Who's Spam Me?

Give USD 2.5Million? Wow!

2014-06-17T19:40:00.002-07:00

Warren Edward Buffett
To: me
Jun 17 at 6:17 PM

Dear Friend, My name is Warren Edward Buffett, a philanthropist and the CEO of BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC., one of the worlds most successful investors. I believe strongly in ‘giving while living.’ I had one idea that never changed in my mind — that you should use your wealth to help people and I have decided to secretly give USD 2.5Million to randomly selected individuals worldwide. On receipt of this email, you should count yourself as the lucky individual. Your email address was chosen online while searching at random. Kindly get back to me at your earliest convenience, so I know your email address is valid.

Contact Me Via E-mail: warrenbuffettdonationn@mailbox.sk
Visit the web page to know more about me: http://www.milliondollarlist.org/donors/warren-buffett or you can google me (Warren Edward Buffett).

Regards,
Warren Edward Buffett.
warrenbuffettdonation@gmail.com

BENEFICIARY OF FUNDS

2013-10-04T10:50:00.000-07:00

From: Mr. Emil Jacobs

COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION OFFICE
AND UNITED NATION AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (U.N.A.D.P)
ATTENTION OF: THE ENTITILED BENEFICIARY OF FUNDS,

RE: E.U. AND U.N.A.D.P FINANCIAL SUMMIT ; Confirm Receipt

The Council of European Union Parliament (E.U) In conjunction with The United Nations Agricultural Development Program (U.N.A.D.P) have just concluded the General Meeting of today in which good discursion and progress was made to reward Agricultural Farm Development, Investors, Industrialists and Traders In Africa, Europe , And Asia Countries.

The meeting lasted for three (3) hours because all the officials from various Regional Committees of the E.U and United Nations Agricultural Development Program (U.N.A.D.P) were present, The delegates from London, United Kingdom were in the meeting, the officials of IMF World Auditors (including Mrs. Margaret Powell and Alvin T Clyde) arrived in good time before commencement of the meeting. Also present in the crucial meeting of today were Mr. Gabriel Alanson and Kenneth Irwin Dickson from Commonwealth Financial Office. The meeting started in a good time and all the invited officials plus the top executives of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) joined at the Conference Room and the meeting commenced in earnest.

This resolution was reached based on so many complaints tabled at the Head Quarters of the United Nation Office in Washington D.C in regards on how to help Farmers, Investors, Industrialist and Traders to come back on tract after the World Economic Crisis to foster Financial Development across the globe.

This reward is to help you restructure, boost and improve you financially in your activities.

The Approved FILE bearing your full name was presented for deliberation and The Executive Financial Auditors have unanimously resolved to include your full-name amongst the favored beneficiaries who will benefit from the amount earmarked for the Agricultural Development Program (A.D.P)

The remittance officials must as a matter or necessity proceed to effect the transfer of the authenticated/approved amount of US$8m (Eighth Million United State Dollars) Only, to you.

During the meeting of today, the Council of E.U and U.N.A.D.P Parliament resolved that all favored beneficiaries must quickly send application to the Director of AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAME: (A.D.P) Mr. Emil Jacobs on this email: mremiljacobss@yahoo.co.jp and Telephone number: +44 741 847 8203 requesting for Accelerated Remittance of your approved benefit of US$8m (Eighth Million United State Dollars).

You are advised to send us the following information.

(1) YOUR FULL NAME:

(2) RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:

(3) PHONE, FAX AND CELL PHONE:

You are further required to call his Office Telephone number: +44 741 847 8203 for further clarifications.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Emil Jacobs
E.U.A.U.D Director.
email: mremiljacobss@yahoo.co.jp

Congratulations Beneficiary

2013-10-01T10:46:00.000-07:00

The United Nations Headquarters, New York

United Nations Compensation Unit, In Affiliation with World Bank Our Ref: U.N/WBO/042UK/2013.

Congratulations Beneficiary,

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and family? You may not understand why this mail came to you. We have been having a meeting for the past 7 months which just ended few days ago with the secretary to the UNITED NATIONS. This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS in Affiliation with WORLD BANK have agreed to compensate them with the sum of USD$1 Million Dollars.

This includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc. We found your name in the list of those who are to benefit from these compensation exercise and that is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed. You are advised to contact Aaron Smith of our paying center in Africa, as he is our representative in Nigeria, contact him immediately for your Cheque/ International Bank Draft of USD$1 Million Dollars.

