Hmmm…

How can you tell when someone is snooping around on your computer? Reading Myspace messages, maybe even retrieving e-mail…basically hacking…and being NOSEY!!!

Has this happened to you before? And is there a way to check into it and possible secure yourself just incase???

I received an e-mail that let me know that I was eligible for a 500,000 dollar check for something. This e-mail claims that I would be getting this directly from Yahoo. I would like to inform Yahoo about this in an effort to let Yahoo to do what they feel free to do in the legal world.

I just handled a phishing e-mail that indicated my PayPal password had been changed. It was almost identical to a real password change notification except it told you to go to a website and login with your old password. The e-mail came from service784@security-paypal.com. I checked and a real notification came from service@paypal.com.

The link in the letter looked like a paypal.com url, but, instead took you to http://www.paylowpal.com/ . I spoofed an e-mail and password and was taken to http://www.paylowpal.com/wbsc.php where I was asked to provide all of the info from my credit card to verify who I was.

I WHOIS’d security-paypal.com and it was registered to:
Organisation Name…. Howard Sams
Organisation Address. 310 pine valley bridgeville,pa.15017
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. bridgeville
Organisation Address. 15017
Organisation Address. PA

I WHOIS’d paylowpal.com and it is registered to:
Organisation Name…. Qiang Chiung
Organisation Address. P O Box 99800
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. EmeryVille
Organisation Address. 94662
Organisation Address. CA

I reported it as a phishing site to Microsoft (tools – Phishing Filter – Report This Website).

I forwarded the entire e-mail to PayPal at spoof@paypal.com.

I then forwarded the e-mail and other information to US-CERT (US Computer Emergency Readiness Team) at http://www.us-cert.gov/nav/report_phishi… .

It is easy to see that both paylowpal.com sites were phishing sites. First the domain name sounds wrong. Then, neither site was a secured site (they would have started with https:… .

I hope others take the time to report phishing. It may prevent others from being victimized and, hopefully, your actions might help to lead to the prosecution and conviction of the person(s) committing the fraud.
Edit: Thanks James. I actually posted this as a warning and to show people what you can do to protect yourself. This may be a new one because it passed Microsoft’s phishing filter.

Hello,
I was defrauded of money by a partner in a real estate transaction, and this partner has since left the country so there is little chance of recouping my money from him. However, there was also an accountant involved, Morris (background: Morris was and still is a close friend of my ex- partner, and Morris was hired by my ex-partner to oversee the transaction. I never had a written agreement with Morris; however, he advised us both by phone and e-mail). Morris stills lives in the US and has a successful accounting firm.
A friend of mine, Henry, who knows Morris well, told me in confidence that (Morris has no knowledge that Henry is feeding me this information), if I wanted to get my money back, I should send a letter to my ex-partner AND Morris claiming/pretending that I had hired a lawyer and that I was filing a lawsuit against BOTH of them (Henry told me that Morris would pay me, and then later turn around a then force his friend, my ex-partner, to pay the money back to him eventually since my ex-partner and Morris have common financial interests).
I should mention here that the reason I am pretending that I have hired lawyers is because I am completely broke, it is a small amount (20,000 dollars), and I am overseas. All this would make it extremely difficult to file a real lawsuit.
The letter basically stated that the Morris was also liable because, although we never had a written agreement and, even though he worked in his capacity as accountant for my ex-partner and not me, he misadvised me leading me into this fraudulent transaction (I have a number of e-mails from him giving me (and my ex-partner) instructions—Henry said there is some kind of conflict of interest going on here), and that he violated the ethics of his profession by being engaged in this fraudulent transaction.
It is a given that the lawsuit is flimsy; however, Morris is quite nervous about being sued as he has also been sued before, and he is worried about any kind of lawsuit (according to Henry). As soon as I sent the letter, Morris told Henry that he was quite nervous about the whole thing, and estimated my damages at 20,000 (Henry again relayed this information to me in confidence). Morris then contacted me and said that he would be referring my claim to his insurance agent. The insurance agent has subsequently contacted me wanting to do an investigation of this claim. Henry has also told me that since the amount is small, ,000 dollars, the insurance company that insures Morris would probably settle the claim to avoid paying legal fees which would equal or surpass the amount of the money I am claiming.

