Puppy Scam

Looks like puppy scams are starting up again.

I received the following a few days ago and wanted to share with my readers to make them aware that these types of emails are scams to get money from you and nothing more. You never see the puppies and certainly this is NO way to buy them!


Hi!

My name is Angelina and I have 3 wonderful kids and one of my daughter is diagnosed with tourrette's syndrome,the doctor says it is a child onset disorder with symptoms appearing between 2 and 15 years of age, so she needs me more than ever, due to our family emergency , I am looking to place a litter of gorgeous english bulldog puppies and parents, I cannot afford to care for these dogs anymore. They are so adorable with wonderful personalities and they have their complete shots and worming.Please contact me immediately if you are interested in the dogs.

Have a beautiful day,

Angelina.

Who Gets The Contract?

Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White House in D.C.

One is from New Jersey , another from Tennessee and the third from Florida.

They go with a White House official to examine the fence.

The Florida contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then works some figures with a pencil. 'Well', he says, 'I figure the job will run about $900: $400 for materials, $400 for my crew and $100 profit for me.'

The Tennessee contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says, 'I can do this job for $700: $300 for materials, $300 for my crew and $100 profit for me.'

The New Jersey contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to the White House official and whispers, '$2,700'

The official, incredulous, says, 'You didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?'

The New Jersey contractor whispers back, '$1000 for me, $1000 for you, and we hire the guy from Tennessee to fix the fence.'

'Done!', replies the government official.

And that friends, is how it all works !!!

PayPal Scam Keeps Coming

It is very easy for novices and for the more experienced to be fooled with fraudulent claims via e-mail that something is real when it is unreal!

PayPal is no exception to this and appears to be the most popular one for this activity. Just minutes ago I received yet another e-mail supposedly from PayPal. I have decided to include the e-mail and the header of this e-mail for information purposes and in the hope to stimulate more thought in the minds of others before any clicking of links in the e-mail begins. BTW, I am no expert in reading headers but there are a few things in there that I can see and prove helpful to me personally.

THE E-MAIL


PayPal is constantly working to ensure security by regularly screening the accounts in our system. We recently reviewed your account, and we need more information to help us provide you with a secure service. Until we can collect this information, your access to your account features will be restricted. We would like to restore your access as soon as possible, and we apologize for the inconvenience.


Note the e-mail always begins with scare tactics.

Threat of account restriction.

Threat of account closure.

Threat of some kind, in the hope to convince you to follow the instruction in the e-mail.
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Why is my account access restricted?

Your account access has been restricted for the following reason(s):
· 27 Nov. 2007: A recent review of your account determined that we require some additional information from you in order to provide you with a secure service.

(Your case ID for this reason is PP-369-182-271.)
· 28 Nov. 2007: We have reason to believe that your account was accessed by a third party as different computers have logged into your PayPal account and multiple password failures where presented before the logons. We now need you to re-confirm your account information to us. We understand that having restricted access can be an inconvenience, but protecting your account is our primary concern.

(Your case ID for this reason is PP-367-400-601.)


The e-mail will always tell you WHY.

The later generation of these fraudulent e-mails even goes to the length of giving you case ID for reason/s given.

Sure looks authentic on the surface, doesn't it?

But of course it is anything but authentic.
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How can I restore my account access?
Please visit the link below, log into your account and complete the secure verification form:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run [links to 210.60.90.187/dic_net/update/.cgi-bin/login.htm]

If this is not completed by November 30, 2007, we will be forced to suspend your account indefinitely, as it may have been used for fraudulent purposes. We thank you for your cooperation in this matter.



And of course the e-mail tells you exactly what to do to get control of your account.

DUH!

See that bit there in bold red text, that's the actual link you will be taken to if you are fooled to click on the text (shown in bold green text). The two are very different and of course the actual link is NOT a PayPal link.


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Thank you for your patience,

PayPal Customer Service

Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response.


Copyright © 1999-2007 PayPal. All rights reserved.


The icing of the bitter cake of deception is these finishing few words to further try and fool you that the e-mail is authentic.


THE HEADER


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1. The first give away to me that this e-mail is NOT from PayPal is shown in bold blue text. An e-mail address that is NOT used for PayPal was used to send me the above e-mail.
2. The bold purple text shows me the e-mail client used to generate the fraudulent e-mail. Some how I don't think PayPal will use Microsoft Outlook Express!
3. The bold orange text tells me the domain where this e-mail originated from and it's NOT PayPal!

Of course headers can be spoofed so if you are even an itty bitty in doubt DO NOT click on any links in the e-mail and delete immediately!!!

Puppy Scam E-mail

Puppy Scams are not new and they continue to look for unsuspecting people who will follow the instructions in the e-mail.

There have been many versions and new ones keep popping up on a regular basis.

Here is the latest that is making its rounds:

Good day,

This is SAMUEL MONTEL and am emailing you in regards of the (Puppy) you have for sale, so what i want you to do for me now is to give me the final selling price of the (Puppy) and I want to let you know that i'll send my shipping company to come down to your place for the pick.
And the payment method will be via (CASHIERS CHEQUE) which you will get cashed at your bank.
Please reconfirm your final selling price. Once i hear from you i will need you to email me the following details:

(1) YOUR FULL NAME THAT WILL BE WRITTEN ON THE CASHIERS CHEQUE
(2) YOUR FULL MAILING ADDRESS
(3) YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER
(4) FINAL SELLING PRICE

I also want you to know that you will be recieving an overdrafted cashiers check from a client of mine.
So all i want you to do now is to recieve the cashiers check first , After then i will expect you to cash after the Funds has been cashed and you will deduct your funds and have the excess funds transfered to my Shipping Company via Money Gramm/Western union and I will be Compesating you with the Sum of $50 for the little stress you will be going through in the transaction.
And the Money Gramm/Western union charges would be deduct from the funds u want to wire to the shipping company.

Thanks.

Best Regards
Samuel Montel