This fund is in form of a Bank Draft for security purpose ok? So he will send it to you and you can clear it in any bank of your choice. Therefore, you should send him your full Name and telephone number your correct mailing address where you want him to send the Draft to you. Contact Aaron Smith of MAGNUM PLC PAYMENT CENTER with your payment Code:ST/DPI/829 immediately for your Cheque at the given address below:

DIRECTOR IN CHARGE: Aaron Smith

E-MAIL:magnumclaims@zing.vn

TELEPHONE+2348105744165

FAX: +234-1-8968850

I apologize on behalf of my organization for any delay you might have encountered in receiving your fund in the past. Thanks and God bless you and your family. Hoping to hear from you as soon as you cash your Bank Draft. Making the world a better place.

You are required to contact the above person and furnish him with the following of your information that will be required to avoid any mistakes:-

1. Your Full name:

2. Your Country:

3. Contact Address:

4. Telephone Number:

5. Fax Number:

6. Marital Status:

7. Occupation:

8. Sex:

9. Age:

Congratulations, and I look forward to hear from you as soon as you confirm your payment making the world a better place.

Regards,

Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon

http://www.un.org/sg/

LUCKY WINNING NO ES-871MD.

2013-06-17T18:06:00.001-07:00

From: QMOORE31@tigermail.qcc.cuny.edu
EUROMILLIONE LOTERIA ESP CALLELAS ROZAR 48,2B 28230 MADRID SPAIN

RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION/FINAL AWARD: ATTN; WINNER,

We are pleased to inform you of the release of the long awaited results of the EUROMILLIONE LOTERIA S.A PROMOTION held on14th of June 2013 your email address attached to the Ticket No:ES/121-2365\9MD that drew the lucky Winning No ES-871MD.

You have been approved for a payment of 300,000.00Euros (THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO) in cash credited to File Batch No ES-1017KY This is from a total cash prize of THREE MILLION EUROS Shared among the ten International winners in second categories.

All participants were selected through a Multi international computer ballot system drawn from 98,000 (Ninety eight thousand) names of email users around the world.

To begin your claim, do file for the release of your winning by contacting our accredited agent: Foreign Transfer Manager: Mr. David Babel Email:infoeuro_million@aol.com

YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS ES197-67/WMD (keep personal) Remember your winning must be claimed not later than (26-06-2013) after this date funds might be returned to the lottery company as unclaimed prize furthermore should there be any change in your address do inform your claims agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once again. Yours Sincerely, Mrs. Rita Mendez EUROMILLIONELOTERIA

from Dave & Angela Dawes to recipients

2013-04-08T17:53:00.000-07:00

Hello, My wife and I won the biggest Euro Millions lottery prize of £101,203,600.70 GBP and we just commenced our Charity Donation and we will be giving out a cash donation of £1,500,000.00 GBP to five(5)lucky individuals and ten(10)charity organizations from any part of the world.

To verify the genuineness of this email and our winnings, please see our interview by visiting the web page below; http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8820740/101m-lottery-jackpot-winners Dave-and-Angela-Dawes-to-give-millions-to-friends-and-family.html

Your email address was submitted to my wife and I by the Google Management Team and you received this email because we have listed you as one of the lucky millionaires, kindly send us the below details so that we can direct our Bank to effect transfer of your donation into your operational bank account in your country.
Full Name:
Country: Age:
Occupation: Sex:
Mobile/Tel:

Congratulations & Happy Celebrations in Advance, Dave & Angela Dawes Contact the bank ----------------------------------------------------------------

This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

From Adrian Bayford

2013-04-04T17:48:00.000-07:00

This is a personal email directed to you. I am Adrian Bayford,I and my wife won a Jackpot Lottery of 148 million pounds in the latest Euromillion Lottery result that was announced recently. If you get this mail, I want you to consider yourself lucky as i have volunteered to give out 850 thousand pounds to five lucky individuals .Kindly provide the required details of yours for claims(click reply ) NAME----- ADDRESS------
MOBILE-----------
AGE------------

KINDLY VIEW LINK FOR PROPER UNDERSTANDING(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19254228) We await your response in this regards

from Hajia Mariam

2013-04-01T17:45:00.000-07:00

Dear beloved,

Due to the sudden death of my husband General Abacha the former head of state of Nigeria in June 1998, I have been thrown into a state of hopelessness by the present administration. I have lost confidence with anybody within my country. I got your contacts through personal research, and had to reach you through this medium. I will give you more details when you reply.

