How To Identify Scams

Received an interesting email today titled " For all the scammed victims " from this email address: UnitedNN@seagreen.ocn.ne.jp Interestingly, the email is being sent to compensation@un.org but somehow I got it.. Yay! I am going to be compensated for being scammed... NOT! Anyway, the email goes like this: This is HTML source of message you composed. Do not modify here. To modify this message press HTML Messages Editor button. The United Nations Headquarters, New York United Nations Compensation Unit, In Affiliation with World Bank Our Ref: U.N/WBO/042UK/2012.     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

Today, I received an interesting email.. Correction, I got TWO pieces of the same email... From FEDEX at different timings.. or so it claimed with it bogus sounding email adresss called fedex@delivering.com And the email went like this:  Dear Customer! We have been waiting for you to contact us for your Confirmed Package that is registered with us for shipping to your residential location. We had thought that your sender gave you our contact details. It may interest you to know that a letter is also added to your package. However, we cannot quote its content to you via email for privacy reasons. We understand that the content of your package itself is a Bank Draft worth of $250,000.00USD, FedEx do not ship money in CASH or in CHEQUES but Bank Drafts are Shippable. The package is registered with us for mailing by your colleague, and your colleague explained that he is from the United States but he is here in Nigeria for a three (3) months Surveying Project as he wo

I always thought that scammers only target people who are buying things online. Boy, was I wrong!:) Some time ago, a friend said she needed help to sell a branded wallet and I offered to help her post an ad online. Shortly after I posted the ad online, someone replied! He first asked if the wallet is still available. When I replied that it was, he sent this to me: ------------------------------------------------ From: Dan Webster ddwebtt@yahoo.com To: Angel Peng Sent: Sunday, 22 July 2012, 13:01 Subject: Re: Preloved Genuine Brown Gucci Wallet For Sale Ok! Thanks for your reply...I'm in USA but want to send it to my wife in Malaysia , Kindly send me total cost including postage to her address below & also bank to bank or Paypal is ok for payment..... Name: Shane Webster Address : B - 4 ,Suria Kinara Condo,47100 PUCHONG, SELANGOR City : Kualar Lumpur Country : Malaysia Regards Dan ---------------------------------------------------

Hubby dreams of changing his car all the time.. so once in a blue moon, when he is in the mood, he will do his research to keep up to date with the LATEST car prices. Today, we found two very cheap and good deals online and he was so excited. The two cars listed were diff models.. one is a BMW and the other one is a Merc.. the BMW Series 5 was selling for $25,000 AED (since we are based in Dubai now. Just fyi, it is abt $6850 USD) and the Merc E300 was going for $40,000AED. According to the ads, both cars were brand new and in excellent conditions. But you see, after all the scams we have seen, we know tat if you see a deal that is too good to be true, it probably IS too good to be true!:P Just for the fun of it, he emailed both of them (with a small flicker of hope tat this is a legit steal). Within an hour, the BMW guy replied.. -------------------------------------------------- From: rftkh@hotmail.com To: hubbysname@hotmail.com Subject: RE: BMW 523i M-Kit 2008 ventilated seats,s