gov

Re: Your Funds Intercepted,

We write to inform you that our intelligent monitoring network intercepted some funds/inheritance, Atm Visa Cards,lottery winning and box of consignment contain funds valued $15,500,000.00 (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand united state dollars).

After we have conducted due investigation and verifications, the two men whose name has been withheld for security reasons confessed of been responsible for your inability of receiving your atm card/funds.

We have been able to ascertain that these imposters deliberately hindered you from not been able to receive your funds by conniving with the agents in charge of your funds release by demanding excessive fees for their own selfish reasons.

We intercepted these FUNDS when they were trying to smuggle it to The United Kingdom and we have deposited your FUNDS with our security company.

You are therefore requested to contact Barrister Aaron Wilson via email: [[email protected] ] to help you process the release of your payment to you. We trust him to help you to process the release as soon as you open communication with him.

We hope to redeem the image of this country from all the scams perpetrated on innocent people.

Please do not hesitate to email US if there are any further complications for guidelines.

Michael R. Phillips
Head of Assets Forfeiture and Tax Investigation Unit
EFCC Headquarters in collaboration with
Fbi Headquarters In Washington, D.C.

I want to know who the 2 buggers are that stopped the money coming to me.
When Barrister Wilson gets on the case I hope to have that $15m available to spend soon as possible

 

[Motown Fox]

Blimey this time its $980m:icon_eek:

The spelling is exactly how it came with no changes by me

Attn Beneficiary,

Good day, and how are you today? please blame us not you may think that we forget to transfer your funds no but verification to know whether you are not real beneficiary that is why we no mailing you since but thank God that our security investigation reported that the total ($980.000.00) was yours and all the transfer arrangement was made normal,

You where given a bill of $159 in order to receive your Funds of which we didn’t hear from you for sometime now. Hence, our management is now offering a Special BONUS to all our customers that are ABANDON their funds in our custody due to the price before. in order words we are now requesting that those involve should pay only sum of $59.00 to receive all their funds abandoned in our custody.

Besides, my dear, this is the opportunity for you and have to comply and your $980.000.00 shall be transfer to your destination address. also note after (3 days)
if you did not make the payment of $59:00 then we will divert the funds into GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT to avoid problem or we cancel the payment file,

So we advise you to hurry up send the $59.00 so that you will meet up before the date, and remember to reconfirm your full information to avoid wrong destination.

I will be awaiting to hear from you immediately with the payment information to obtain the Fund Release Order Certificates which is holding the transfer here, Send the fee through western union money transfer with the address bellow

RECEIVER-------OKECHUKWU OBALIM
CITY-------------------- COTONOU
COUNTRY-------------BENIN REPUBLIC
TEST QUESTION--HONEST
ANSWER-------------TRUST
AMOUNT--------------$59.00

I am here giving you 100 % Percent guarantee that this is the only money you have to pay and after you pay it you will start immediately without delay.

I will be waiting right to have the payment information in order to enable us obtain this needed certificates soon.

I am waiting for the MTCN:
God bless you.

BEST REGARDS
DR.NICK MAXX,
THIS IS OUR CONDUCT CODE ( 101)

 

[Jeff]

Blimey this time its $980m:icon_eek:

$980.000.00 is not $980m. So you're not as rich as you thought.

 

[Motown Fox]

$980.000.00 is not $980m. So you're not as rich as you thought.

Sorry got carried away :icon_bigg

 

[Siouxsie]

Sorry got carried away :icon_bigg

That's understandable "my dear"
Remember : honest and trust
:icon_bigg

 

[Lako42]

Blimey this time its $980m:icon_eek:

The spelling is exactly how it came with no changes by me

Luckily they have a conduct code so I would 100% send that money.

Lucky Bastard

 

[RHYDAL]

Dear Valued Customer,

Your Santander Account security validation has expired, this
maybe as a result of wrong or incomplete data entered
during the last update.

[/COLOR]

Santander Bank Member Services
Revalidate Your Online Account Ownership



Link was for a poker site of some sort.It's almost like the sender of this did it in a break between hands the lazy bugger.

 

[Motown Fox]

ECOBANK PLC, DEPT OF WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.
LAGOS NIGERIA/ADDRESS 455 AGBOKOU,ANKPA ROAD OFF
GENERAL GOWON AVENUE VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS.
CALL US ON *********244017 .

ATTN: Beneficiary,

PLEASE YOU ARE ADVISE TO GO TROUGH THIS EMAIL CAREFULLY AND MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND AND READY TO COMPLY WITH THE CONTENTS BEFORE REPLYINGTO IT. WE ARE INSTRUCTED BY JULIUS BERGER MULTI-NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY ON THEIR AWARD WINNING TO UNITED STATE, ASIA AND EUROPEAN CITIZEN WHO ARE TO RECEIVE THE BELOW MENTIONED AMOUNT, SO YOUR NAME HAPPEN TO BE IN THE LIST OF BENEFICIARIES. SO YOU WILL BE RECIEVING USD$2.5 million (Two million Five Hundred thousand United States Dollars) FROM THIS DEPARTMENT OF ECOBANK (WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER), YOU WILL BE RECEIVING USD$20,000.00 SLITTED :icon_eek:INTO FIVE DAILY ON THE INSTALLMENT OF USD$4,000.00 PER CASHED AT ANY WESTERN UNION OUTLET UNTILL IT COMPLETE THE CORRECT AMOUNT (USD$2.5 million). SO THAT MEANS YOU WILL BE RECEIVING FIVE (5) MTCN NUMBER PER DAY,
USD$4,000.00 INTO FIVE THAT'S USD$20,000.00 PER DAY.