Question:
1. I am reluctant to talk to the insurance agent investigating this claim because I am worried about how to respond if he asks me for the name of the lawyer (since there is none), and then asks me for hard documented figures (my friend Henry told me that I would be able to put off giving him the name by telling them that I hadn’t signed the retainer yet). Is there a way to avoid talking to the claims representative? Can I pressure Morris to settle for ,000 without involving the insurance agent? Or would Morris not do that because he would be out the money for sure?

2.I have estimated the damages as 18,000 to 20,000, but will the insurance agent/investigator accept my figures without verification from a law firm?

3.Shall I mention the illegalities of the transaction? Or just the ill-advice? I think it would be clear by the letter unless Morris hasn’t shown it to his representative. Of course, it implicates me since I was (stupidly and somewhat ignorantly) involved in the transaction as well.

4.If I delay talking to the insurance agent for a week or two, will it hurt my claim?
One additional important point. If this did go to court Morris will know he has so much more to lose than my ex-partner or myself. This is the main thing that I have hanging over him. Based on his experience with previous lawsuits, and on the cost of legal fees, he would almost surely settle out of court, insurance or no insurance.

Below is the E-mail in question
Dear Member,

Your Yahoo Marketing account has expired. You must renew it immediately or your account will be closed. If you intend to use this service in the future, you must take action at once!

To continue click here, login to your Yahoo Marketing account and follow the steps.

Thank you for using Yahoo Marketing!
Yahoo Marketing Services DEP.

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

I have an e-mail I would like to report to you, where can I forward this e-mail?

When I registered her, I was concerned about fraud, so I didn’t put in her real birthdate or our real zip code. Now I don’t know it! I don’t want to have her e-mail account deleted, I want to see the e-mails she’s been sending because I think she may be getting into trouble.

I got an e-mail from a lawyer in england who wants me to pretend to be someone else so we can split 5.5 million dollars, who do I report this to

I had a disagreement with one of my neighbors about the way she spoke to my child(called my 5 year old a ‘liar’ in front of my face). It was a ridiculous e-mail argument because although we live in the same apt complex, she chose to confront me by email. The whole thing was weird because we never had any bad blood with each other up until this point-and even though I was ticked off about the way she spoke to my child, I didn’t even approach her about it. Long story short, I guess she was really upset with me because in my last email to her I asked her to stop being juvenile(she’s at least 10 yrs my senior)..,I get a suprise email today saying that she reported me to DFACS and Section 8 for fraud because my boyfriend/child’s father lives with me and I work. What she doesn’t know is that I’ve already reported my earnings to DFACS-and they still accepted me for foodstamps/medicaid. No, they don’t know about my child’s father because we were waiting for his citizenship-which he just—
earned earlier this year. She mentioned something about ‘abusing the system’. We drive a broke down 94 Lincoln Towncar, we live in the same beat down ghetto apts for the past year and a half, our house is furnished by stuff my boyfriend finds when he cleans out apts as a maintenance man-the list goes on. We can barely afford to pay all of our bills, let alone anything else…yes, I witheld his living here because he still has 2 children in his country from a previous relationship he supports who he’s trying to bring here and my child will never be able to meet her brother and sister if her dad becomes a ‘public charge’. We want so much to tell DFACS and Section 8 about our situation(in fact we’d love to-because we could really use more help) but can’t because of the way the system’s set up….We were just going to take our chances though, and tell DFACS and Section 8 everything in 2 weeks-when we saved enough money to pay back rent. But now this chick is trying to put me in jail….
without knowing the whole story. I think she just sees me as one of these crazy people who are just trying to get over on the system and not someone who actually needs it…perhaps because she sees my daughter with nice clothes-she doesn’t know, I shop @ Walmart for her. She sees me in nice clothes-these are things I’ve accumalated from way before I had my child and I keep my things nice because I’m too poor to afford replacements. I don’t have any fancy jewelry, and if I do wear jewelry it’s stuff I bought from the 99cent store. What is with these kind of people? We are just trying to get on our feet and Lord knows enough of our taxes have been payed into the system to last 3 lifetimes-we are hard working people just struggling to get by. What is with this kind of person? Why does she feel the need to destroy my livelihood because of what she thinks, instead of just asking me?

