Here’s a new wrinkle in e-mail scams. It plays on your curiosity to find out who has a secret crush on you. If you click on the care2.com link, you will be taken to a personal message that is shown after this e-mail:
917595 sent you an eCard from Care2! Click on the following link to view your eCard, or paste it into your browser:
http://www.care2.com/send/pickup/1311-62411-134424-2729
This Care2 eCard was sent November 8, 2009 and will be available for 14 days.
Warm wishes,
www.Care2.com
Where spreading love & laughter helps save the world.
Every time you send a FREE Care2 eCard you save a square foot of rain forest. Learn More.
Here is the e-card message you will receive. Note that it informs you that you “may have to use a CC (Credit Card) or a debit card for verification. THIS WILL END UP BEING A SURPRISE CHARGE ON YOUR ACCOUNT. DO NOT SUPPLY ANY FINANCIAL INFO TO THIS TYPE OF SCAMMER. Here’s what the card will say:
The next e-Card message will display this personal message:
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Hi Barry… This is difficult for me to do because I’m shy..but I have a crush on you. I’ve never been able to tell you for reasons which you would quickly identify as obvious if you knew who this was. With that said I want you to guess who I am and approach me yourself.
To help you out with your guessing I made a few pictures and videos with Barry written on my body. They’re kind of risque photos so I had to make a profile at www.megafriendly.com (copy & paste or type www.megafriendly.com into your web browser). My username in the members area is BarryandME09. It’s a free website but you might need a CC or Debit to verify your age because I had to. Sigh.
But anyway sign up at www.megafriendly.com and once you are inside search for me. I want you to guess who I am and then approach me yourself. I’m shy and this is the bravest thing I’ve probably ever done but you need to do the rest.
Kisses
Secret Admirer
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If you now enter the www.megafriendly.com URL into your browser and click search, it will quickly make the scam clear: This is a web cam girl’s site. And their goal is to get your financial info so they can charge you later!!

The thing to remember here is NEVER to provide any further actions. DO NOT fill out the financial info even though it says “$0 charge for age verification”.
SCAM ALERT—SCAM ALERT—SCAM ALERT
Here’s a new e-mail scam alert in the name of the International Monetary Fund.
Note how the scammer seeks to obtain your personal information and $175.00 of your hard-earned money (highlighted in RED). Never reply to an e-mail of this type.
FROM THE DESK OF DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN
PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)
ATTN: BENEFICIARY.
This is to officially inform you that ATM card number: 5428 0500 1100 4432 worth Three Million United States Dollars ($3 Million USD) has been credited in your favor in bid to compensate you on your winning sum since you are next on our compensation file for the second part of this fiscal Year 2009.
Your personal identification is ATM-5379. Contact the verification officer in African Region (Dr. Paul Omego) E-mail: atm.paymentdept2341@gmail.com
Tell: (+234) 1 4315436 with the below details for proper verification and immediate delivery of your prize via ATM CARD:
1) Your full Name…………….
2) Your Delivery Address………
3) Country………………
4) Your Telephone Number………….
5) Age and Occupation…………..
Most importantly, you are also required to send him the sum of $175 fee for your ATM CARD delivery.
NOTE: be aware that US$3,000,000.00 (Three Million United States Dollars Only) was awarded to you as a compensation payment and be also informed that the Fund Approvals and authorization documents have been handed over to DR. PAUL OMEGO.
Best Regards
DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN
PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)
This is a new e-mail scam using the identity of the United Nations to ‘hook’ the naïve and unwary. Note the grammar errors and that the supposed bank person is in NIGERIA—Scam Capital of the World!

Attention:
This mail serves as a listening ear to the victims of scam the world over.
We have been having a meeting for the past 7 months which ended 2 days ago with the secretary general of the United Nations Organization.
This message is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of
the world, the United Nations have agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$500,000. This includes every foreign contractors that may not have received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc.
We have a database of victims and that is why we are contacting you,
this has been deliberated upon and is among our set of priorities
in making the world a better place.
You are advised to contact Mr. Jim Ovia of ZENITH BANK PLC, as
he is our representative in Nigeria, contact him immediately for your
Cheque / International Bank Draft of USD$500,000. This funds are in
Bank Draft for security purpose. It will be sent to you and you
can clear it in any bank of your choice.
Therefore, you should send him your full Name, telephone number, a
valid mailing address where you want him to send your Bank Draft to.