Due to security network placed on my daily affairs I can't visit the embassy so that is why I have contacted you. My husband deposited $12.6million dollars with a security firm abroad whose name is withheld for now till we communicate. I will be happy if you can receive these funds and keep it safe I assure you something good out of the funds in return for your assistance. I will need your telephone/mobile numbers so that we can commence communication.

Sincerely Yours,

Hajia Mariam.

congratulation winner

2013-03-28T17:29:00.000-07:00

Attached to this email is your winning notification for the prize you have won.

M2U: Important Message

2013-01-24T16:29:00.000-08:00

Dear User,

You are required to validate your M2U account to keep it safe from online threat.

Kindly use our website below.

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AmOnline: Status Update

2013-01-23T16:27:00.000-08:00

Dear Customer,
It has come to our notice that your account profile has not been validated since we upgraded our server. However, you're advised to kindly verify your accounting profile to avoid temporary suspension and also to enable you enjoy the benefit of our new security system which will help us fight against online fraud and threats.

kindly log on to our website below to validate your profile.

www.ambankgroup.com

We are sorry for any inconveniency this may cause.

Thanks for choosing us!
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URGENT: Your Credit/Debit Card on File appears to be Expired

2013-01-22T16:16:00.001-08:00

Account Limited

7:19 AM (55 minutes ago)

to me

Dear customers,

We emailed you a little while ago to ask for your help resolving an issue with Your PayPal account. Your account is still temporarily limited because we haven't heard from you.

To Active Your Paypal Account please confirm your information

Please login here and confirm your information :

Login here

What's the problem?

We want to check with you to make sure that no one has logged in to your account without your Permission.

You should also take a look at your account information and recent transactions.
If you see a payment that you don't recognize, let us know by going to the Resolution Center.

Click "Dispute a Transaction" to report an unauthorized transaction.

Email ID Number: PP-439-4955-0093-243

REMAIN BLESSED....

2012-10-07T12:51:00.000-07:00

BERNARD BARUCH bbbaruch69@gmail.com

Greetings,
I am rich, sick and dying and I want to distribute my funds for charity works. Let me know if you can assist me. My fund which no one knows about is a deposited of USD$65,000,000.00 (sixty five Million united states Dollars. Its deposited with a Finance institution in Europe. I will want you to help me collect this deposit and dispatch it to charity organizations of your choice. I have set aside 10% for your time and effort
Please reply me back if you are willing to assist me ON MY EMAIL:
bernardbaruch2@aol.com
God bless you.
MR.BERNARD BARUCH.

Internet Users Reward

2012-10-06T12:49:00.000-07:00

Lotto Italia office@impactonline.biz

NOTIFICATION OF ELECTRONIC AWARD

Felicitation: You have been selected as the Grand recipient of the Global E-Services Reward Program.
This entitles you to receive 2.5, million. Particulars of your award information is stated below:

Reference Number: FST-101
E-ticket Number: 08107552/A12
Amount: 2,500,000.00 (Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars)

You are to establish contact with the Enquiry Officer (Sig.Marc Dario) via the e-mail address below with the
information's necessary such as your - Name:, Address:, Phone/Fax:, Cell Phone:,Email:, Alternative Email:,
Occupation:, and E-ticket number:Enquiry officer's contact details: Sig.Marc Dario, Tel: +39 3896 9180 62,
E-Mail: [marcdario@live.it]
NOTE: You are expected to contact the Enquiry Officer for details of claims.

Yours faithfully,

Julia Alfonso.

FINAL NOTIFICATION OF YOUR PENDING AWARD

2012-10-03T12:47:00.000-07:00

Lotto Italia info@agmalarm.gr

Felicitation: You have been selected as the Grand recipient of the Global E-Services Reward Program.
This entitles you to receive 2.5, million. Particulars of your award information is stated below:

Reference Number: FST-101
E-ticket Number: 08107552/A12
Amount: 2,500,000.00 (Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars)

You are to establish contact with the Enquiry Officer (Sig.Marc Dario) via the e-mail address below with the
information's necessary such as your - Name:, Address:, Phone/Fax:, Cell Phone:,Email:, Alternative Email:,
Occupation:, and E-ticket number:Enquiry officer's contact details: Sig.Marc Dario, Tel: +39 3896 9180 62,
E-Mail: [marcdario@yahoo.cn]
NOTE: You are expected to contact the Enquiry Officer for details of claims.

