Technology in Society

The scammers are pretty brazen and try to convince others that their scams are true.

Here are some examples:

1. A scammer vouches for a scam that he promotes, for example: for the Email fraud: qualifying for the Cadbury Foundation cash aid, he adds a comment saying:

Name: James Arnold
Email: jame.ar@yahoo.com
IP Address: 41.220.75.16
Subject: They are true.

My Friend made his money from this same email, last year.

Here is another scam offering a job of "professional personal assistant" for a fictitious company.

From: Jond Donald
To:
Subject: J&C Electronics Pvt.Ltd

Good day,

We are glad to offer you a job position in our company [J&C Electronics Pvt.Ltd] As part of our Multi Level Marketing Network, we seek capable individuals to work for us as our International representative In Arab such as KUWAIT,UAE,QATAR AND SO ON.

This is one more scam

From: 556565@cadburyfoundation.uk.tt
To: 09cfqc741@cadburyfoundation.co.uk.tt
Subject: Cadbury Foundation Qualification code (09cfqc741)
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 08:37:08 -0500

CADBURY FOUNDATION

Government Buildings,
Otley Road,
Leeds
LS16 5PZ

Date: 07-07-09
Website: www.cadburyfoundation.co.uk.tt
Subject: Notification for Cash Aid

Dear Sir/Madam,

This is to notify you that you have been chosen By the Board of trustees of the Cadbury
Foundation based in the Ireland, as one of the recipients for 2009 Cash Aid for your own

Here is another twist on fraud on the internet. This fraudster claims to be a private "consultant" and offers to refer you to a reputable firm.

Has all the markings of West African fraud: introduces himself as "Madam", has a last name of Smith, and uses a free web email address.

Loan Consultant(HELP THE WORLD FIGHT INTERNET FRAUDSTERS)

HELP THE WORLD FIGHT INTERNET FRAUDSTERS

Good day everybody,

My name is Madam Sandra Smith a private consultant.

As a side effect of publishing lots of fraud emails on my site, people often mistake my site for the alleged lottery winning for that company/entity

This is the first time though that I get an email mistaking my site for one of those companies, but not related to lottery winnings.

The company in question is BMW, and someone says that they have a new name for the new series from BMW.

From: Ms. L M [name withheld]
Subject: New Name for new series of BMW's

I have a name I think would be very suitable for a car of the BMW magnitude.  

Here is another fraud attempt. The scammer advertises a desirable car for much less than market value, then claiming that the car will be shipped.

The car in question in this case is the fuel efficient hybrid Toyota Prius. While it sells for $19,000 used for 2004, this scammer said he is selling a 2007 for $5,400.

Here is an email chain about this.

From: me
To: Lorraine Thompson  

Hello

I saw your ad for a Prius:

2007 TOYOTA PRIUS , 40000 kms, $5400, Pre-owned, 2007 Toyota Prius with option package 2.

A new scam is becoming more prevalent. It centers on hijacking innocent people's email, and sending fake messages asking for money transfer.

A Wellington P.E.I. woman is the latest such victim, following 98 other people in Canada, according to the RCMP.

Someone cracked her email account, and sent an email on her behalf alleging that she is in England, lost her wallet, and can't pay the hotel bill. The email asks the recipients to send money.

Overall, the 98 caused people to lose close to $3 million.