Anything that comes from Africa or elsewhere offering you vast sums of money etc is a scam. There are websites around that actually tell you what these people are after. There is one whose name eludes me who actually takes up these offers and then exposes the people for what they are and then passes on their details to the Criminal Depts of the country of origin. Another scam is e-mails that inform you you have a winning number on the lottery. These people are after your bank details. Then of course there are the ones purporting to come from major banks stating that they have had major upgrades to their online banking systems and they ask you to click on a link and re-submit your bank details, ID etc. These should be reported to your bank.
Care should always be advised with these things. Neil -----Original Message----- From: Charles Browne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 August 2008 10:50 To: gary digman; lutelist Subject: [LUTE] Re: more general scams The number of scam/spam emails is increasing everyday. I get about 250 - 300 spam emails/day in my webmail filter and about half are some form of 'phishing'. There is also the ecard email. A message arrives by email to say that someone has sent you an electronic Card and invites you to reply. Don't! - it may be either 'phishing' or it may be a Trojan. I also run a website for our church benefice and we recently received an email from The Ivory Coast? purporting to be from a recently widowed lady whose husband had left 2.5 M USD and who wanted to donate it to a charity but we had to reply quickly otherwise the money would be offered elsewhere. The money resides in a bank in Africa. We suppose it to be a scam as we have no safe way of finding out. Most of these scams rely on the recipients making snap decisions because the 'offer' is too good to miss. A moment's reflection will usually be enough to convince you otherwise! Charles -----Original Message----- From: gary digman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 August 2008 08:19 To: lutelist Subject: [LUTE] Re: more general scams I have not received the UPS thing, but I get emails which are phishing attempts by individuals purporting to be PayPal. I have forwarded these emails to PayPal and they have confirmed that the emails are indeed attempts at phishing. Do not exhange personal information on the internet unless you now whose on the other end, and, even then, be very, very careful. Anthony, I would suggest that you go to a public computer (library, university, etc) to open the email. If it's a scam, you will know very soon and your personal computer will be safe from any viruses. Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Hind" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Guy Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lute List" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 9:16 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: more general scams > This is not the same issue, but like many of you, no doubt, I have > received several offers to share with a Nigerian banker the profits > of a person who has just died intestate. Of course I didn't fall for > that. However, a week ago I received a message purporting to be from > UPS about an undelivered parcel, and there is an attachment to click > on, and I am told this includes a form for details I need to fill-in > to be able to receive this parcel. > Now this time, I very nearly clicked on the attachment, thinking perhaps > some lute strings, I had forgotten I had ordered, had just arrived. > However, something about it made me hesitate, I may be wrong and it may > be valid, but I think it is a clever new scam to get personal details, or > to spread a virus. > Have any of you received a similar message purporting to be from UPS. > Anthony > > > Le 12 août 08 à 17:38, Guy Smith a écrit : > >> If you are selling an instrument over the internet, watch out for the >> "Nigerian scam" (they'll offer to send you considerably more than the >> purchase price and you are to send the extra back...). I got one of >> these in response to an ad for a tandem bicycle that I'm trying to >> sell, and I advertised only on a private mailing list. I've heard of >> several other similar incidents with tandems, and I imagine they >> could target lutes as well. >> >> Guy >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Wayne Cripps [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 8:26 AM >> To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu >> Subject: [LUTE] baroque guitar scam >> >> >> >> Hi folks - >> >> You probably know that I run a "lutes for sale" web page. at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/forsale.html . I just got the >> first "for sale" scam - at least it seems like a scam to me.. >> >> I am Brad Baker.I came accross your wanted advert and email >> address on http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/forsale.html#wanted >> I would like to inform you that i have 5 course baroque guitar For >> Sale @ 1,400 Euro(Give Away Price)including shipping to your front >> door in Finland via Courier express delivery.The price of this lutes >> are more than 2,500 euro.You can't get it this price(1,400 >> euro)anywhere.Hurry up now,this is give away price.Buy one and get >> one free Nokia mobile phone. >> >> >> Maybe I am wrong... maybe many respected luthiers are now supplying >> free cell phones with their usual merchandise.. but I would suggest >> that you be careful with any internet transactions with strangers. >> >> You can see the instruments at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/ >> lute/Baker/ There seem to be two different pairs of guitars and a >> fifth by itself. Maybe one of them is yours! >> >> Wayne >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> > > > > > Internal Virus Database is out of date. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: > 270.5.12/1599 - Release Date: 8/7/2008 8:49 PM > > >