Contact Mr. Jim Ovia immediately for your Cheque:
Person to Contact: Mr. Jim Ovia
Email: unitednationoffer@rocketmail.com
*Making the world a better place*
Regards,
Department of Public Information, United Nations 2009
TWO TYPICAL E-MAIL SCAMS ARE SHOWN BELOW. THE FIRST SCAM HAS A DUAL PURPOSE: TO COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AND TO STEAL YOUR MONEY. ANY CHECKS OR MONEY ORDERS DEPOSITED FROM THIS SOURCE WILL BE EITHER FORGERIES OR NSF. YOU WILL LOSE YOUR MONEY AND MAY EVEN BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PENALTIES. YOUR BANK ACCOUNT WILL ALSO END UP BEING CLOSED. IF THIS SCAMMER FINDS ONE SUCKER FROM EVERY 100 E-MAILS HE SEND OUT, HE WILL BE AHEAD FINANCIALLY.
NEVER RESPOND TO THIS TYPE OF E-MAIL OFFER. IT IS NOT REAL!!
Good tidings to you as you read.
Please permit me to write you irrespective of the fact we have not met before.
I got your contact through network online hence I decided to write you. I would be very interested in offering you a part-time paying job in which you could earn up to $7,000 a month as extra income. Opening an account would have been my best choice if I was not working on a deadline that must meet a 24 hour turn around time, other options are not on my side due to time, money, and requirements.
This is why I am offering a part time opportunity to someone responsible who can supply prompt assistant and service.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Work as my payment assistant in charge of collecting and processing the payments from the associates.
1. Receive payment (inform of money orders/checks) from my Clients/Associates.
2. Cash the Payments at your Bank
3. Deduct 10%, which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed.
4. You will then forward the balance via Western Union Money Transfer according to my instruction.
REQUIREMENT:
18 years or older.
Responsible, Reliable and Trustworthy
Available to work a minimum 3-4 hours per week.
Able to check and respond to emails often.
Easy telephone access.
IS THIS LEGAL? YES
It is very legal, Doing this job is 100% safe and legal. I would be glad if you accept my proposal for an opportunity to make up 10% of each transaction completed.
YOU WOULD BE REQUIRED TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.
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HAVE YOU HANDLED LARGE FUNDS, HOW MUCH AND HOW SUCCESSFULLY?
Please reply via email with complete information as requested:
A. NAME:
B. STREET ADDRESS (NOT P.O BOX):
C. CITY:
D. STATE:
E. ZIP CODE:
F. COUNTRY:
G. MOBILE NUMBER:
H. AGE:
I. SEX:
J. OCCUPATION:
K. E MAIL:
All replies should be sent to: dr.collins.smith@gmail.com
Regards,
Dr Collins Smith.
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HERE IS ANOTHER SCAM OUT OF NIGERIA WHICH MANY CONSIDER ‘WORLD SCAMMER HEADQUARTERS’. IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. TO RESPOND TO THIS WOULD BE A SERIOUS MISTAKE INDEED! NOTE THE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS AND POOR GRAMMAR IN THIS E-MAIL MESSAGE
Bank of Englan/UNITED NATIONS 2009 COMPENSATION
From Foreign Payment Director,
Barclays Bank of London.
Mr. Ronald Mark
E-mail {compensationoff_0@live.com}
ATTN: SCAMMED VICTIM/ 1 MILLION BENEFICIARY.REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654 1 MILLION USD.
This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United Nations to Barclays Bank of London to pay 100 Nigerian 419 scam victims $1 Million each, you are listed and approved for this payments as one of the scammed victims, get back to us as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $1 Million compensations funds.
On this faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the last UN meetings held at London, England, it was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various foreigners to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today. In other to retain the good image of the country, the British Prime Minister is now paying 100 victims of this operators $1 Million USD each this is because British is the father of Nigeria since they are the colonel father and they gave Nigeria independent, Due to the corrupt and inefficient banking systems in Nigeria, the payments are to be paid by Barclays Bank as corresponding paying bank under funding assistance by the Bank of England.
According to the number of applicants at hand, 80 beneficiaries has been paid ,half of the victims are from the United States, we still have more 20 left to be paid the compensations of $1 Million each. Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in Lagos, Nigeria as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason what so ever, the US secret service is already on trace of the criminal.
For more vital information, please
visit:http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/news1jul.htm.
You can receive your compensations payments via any of the both options you choose, DRAFT, PAYMENTS or WIRE TRANSFERS, I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you at my private email address :
{compensationoff_0@live.com}
Yours faithfully,
Ronald Mark