I received this Lottery winning e-mail from Yahoo Lottery INTL INC.
I know it is a scam, just curious what do these scam artists get out of it? And what is Phishing? Did I spell that right?

My friend wants to e-mail a company and tell them a huge lie about how their product gave them a huge rash or something like that and will mention getting a lawyer involved, is that illegal in any sort of way?
Their just trying to get vauchers for free stuff
She wanted me to ask, if she doesnt mention a lawyer but just complains about it, is it still illegal?

I already received five similar scams in the internet,first in the random lottery thru my e-mail ad,second from Christian Aid Org.,third from invoice random picks,fourth from a firm convincing me to inherit and last from a certain VITTORI org.

Surely if it sounds too good to be true, It is too good to be true. I admit there are some very convincing scams. People must think carefully. Use search before making a commitment. Best bet is just to laugh and delete these idiotic scams. It is so easy to see a scam such as the Lottery Scams, Or the I have got milions and need help to get this into the country. I see many Questions asking users if they think these are genuine, Should I answer this e-mail. People should not have to ask. No-One gives money away. People just do not take on help to move millions of pounds in this day and age of electronic transfers. Nor do people win millions of pounds in Competitions they have never entered. To be honest. Some people should never be allowed near a P.C. They treat them as toys and just a message service, Or chat room. The Internet can be a dangerous place, Even for the professional user.

Here’s my little story:
Prior to moving to Canada (BC) on August, I found the perfect place via www.rentbc.com. Not hesitating a single moment, I contacted the landlord via e-mail and asked for all the requirements I needed in order to secure the place upon my arrival. He asked me for the first month’s rent (5 CAN) and a possible damage deposit due when I arrived. I sent him the payment via PayPal, he confirmed it with his bank, and we were done. Coming from Mexico, I gave him a tentative date for mid-August. However, due to complications from my visa processing, I wasn’t able to arrive when I told him I would.
That exact day he sent me an e-mail remembering me I had missed my first Orientation at the University, and that he suspected me of being a scammer. He wrote that the only way for him to be sure I wasn’t a fraud was to send him another month’s rent as soon as possible – when I gave him the first month (September.)
Uncomfortable with his request – and the thing of not trusting in me after I showed him the proper admission documents from my University – I decided to break the deal. There was no contract signing, nothing that could legally bind me to continue with the renting.
I told him I wasn’t going to continue with his demands, and claimed half of the payment I made (7.50,) keeping in mind it wouldn’t be fair if I decided to claim the entire amount after making him lose 2 weeks of his time.
He DENIED to offer me this refund. Here comes the interesting part. He was so sure that I was a scammer, and remarked: "If you want a refund, I’ll give it to you personally on [insert specific date] at noon in [insert specific place] on the University." At this moment I knew he was defying me. I agreed to his plan, but wrote: "I’ll accept your proposition, but if we’re to meet, then I’ll have my FULL refund." He agreed.

The mentioned date came. I was accepted at the last minute and was making my way to the University. Before leaving my apartment, I sent him and e-mail, waiting for him to acknowledge he would be there as established. Noon. 12:15. 12:30. 12:45. He never appeared. I got my laptop off and checked my e-mail. No responses. I then wrote him another message, reminding him I was there.
He replied at 7:00 PM, writing a message that was so out of place. "Oh, it’s good to know you’re here and that you’re studying [insert major,] and remember, you’re still my roommate, what are you waiting for?"
I was like: "What the hell are you talking about? I’m not your roommate, I just want my money back!"

Three weeks have passed since then. After endless e-mails and moods of persuasion, I haven’t been able to recover my money. PayPal couldn’t help me anymore because they can only recover money for transactions made on eBay. The last time he responded he wrote: "Please let me alone, I won’t give your money back, it’s NON-REFUNDABLE!"