Yours faithfully,

Julia Alfonso.

GOD BLESS YOU

2012-09-30T12:45:00.000-07:00

ALI KHASHOGGI akhashoggi1@gmail.com

Dear Sir/madam,

I am sick and rich and I want you to help me distribute my funds to
charity organization in your country. Please reply if you can help me distribute
my funds and I am willing to give 20% for your time. ON MY EMAIL: ali.khashoggi@aim.com
God bless you.

MR.ALI KHASHOGGI

Please Confirm Your Package(Call Now)

2012-09-29T12:44:00.000-07:00

Paola Bazini suppaolobaz@virgilio.it

Dear Esteemed Customer,

Your package/diplomatic pouch is ready to be delivered.You have to call stating your LAST NAME and First Name for us to verify your details and also send your telephone number with which we can reach you incase we will need further details to confirm your booking for delivery.

This package is being sent to you from the European Financial Authorities as a highly classified package,so you should attend to this case promptly.You have to Confirm if you wish to come to Italy for pickup of your cash or if you want us to deliver to you in your location.

Looking forward to a prompt response from you.

Paola Bazini
For: Antonio Boneli
(Delivery Sup. Agenzia)
+39 328 081 7302

Complement!!!

2012-09-27T12:41:00.000-07:00

from: tanyab13@ucla.edu

May I ask if you would be eligible to pursue a Business Proposal of $19.5m with me if you dont mind? Let me know if you are interested.

Global E-Services Reward Program

2012-09-25T12:39:00.001-07:00

Lotto Italia elecpromo@email.com

NOTIFICATION OF ELECTRONIC AWARD

Felicitation: You have been selected as the Grand recipient of the Global E-Services Reward Program.
This entitles you to receive 2.5, million. Particulars of your award information is stated below:

Reference Number: FST-101
E-ticket Number: 08107552/A12
Amount: 2,500,000.00 (Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars)

You are to establish contact with the Enquiry Officer (Sig.Marc Dario) via the e-mail address below with the
information's necessary such as your - Name:, Address:, Phone/Fax:, Cell Phone:,Email:, Alternative Email:,
Occupation:, and E-ticket number:Enquiry officer's contact details: Sig.Marc Dario, Tel: +39 3896 9180 62,
E-Mail: [marcdario@yahoo.cn]
NOTE: You are expected to contact the Enquiry Officer for details of claims.

Yours faithfully,

Julia Alfonso.

Proposal

2012-07-31T12:31:00.000-07:00

PROPOSAL
FROM: BARRISTER DAVID BENTLY
Message flagged Tuesday, July 31, 2012 7:30 AM

Hello,

I wish to bring to your notice a request that would be of immense benefit
to both of us. Being an executor of WILL, it is possible that we may be
tempted to make fortune out of our client situations, when we cannot help
it, or left with no better option. The issue I am presenting to you is
about my client who WILLS a fortune to his next- of-kin. It was most
unfortunate that he died along with his next of kin on the same day in the
Shiraz plane crash of Tuesday 10 February 2004.

According to the English law, the fortune is supposed to be bequeathed to
the government. However, I don't belong to that school of thought which
proposes that the fortune of unlucky people be given to the government.

My purpose of contacting you is to seek your assistance to act as the
benefactor of the WILL, and lay claim to the legacy (12.4million pounds
sterling), which this my unfortunate client bequeathed to his next of kin.
For now, it is only known to me, as my client had great confidence in me.
Everything will be left between you and me. The share would be 40% for you
and 60% for me. All I have to do is to amend the WILL stating you as the
beneficiary to the 12.4 million pounds sterling. As I am yet to get your
consent on this issue, I would prefer not to divulge my full identity so
as not to risk been dis-barred from the English Bar. The English Bar
considers it a breach of the oath of the English Bar Council. Due to the
nature of this business I would prefer we maintain utmost confidentiality.
Due to the risks involve and also the activities of fraudsters now rampant
on the Internet, and until I am sure of your consent, full cooperation and
genuine willingness to assist me for our mutual benefit.

