Email Scam

[Dartgod]

This came through our mail server yesterday. A new take on email scams.

I'll have to admit, even though I know this is a scam, I'd be a bit unnerved if I received this in my inbox.

From:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, August 8, 2017 3:28 PM
To:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: I HAVE BEEN PAID TO KILL YOU

I want you to read this message very carefully, and keep the secret with you till further notice, You have no need of knowing who i am, where i'm from,until i make out a space for us to see, i have being paid $15,000.00 in advance to terminate you with some reasons listed to me by my employer,its one i believe you call a friend,i have followed you closely for one week and three days now and have seen that you are innocent of the accusation,

Do not contact the police or try to send a copy of this to them, because if you do i will know, and might be pushed to do what i have being paid to do,beside this is the first time i turned out to be a betrayer in my job.

Now listen,i will arrange for us to see face to face but before that i need the amount of $20,000.00 and you will have nothing to be afraid of.I will be coming to see you in your office or home .depending where you wish we meet,do not set any camera to cover us or set up any tape to record our conversation,my employer is in my control now,

You will need to pay $10,000.00 to the account i will provide for you, before we will set our first meeting,after you have make the first advance payment to the account,i will give you the tape that contains his request for me to terminate you, which will be enough evidence for you to take him to court(if you wish to), then the balance will be paid later.

Warning; do not contact the police, make sure you stay indoors once it is 7.30pm until this whole thing is sorted out, if you neglect any of these warnings, you will have yourself to blame. You do not have much time, so get back to me immediately

Note: I will advise you keep this to yourself alone, not even a friend or a family member should know about it because it could be one of them.

[Rasputin]

Originally Posted by ptlyon

When did you get out of jail?

Ha ha never been to jail but I more or less work at one at a state institution and they let me out every day

[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by KC Tattoo

Ha ha never been to jail but I more or less work at one at a state institution and they let me out every day

Say hi to Mr. Blonde for us.

[Bufkin]

As a county Sheriff's Deputy, I would say a quarter of our lobby walk-ins have to do with scams very similar to this. We had a PayPal scam recently in which several elderly people fell for. Essentially, the guy on the other line told them that they had a warrant for their arrest due to skipping jury duty, and they would need to send 500 dollars worth of PayPal credit cards to a specific address in order to clear the warrant.

The problem being, the address listed was out of country, and the phone numbers used were throwaway track phones. It's so hard not to ask some of the older women, "was it not suspicious that an out of country man with a Middle Eastern accent had the power to remove an active warrant via PayPal money?" It really is sad how vulnerable old people can be when it comes to scams like that.

Don't even get me started on Facebook phishing.

[J Diddy]

i m relly gud at killin but spelin aint gud at.


That seriously reads like a 3rd grader doing a Liam Neeson skit from Taken.

[Bufkin]

Originally Posted by J Diddy

i m relly gud at killin but spelin aint gud at.


That seriously reads like a 3rd grader doing a Liam Neeson skit from Taken.

Hysterical, and accurate.

[wazu]

I wonder if the spelling and grammar is how they get around spam filters. Maybe shuffling typos prevents a program monitoring for a large volume of identical emails. Just a guess.

[J Diddy]

Originally Posted by wazu

I wonder if the spelling and grammar is how they get around spam filters. Maybe shuffling typos prevents a program monitoring for a large volume of identical emails. Just a guess.

I'm willing to guess that it has more to do with not knowing English than spam filters.

[Fish]

Originally Posted by Otter

If the person who wrote this would take a couple minutes to target the email receiver with some social media info available on Facebook such as "you're daughter(s)", "your boxer dog that you like walk", "next time you go mountain biking I can make it look like an unfortunate accident"...you get the point.

He/she might actually get some results or at least sound legit.

[Beef Supreme]

It's an obvious scam! Anyone who knows me well enough to want me dead knows I ain't got $20k laying around!

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by J Diddy

I'm willing to guess that it has more to do with not knowing English than spam filters.

I read something once that concluded that the only people gullible enough to fall for these things are further convinced that they're real because of typos. Apparently gullible people believe that a large-scale scam would be carefully proofread beforehand, whereas the plea of a dying princess is going to be written under duress. It's actually kind of logical when you think about it.

[listopencil]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I read something once that concluded that the only people gullible enough to fall for these things are further convinced that they're real because of typos. Apparently gullible people believe that a large-scale scam would be carefully proofread beforehand, whereas the plea of a dying princess is going to be written under duress. It's actually kind of logical when you think about it.

This explains the poor quality of the Princess Leia hologram in Star Wars.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Originally Posted by J Diddy

i m relly gud at killin but spelin aint gud at.


That seriously reads like a 3rd grader doing a Liam Neeson skit from Taken.

Hey JDiddy , you doin OK ???

[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by Bufkin

As a county Sheriff's Deputy, I would say a quarter of our lobby walk-ins have to do with scams very similar to this. We had a PayPal scam recently in which several elderly people fell for. Essentially, the guy on the other line told them that they had a warrant for their arrest due to skipping jury duty, and they would need to send 500 dollars worth of PayPal credit cards to a specific address in order to clear the warrant.

The problem being, the address listed was out of country, and the phone numbers used were throwaway track phones. It's so hard not to ask some of the older women, "was it not suspicious that an out of country man with a Middle Eastern accent had the power to remove an active warrant via PayPal money?" It really is sad how vulnerable old people can be when it comes to scams like that.

Don't even get me started on Facebook phishing.

I have a friend who's elderly parents were scammed out of $10,000 a few years ago from a guy who claimed to be their grandson who needed bail money for some arrest in Minnesota. They said he sounded exactly like him and knew things that their grandson would know.

My parents have had a couple of similar calls over the last few years but didn't bite.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I read something once that concluded that the only people gullible enough to fall for these things are further convinced that they're real because of typos. Apparently gullible people believe that a large-scale scam would be carefully proofread beforehand, whereas the plea of a dying princess is going to be written under duress. It's actually kind of logical when you think about it.

I'll keep that in mind as I move forward. Thanks,Rep

[mr. tegu]

There is a Craigslist one where cars are listed way below value and when you contact them they give a sob story about why they want to get rid of it fast and cheap. They then say ebay is handling the transaction to give it credence and will deliver the car to you after you pay like $500 in PayPal gift cards. I'm sure people fall for it all the time.