Now, out of the sudden, it’s "non-refundable"?
He sent me two "Roommate Agreements," and nowhere in his couple of lines stated the first month’s payment was "non-refundable."

My final questions are:
1. Can he actually DO that? I haven’t heard in my entire life as a college student about a month’s rent that is non-refundable. That’s why there are "damage deposits," right? I never placed my feet on his soil.
2. Tell me if I’m right or wrong, but I think if there’s any legal defense he can use against me in not returning the money I paid him, he actually broke them all when he offered me to refund my money personally, right? You will never offer something back if you know it’s yours legally.

Can I sue him? Can I go to the local police and build a case?

Thank you for reading.
Best advice gets – of course – 10 points.

Note: I have all original e-mails in which the Landlord told me about the agreement. He refused to commit to what he promised – my refund – on written fashion.
Note 2: Actual deposit was to be paid when I arrived at the amount of 0 CAN.

Have anyone seen this e mail yet?It is a little scary ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONITORY CRIMES DIVISION
FBI HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
J. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535-0001
DATE: 25thTH/08/2008 Attention: JOHN CASON FUND BENEFICIARY, We received your email, this is not a child play, we are ready to take you to any length if you failed to proof the legitimate of the fund you are about to receive. As a Federal Commission we are here to protect your interest and the interest of all the United State citizens as well as this great Nation world wide. You have been investigated as the beneficiary of the said funds that is why you are in touch with the FBI for a solid proof before the funds will be release to you.

The said funds is now in U.S Bank in your name which has been placed on hold under the custody of the FBI for further verification and proof before releasing the fund to you.

You do not have this document in your files, if you did the fund would not have been hold. We did not believe this at first, but when we saw the transfer we had no option than to contact you.

We have gone through your Identification record and also the informations received from you, we have verified a lot of things about you. It has come to the attention of our Money Trafficking investigation department, that you have some funds valued at U.S $ 10.5 Million to your name, The said payment is awaiting adjudication and crediting to JOHN CASON , this funds are from Inheritance ‘willed ‘ from C.B.N Bank Nigeria precisely.

With full concern of The F.B.I and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wish to remind you of the consequences of remitting such huge sums of money without complying fully with the provisions of the Financial and Allied Matters Decree 5 as amended in sub-section C (6) of 2003, which stipulates that any monitory transaction been done in the United States Of America, must have proper records, which duly guarantees and covers the transaction as legitimate and legally acquired and not criminally or terrorist associated funds. This is due to ongoing terrorist activities/economic crimes on and against the United States of America citizens and world wide.

Note that with the information’s we have here, the fund in your name here was release from Federal Republic Of Nigeria. To this regard you are to contact the EFCC Nigeria where the fund was release from so that they will issue you the required document because they are the only people that can issue you the document. Nobody else have the right or privilege to issue you this document unless the EFCC Nigeria.
You are under an observational /Investigation in connection with money laundering. If your funds comes from a legitimate and legal source, the proper guidelines for you to recover the right of transaction is for you to provide the official monitory transaction release document so that your funds will be legally processed and recorded and accounted for and then finally released to you.

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONEY LAUNDERING DEPARTMENT) IS HERE to wipe out terrorism, and will stop at no length in doing our duty for the American people.

You have 48 hours to produce legal proof of the below frozen wired transaction number coded:. JOHN CASON , AZQV9007 owned by JOHN CASON
You do not have any rights to receive these funds if the documented legal wire information is not complete. For your own good and benefit, you are advice not to send your money to anybody accept the below person that will get the document for you. It have come to our notice that you have been dealing with scammers regarding the present transaction in your name, with the power imposed on us as a high Federal Commission, you are hereby warn and instruction to terminate your involvement with any people or individual contacting you regarding this present transaction.The said funds is now in our custody in your name as the beneficiary, your dealings should be channel to this office alone, if we find out you are still communicating with Imposters you will be charge for advance fraud communication by the Federal Law.