I would prefer that we maintain correspondence by email. At this s point I
want to assure you that your true consent, full cooperation and
confidentiality is all that are required for us to take full advantage of
this great opportunity. This is an opportunity that people rarely have.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Barrister David Bentley

Board of Trustees of CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA

2012-07-31T12:29:00.000-07:00

DEAR BENEFICIARY, FROM: United Nation Organization

Message flagged Tuesday, July 31, 2012 6:53 PM

UNITED NATIONS GOVERNMENT DEBT RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE
PLOT 47 Tunumbu squire Victoria Ireland Lagos-Nigeria
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA .

DEAR BENEFICIARY,

Good day to you, the Board of Trustees of CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA have been authorized
by the United Nations Government ongoing compensation fund valued $750,000.00USD.(Seven
Hundred And Fifty Thousand United State Dollars), from United Nations Government
ongoing compensation.
Be advice to contact your payment officer for your payment to be released, and to be
sign by the UNITED NATIONS Barrister (Mrs.Susan Jeo) your funds released will be sent
to the delivery company as to enable them deliver your cheque to your door step.

NOTE: that this compensation is for those who have been waiting for their inheritance,
next of kin fund, and lotto payment as your information is in our system for the
compensation that is why we are writing you.

Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than 3 weeks. After this date all
funds will be returned to the UNITED NATIONS TREASURY HOUSE as unclaimed.

However, you will have to pay a sum of $150.00 USD for the delivery of your parcel to
your location being full payment for the delivery Fee of the cheque Been registered by
the UNITED NATIONS.

At this point you are advise to contact our authorized payment unit in charge to enable
them commence with the transfer of your funds immediately with the information below:

NAME............... ADDRESS............ TEL................
DATE OF BIRTH ..... COUNTRY............ SEX................
OCCUPATION.........

CONTACT INFORMATION.
Official Agent: Mr.Frank Smith
Phone Number:+234-7033954432
Regards,
Mr Ban Ki-moon.
(UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL)

CONGRATULATIONS

2012-05-14T10:43:00.000-07:00

From: "rita jong" Add sender to Contacts
To: undisclosed-recipients

Your email address was picked via email balloting TOPAZ which made you a benefactor of 1,000,000.00 Dollars from the UNITED NATIONS,do get back to us with your details and how you want your funds transferred to you.
Send us an email with your full details for proper confirmation.

Mrs Agnes Reuben
Email: unitednations65@zh8844.com
Yours Faithfully,
Online Co-coordinator

What to Do if Your E-mail Account Gets Compromised

2012-02-27T09:12:00.000-08:00

Symptoms:
People listed in your e-mail contacts report being flooded with spam messages sent from your account. Or, you start receiving a bevy of "bounced" e-mails from random addresses you don't know. You aren't able to log into your account or change its settings, or you've discovered the settings have been altered. You attempt to use e-mail, and find it has been blocked by your provider.

Diagnosis:
Start with the obvious: If your password no longer works for your e-mail account (and it's definitely the correct password), you can be almost certain that someone else has taken control of it. And if your e-mail provider has blocked you completely, it's probably because your account was spewing out spam by the millions, forcing your provider to shut it down until you regain control. This is a good thing, and you'll get it back. Likewise, learning from friends that your account has let loose a firehose of spam (which sometimes can be verified by checking the Sent messages folder in your account) pretty much confirms that some scumbag has figured out your password. Losing control of your mail and password combo can be especially calamitous if, like far too many people, you use the same ones for all the online sites and services you use, such as social networking, banking and PayPal. Even the dumbest hacker will do a quick e-mail search in your account to scrape for login info on other sites, and, in no time, will assemble a pretty good portfolio on you. Depending on the ambition and skill set of the hacker, on the time between when your account was compromised and when you discovered it, and on how secure your various online accounts are, your level of pain may fall anywhere between minor annoyance to personal and financial meltdown. Time is of the essence, and don't underestimate how deep this thing can go.

Bounced messages are the digital equivalent of "return to sender, address unknown." On their own, bounced e-mails from strangers usually mean that a professional spammer has been sending spam with your e-mail address in the reply-to field (a process called "spoofing"), and hasn't actually breached your e-mail account. It's a crucial difference; having your account password compromised means your entire collection of e-mail correspondence has been exposed, while a spammer spoofing your address doesn't actually control anything. Unfortunately, while it's often possible to take back control of an infiltrated e-mail account (see below), once a spammer begins spoofing, you have no real recourse.

