Miscellaneous Scam Money Transfers
Example - Diana Lee (Mrs), JOE MARTINS
Chevron Texaco Oil and Gas Company
Good day to You and Compliment Of the Season
Did you receive an email from a "Diana Lee (Mrs)" of Chevron
Texaco Oil and Gas Company who
says to contact JOE MARTINS and
"Good day to You and Compliment Of the Season"
That's certainly a normal phrase to use in a business letter,
isn't it? NO, it isn't! No native English speaking person would EVER
utter or write that phrase!
And tell us why the first letter of every word is capitalized?
Because it is written by an illiterate Nigerian scumbag, that's why. The scammer will try to steal your identity and get you to send him money, but
the text of the scam is so odd, it's hard to imagine anyone falling for it. If
this email out-of-the-blue from an unknown foreigner offering to pay you absurd
amounts of money for almost no work doesn't strike you as a scam, then you
really need to read through a number of the scams on this website and
familiarize yourself with their approach.
Diana Lee (Mrs) and JOE MARTINS (not their real names, obviously, and probably the
same person) hopes to con you into sending money for various "fees" to free the fortune.
If you would like a step by step
explanation of how this type of "Advance Fee Fraud" works, click here!
Notice (highlighted below)
some of the other
obvious signs that this is a scam are poor
spelling , use of free Yahoo/Hotmail/etc email accounts, proposals that make no
sense, etc.:
Scam email:
Chevron Texaco Oil and Gas Company" <info@chevrontexaco.com>
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Subject: CHEVRON TEXACO OIL AND GAS COMPANY NEEDS
YOUR URGENT ATTENTION NOW.
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:08:31 -0400 (EDT)
Chevron Texaco Oil and Gas Company,
Chevron House,
30 Raffles Place,#25-00
Singapore 048622.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Good day to You and Compliment Of the Season. My
name Is Mrs Diana Lee and I am the Company's Secretary Of Chevron Texaco Oil
and Gas Company In Singapore(ASIA DISTRICT).
Please, If this Email Address Is For You, I wish to
Congratulate You and Inform You that Your Urgent Attention Is Needed at Our
Branch Office in the United Kingdom as We Have Good News For You. I Advise
You Contact The Officer In charge Within the Next 24hrs to Get the News Of
this Life Transforming Offer Coming to You From this Great Company.
Do Contact the Officer-in charge With the
Information Below:
JOE MARTINS
joemartins2_chevrontexaco@live.com
Understand that we are not disclosing the good news
via this email, for security reason as the information to Be given to you
are vital and sensitive and will be explained in details soon as you contact
the officer with the above information.
I want to congratulate you in advance and please do
not forget to Help the Poor In the society when chevron Texaco makes you a
beneficiary Of their world of wealth.
Yours faithfully,
Diana Lee (Mrs)
For the chief executive Officer (CEO),
Chevron Texaco Oil and Gas Company,
Singapore, Asia.
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