The very heart of FBI operations lies in our investigations–which serve, as our mission states, ‘to protect and defend the United States against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats and to enforce the criminal laws of the United States.’ So follow our instructions properly to avoid any action before you. Attached a copy of my Office ID for your mutual view and understanding so that you will know exactly whom you are dealing with.

We currently have jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal law. So you can see that we can track you down through Investigative programs. We have your address and the evidence and status of your wired funds, so we can arrest you anytime a

I received an e-mail from my ex stating "we" had taken him to see a "doctor" for a sore throat. I asked my ex for doctor info, i got no reply so I asked my son who told me it was a hosp…where is step-mom works. I went to get medical records to take to his doctor and was informed I could not, only a parent could. The step-mom was listed as "mother" and as i later found out, had signed documents and put "mother" where it asks for legal relationship to patient. It took me a few days, hours of phone calls and faxes and trips back and forth to prove I am his mother and had legal custody. Meanwhile, I was contacted by the legal department of this hosp. once they realized I was the "real" mom and it was suggested to me I should press charges against her for fraud and get a temp. rest. order. Has anyone dealt w/something like this? Al;ll I wanted was to get the records. Now she may lose her job as the lady I spoke with said she(step-mom) as an employee should know better. any advice?
This is not a first, just the worse! A typical situation-she takes my son to doctors, w/o my x present and I only out after w/o any info as to what doctor he was taken to. I have always provided all routine appointment…doc, dent, ortho, optomotrist, optholmologist, urologist…the list is endless. When sick & @ dads house, she takes him where ever is convenient, then I have to hear where from my son (only 10 now) to get paperwork from these places to give to my sons ped for her records. Also, we do have a court ordered primary care physician and they continually put their other kids pediatrician. This is not an oversight or an "oops". It's a regular occurance. It's just 1st time I've been told by someone at a facility I have had to do this with to press charges. I think it is because she works theres and they ARE protecting their butts. I do think pressing charges is extreme, however, i do think after 7 years and 100's of miles chasing down doc forms, maybe i should.

I'm an advertiser on Yahoo/Overture. I'm also a Yahoo store owner, I recently had my domain e-mail spoofed (according to Yahoo) by a hacker. This began about 1/1/2007. I requested help from Yahoo, and Yahoo told me that there was nothing they could do to prevent this?

The "spoofed" e-mails went on for about 25 days, then on 1/26/2006 my yahoo/overture account charged me 0.00 for 1350 ad clicks in a two and a half hour period of time, before I mananged to get it shut down.. (my "normal" amount was about 1-2 dollars a day).

At the same time, or shortly after this (attack?) event, as far as I can tell, the "spoofed" e-mails stopped?

They have been investigating this for three days now? I still havn't heard a word? Does ANYBODY know anything about this situation? Is it possable that the spoofed e-mails contained a "trojan" or something, that could have activated and somehow caused the tremedous amount of "Click Fraud"?

Has ANYONE encountered a simular experience?

This is the second time i have had fraud by someone using yahoo.com This is luxidog@yahoo.com this time. I want to know if you will do anything about this. I think you should be responsible to those of us that are innocent and I don't want to hear about privacy. If this person is defrauding someone then you need to help in enforcing the shutdown and prosecution of this individual.
Will you do anything to this person? Will you shut down his e-mail

I am located in Long Island NY the career department of my college has withheld my resume from potential employers stating that b/c I have a felony they will lose there connections if a company does background checks. That in itself is illegal but add to that I have a Certificate of Relief http://dpca.state.ny.us/pdfs/dpca53.pdf and that when I explained this to them and chose to leave the conviction question on their application blank they commited fraud by filling it out themselves right in front of me. I was convicted of a nonviolent felony first time offender and it was in the 4th degree I am an honor student majoring in Marketing. I want to sue the school and press charges against the employee that commited a crime right in front of me. I do not have money at this time, but I know I have a strong case.* If you are a lawyer located on the island and are interested please e-mail me.
PLEASE HELP!!!! Thanx a mil
If you are unaware of what a Certificate of Relief is please read the pdf linked above that makes felons protected the Federal Goverment states that a conviction can not be discriminated against if you cannot upload the pdf download adobe or google Certificate of Relief

has anyone fallen for any internet/e-mail scams or know of anyone who has? How can people be so stupid?