Causes:
While there aren't any hard and fast figures on what the number one cause of e-mail infiltration is, the overarching theme usually points to one extremely weak link: user behavior. Despite the many ways an e-mail account can be hacked, the one common element is that you, the owner, essentially allow it.

Every few years, studies show that the one reason spam is still so prevalent is because it actually works -- a percentage of knuckleheads can always be expected to open a spam message, read it, and be tempted by whatever wares or schemes are offered. Of course, many of those e-mails (and sometimes pop-up windows from strangers on IM, Skype and similar apps) are actually phishing attacks that dupe recipients into believing they've been sent a legitimate message from a business or friend. Naive users will then reply with the requested login information.

A fair number of people also think nothing of checking their e-mail on a public computer -- in a library, electronics store or Internet cafe -- and simply neglect to log out. It's a momentary lapse of reason (particularly since we don't recommend checking e-mail on any public computer), and can be the equivalent of walking away from an ATM right after entering your password.

The other gargantuan user misstep is having weak, easily determined passwords, or using the same combination of login e-mail addresses and passwords across different sites. If a hacker breaks into one site, they can quickly try the same logins on all the popular sites -- to potentially devastating effect. But, before you beat yourself up, it's also possible that your login information has been stolen because your PC, or one you've used, has been infected with spyware or some other assorted malware. (See our related story for more info.)

Treatment:
Depending on the kind of hack you've been dealt, the treatment may be as simple as logging in, and changing your settings and password. Or it may entail agonizingly repeated attempts to lock out a persistent hacker, potentially killing off your account altogether. But you should never just give up and ditch the account without trying to deal with it first.

If you aren't able to log in, you're likely going to have to go through some frustrating hoop jumping. Conveniently, Twitter's help page has a handy list of links for all the major e-mail services' support pages.

Each service has its own method for determining that you are who you say you are, and are not the person who hacked -- or is planning to hack -- your account. Besides pre-set security questions, they may ask specific details about messages you've sent, and even the exact day you set up the account. If you don't have a copy of your initial registration e-mail, try contacting a close friend whom you would have e-mailed at the time, and ask them to dig into their archives for your early missives.

If you can log in:

Make sure your PC is current with OS updates and anti-virus/malware software. Otherwise, if it has been infected by malware that spies on you, it will continue to transmit your info to whichever hacker has infiltrated your accounts. If you aren't completely sure your PC is clean, then don't do any of the following. Any changes you attempt to make could be forwarded on by malware, too.
Depending on how your account has been abused, you may not need to contact everyone spammed by your hacked e-mail. (Your scam-savvy friends will recognize bogus messages as spam.) But, if there is a personal appeal for money -- saying you're stuck traveling and need cash, or are hurt and in a hospital -- or if malware was attached, you should send word to your contact list to delete those messages ASAP.
Set up at least two new e-mail addresses. Use your original e-mail address for personal or business communication as you'd normally do. The secondary e-mail address is insurance against future hacks; use it to communicate with your service provider, since many now ask for an alternative address as added protection. Then, use a third e-mail address only for registering for sites, newsletters, online shopping and other services. It may seem paranoid and excessive (hey, that's us!), but the idea is to compartmentalize your online life a bit. That way, each "world" has its own discrete e-mail account, and will minimize the damage that can be done by any future hacks. Most importantly, though: use a different and strong password for each account -- one that is at least six characters long, and is a combination of letters, numbers and capitals/lowercase. It sounds difficult, but it isn't. It'll help prevent any hacker from gaining access to all of your data simply by infiltrating one site.

On a secure PC, log into your e-mail and then check whether or not any of the settings have been changed by a hacker. Smart hackers may set your account to notify them of any changes, so that they can go back in and switch things again. Check whether or not a signature has been added, and whether your account has been set to forward e-mail to another address that isn't yours or to run a filter that automatically forwards e-mails or attaches a file. If any of those settings have been altered, delete the new settings.
Once you have changed the settings, create a new password, and add your secondary e-mail account as your alternative address.

Going forward, never list your main e-mail address publicly anywhere online -- in forums, in online ads, on blogs or any place where they can be harvested by spammers. Use only your "registration" address, and keep it separate from your main address book.