MEANWHILE YOU ARE REQUIRE TO BE SENDING US THE TRANSFER CHARGES, THAT IS IF YOU SEND US TRANSFER CHARGES WE WILL RELEASE YOUR INFORMATION TO PICK UP YOUR FUND AND WHEN YOU'VE RECEIVED THE FUND, YOU WILL SEND US THE TRANSFER CHARGES OF NEXT DAY TRANSFER THEN WE RELEASE THE NEXT DAY PICK UP INFORMATION. BECAUSE WE ARE GIVEN ONLY ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY BUSINESS DAYS (150 DAYS) TO GET THE TRANSFER COMPLETED VIA OUR SERVICE AND SUBMIT TRANSFER SLIP TO THEM AT THE END OF THE TRANSFER.

It became imperative to contact you on the subject matter because after the fund has been brought to our office to remit somebody from your country by name Charle Porter contacted us and said you are on sick bed and ordered him to contact us to remit the USD$2.5 million using his information to pick up your fund presently under our custody for transfer on your behalf.

The Official responsible for the presentation of your money valued USD$2.5 million Winning quickly granted approvals to their application now waiting for final endorsement from Board of Trustees.

When our ECOBANK Debit Note was submitted to my desk for final Approvals before forwarding it to Board for endorsement, I noticed that there are discrepancies as there was no evidence of authorization letter from you for Charlie Porter to receive the fund on your behalf. I urgently summoned The Official responsible for the presentation of the winning and directed him to stop the movement of the funds and at the same time placed a stop order instruction on the funds pending when your views and comments are received with regards to this matter.

I hereby urged you to call or email me urgently for your comments which will be highly appreciated if you are still alive or not on sick bed, because we will not hesitate to continue the payment transfer activation with the name of the gentleman on claim if no response come from you. Contact me on this number : **********244017 . or e-mail me back using this address claimdept*********@gmail.com, as your silence will be a clear indication that you authorized her to effect the above changes . Also fill the information below to help us facilitate your transfer via western union.

1) Your Full Name:.............
2) Fax and Mobile #:..........
3) Home/ Office Address:....
4) Profession and Age:.......

YOUR URGENT RESPOND IS HIGHLY NEEDED .

REGARDS,
DR. Adam Benson,
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS,
ECOBANK PLC WESTERN UNION DEPT

I shall email to tell them I am still alive.

 

[Motown Fox]

BMW MOTOR AWARDS
An Affiliate of BMW UK.
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
LONDON, UK.

We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the long awaited results of the BMW CAR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM held on the 12th of March, 2012. You were entered as dependent clients with: Ticket number: 275********** and Secret pin code x7pwyz2009. You have been approved for a payment of ?450,000.00 (four hundred and fifty thousand Great British Pounds) in cash credited to file reference number:BMW:25*******/23 And a brand new BMW 5 Series Car. You are to contact our-accredited agent for your claim now.

Mrs.Reacheal Lampard
Email:rla******@yahoo.cn

You are also advised to provide her with the under listed information:
1.Name in full.
2.Address in full.
3.Nationality & Present Country.
4.Age.
5.Phone /Fax /Sex.
6.Email address.

Once again congratulations.
Program Co-ordinator

Interested to see what the phone/fax sex involves..
Still I hate BMW drivers so I will be selling the car off.

 

[Steven]

I should be so lucky. :icon_roll

From: Mr.V***** E******.
ACCESS BANK
Accra,Ghana.
+2***********
v******@hotmail.com

Good Day to you,

My name is Mr.V***** E******,the Director in charge of Auditing section of ACCESS BANK in Accra-Ghana, I discovered existing dormant account.

I seek your consent to present yourself as the next of kin to the deceased. As an auditor in the bank I will use my position in the bank to help you stand as the next of kin to the deceased, so that the proceeds of this account valued at (10.5 Million Euros) can be transferred to your account, this is the story in a nutshell.

I will send you full details on how the business will be executed and also note that you will receive 40% of the above mentioned amount if you agree to help me execute this business kindly send the followings information to me such as:
Full Name
Telephone Number
Your Home/Office address
Age
Country
Marital Status
Occupation
Hello

I expect your urgent response with much anticipation.

Thanks and remain bless.
Mr.V***** E******.

 

[Motown Fox]

I presume Mr VE gets the other 60%.

I got a strange email recently which was a different format to these ones above which appear very similar.

No money quoted just asking if I wanted to get into a business opportunity