I m a poor guy.
I was sent an email stating that I had won a lottery. There were addresses given as where to claim for the prize. I did that providing full personal details. This was the next piece of correspondence ……………

UK National Lottery,
P O Box 1010 Liverpool,
L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM
WINNING PARAMETERS
Ref : ***********
Batch:************

Winner's name: <my name>

Raffle Draw Winning Email:**************

Congratulations Lucky Winner,

Your approved winning Certificate number is ***********
Your winning Transfer Identification code is ************

The process for claiming your winnings has been made very simple so that by the end of one week at most, you are assured of having received your cash prize of the sum of £1,000 000 Pounds Sterling and all the legal documents backing your winnings. In the light of the above mentioned, you are to contact the the Agency that will be handling the transfer of your winning to you with the contact informations below:

CONTACT SCARLET COURIER :
Courier Name: ScarLet Courier LTD.
Contact Person: Mr. Richard Peterson
Telephone:+44 70457 04413
E-mail: scarletcourierdeliverydept00@yahoo.co.uk

Note that you are to provide the Lottery Winners Agency that will be handling the transfer of your winning with the required details below to officially identify you:

1) Winner's Full Names:
2) Present Full Address:
3) Telephone Number:
4) Raffle Draw Winning Email:
5) Amount Won:
6) Winning Reference Number:
7) Winning Batch Number:
Winning Transfer Identification code: *******************
9) Winning Certificate Number: ********************

Note that there exists a periodic condition on all claims process; therefore you have limited time to claim your winnings. Failure to claim your winnings within the stipulated time frame will lead to the forfeiture of your winnings after which your winnings remitted back to the United Kingdom National Lottery Headquarters and will then be added to next winning draws. Also kindly be aware that the United Kingdom National Lottery winning prizes are regulated by the Financial Services Authority and as a result, you are advice to follow the Lottery Claims Terms and Conditions to ensure the remittance of your prize to you within the stipulated time of the claiming of winnings.

Lastly, I will require a concise update on your proceedings with the Agency that will be handling the transfer of your winning. If you need any assistance whatsoever from this office, please do not hesitate to inform me.

Yours Sincerely,
Dr.Pinkett Griffin
Accredited Fiduciary Agent
Confidentiality Notice:
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They say it is my email id which won the lottery selected randomly.
Is this a total fraud or a genuine case. Should I do what they asked for??
I am in a dilemma. Plz give some expert advice. Is the agency genuine? Has ne1 heard of it b4??
Forgive me for not disclosing my winning parameters.

My ex fiance (who I have a 2 month old child with) is trying to pin me with a felony and I need some advice. Here is my story. Back in March when we broke up I found out that he had stolen my checkbook from me and wrote out a bunch of stolen checks, 3 of which the police have caught him on survailence videos. Well He wrote me an e-mail stating that if I didn’t drop the charges he would frame me for fraud myself. Here is how he plans to do it. About a year ago, he had called me and asked me to go to the bank and cash his paycheck for him, b/c he wouldn’t have time to do it before the bank closed for the day. He told me to just sign his name on the back of the check and write pay to the order of (my name). So I did, he was my fiance. Well He says he is going to contact his old employer and get a copy of the check and tell the police that I stole it from him, and try and get me with a felony. But I never stole anything from him. I am a single mom and he is not helping me out with our child at all. So I can barely afford the bills I have, but a lawyer… I have no extra cash. Does anyone know what I should do? Or if he will be able to get away with this?
Ya he sent me that in an email and I printed it and gave it to the officer who is handling his case with the checks.

And his record is pretty bad. The only thing I have on mine is a speeding ticket.
I am just worried b/c I don't want anything on my record or to have to go to jail for something I didn't do.

I have an e-mail from Lloyds T.S.B. asking me to send in my details to update their records.Sounds a bit dodgy, I was told it's a phishing e-mail, apart from being dodgy what does phishing mean.
thank you