Don't use public computers to check e-mail; there's virtually no way to know if they are infected with malware accidentally, or have keylogging spyware installed intentionally. But if you absolutely must use e-mail on a public computer, set up an extra account before you leave and change the password regularly.

my bag stolen

2012-02-20T06:39:00.000-08:00

Hope you get this on time, I made a trip to Swansea,Wales and had my bag stolen from me with my passport and credit cards in it. The embassy is willing to help by letting me fly without my passport, I just have to pay for a ticket and settle Hotel bills. Unfortunately for me, I can't have access to funds without my credit card, I've made contact with my bank but they need more time to come up with a new one. I was thinking of asking you to lend me some quick funds that I can give back as soon as I get in. I really need to be on the next available flight.

I can forward you details on how you can get the funds to me. You can reach me via email or on Blue Island hotel front desk phone, the numbers are, +447031804805 or +447031804806.

I await your response...

azizan shaari

CONFIDENTIAL

2012-02-20T06:34:00.000-08:00

Dear Sir/Madam,

CONFIDENTIAL

Compliments of the season to you. I know we have not met before, but my proposal calls for an emergency alert which gives me no room for much protocol but to hit directly.

My name is Barr. Jaime Ivan (Esq.) of Jaime Ivan Chambers & Associates. There is a client of mine, a Libyan who was killed along with his family during the Libya Civil war. His name is Mohammed Ali al-Attiyah from Misrata District in Libya, an oil business magnate who worked for National Oil Corporation in Libya for many years until his death.

Before his death during the civil war in Libya, he deposited two trunk box containing the sum of USD $8M (Eight Million United States Dollars) and 1000 Carats of Uncut Diamond known to me in April 13th 2009, in a confided Safe Security Company here in Spain. Recently as I was checking his documents file with me in my office and from my enquiries and investigations from the Safe Security Company, I discovered that he has no next of kin registered to claim this consignment due to some high co-operate security secrecy surrounding the consignment.

Furthermore, it is also unknown to the Safe Security Company the real content of the deposited consignment with them as cash; he did not declared the content of the two boxes as foreign currency but as Diplomatic Documents and Confidential Co-operate Treasure/ Valuable documents which we must uphold in the process of filling the claim of this consignment. As his representing legal adviser and the only legal person known to the Safe Security Company, I have in my custody all the legal deposit documents that cover this deposit which I will immediately use your personal details to replace as the next of kin and business co-operate to late Mohammed Ali Al-Attiyah.

Upon receipt of your response, I will immediately tender to the Security Company a letter informing them to immediate release the deposited consignment in your name as the heir inheritor/next of kin and business co-operate to late Mohammed Ali Al-Attiyah. Therefore, to make this effective, I required that you forward to me your full contact details, such as your personal and confidential direct phone contact number, email and fax.

On your arrival in Spain we will move the fund to the bank for onward transfer to your designated bank account outside Spain. I want you to also maintain absolute secrecy and confidential of this message as a matured business person with high confidential integrity. If you are not capable of handling this fund, do not disclose it to any other person as this is very important and once in a life time business opportunity for me.

We will discuss on sharing percentage as soon as I hear from you.

Thanks and Regards,
Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Jaime Ivan

Email: Jaime.ivan@ymail.com

invite you to participate as broker, agent to Liberty Investment

2012-02-13T10:20:00.000-08:00

From Mr. Ahmed
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 12:21 AM
From:
"Ahmed Shaheen"

To:
undisclosed-recipients
Attn.
Am Ahmed Shaheen I wish to invite you to participate as broker/agent to Liberty Investment individualized equity investment portfolio management program. Dubai International Capital LLC/ Liberty Investment (DIC) is a Dubai-based international investment company with a primary focus on private and public equity in the Middle East with over 500 billions of private and corporate investment portfolios.

We are privately looking for fiduciary agents and management experts who will be willing to act as investment portfolio holders and administrators. We currently have a back-log of an Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) of an average of 1.2% on each private investment and corporate portfolio under our administration and control.And we wish to re-invest this fund by putting it into the management of private businessmen and corporations with good business ideas that can generate at least 10% ROI per annum over maximum of 5 years duration.

The fund will be disbursed based on a clear loan of 4.5% interest rate per annum for 5 years renewable tenure.All sign-up contracts briefings and investment portfolio management files will be handled in Dubai , United Arab Emirates . For further details please contact me directly with the contact information below.(ahmed.shaheen@w.cn)

Best Regards,
Mr.Ahmed Shaheen.
Chief Executive Officer
Director Liberty Investment
Dubai International Capital LLC (DIC)
http://www.licuae.com
United Arab Emirates