Beware of 419s in our midst

[Geeman]

I received this mail in my box today on this forum. This is a typical 419 mail and the sender, Mrs Anna William, (I doubt if that is the true name), is member on this forum. Please beware!



Contact Rev Pastor Emmanuel Zulu

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Dear Beloved,

I am Mrs Anna Williams 59years a widow.i have been addmitted since 3months now in a hospital here in ivory coast due to breast cancer and stroke.i am trusting in you to help me as we do not have any issue.Recently,my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next three months due to my cancer problem. Though what disturbs me most is my stroke and the money my late husband deposited on my name before he die in a bank here in ivory coast please keep secret.

My late Husband deposited $9.8 Million usdollars on my name in a bank here in ivory coast.i have only disclose this to my church pastor Emmanuel Zulu who was with the documents of the fund as i am in the hospital.i want you to help me to receive this money in your bank account and invest the fund in your country as the bank director is ready to transfer the fund via key telegraphic transfer.

I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going to. I dont need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health as my Medical Doctor advice me.My happiness is that I lived a life of a good mother and worthy Christian.i am give you 25% of the total sum for your assistance in helping me to receive this money in your account and invest it in your country as i trust and belive in you.

i will give you the pastor contact infromation email and telephone number to enable you to contact him so that he will send you the deposited documents and the bank contact infrom to enable the bank to remit the fund into your account.


Rev pastor Emmanuel Zulu
Grace Mission Church
Abidjan Ivory Coast
Tel + 22566356696
pastoremmanuelzulu121@ozu.es

Please contact the pastor he will give you all the full details of the transfer and bank contact director to enable you to contact the bank and send them your bank account where the money will be transfer to you peacefully to your account via key telegraphic telex transfer k.t.t as the bank Director promise.


I Love you please contact Pastor Emmanuel by email or telephone he will reply and give you all the details.
send your telephone number and addres to the pastor to submit in the bank for the transfer and write him on his email or phone him ok.
write me direct to this email my private email addres for more details mrsannawilliam59@ozu.es


write me on my private email address mrsannawilliam59@ozu.es
my private email address and contact the pastor by email ok

i will sleep now contact the pastor by email or on his telephone he will give you all the details
your faithfully

Mrs Anna William
mrsannawilliam59@ozu.es

[EIC]

Hi Geeman,

Please can you let me know the username of the person who sent you that message? I will ban that user permanently from this forum.

[samu43]

This is outrageous!

While executing this ban, if there are any personal messages/emails to/from other members in this forum (which you may be able to see being the admin), you should consult/check those members out and ban them if applicable.

Beware!

[EIC]

The user 'Mrs Anna Williams' has now been permanently banned from this forum.

All the fraudulent private messages sent by this user have been deleted. An announcement to all forum members to beware of such activities has been made.

Please notify the admin or forum moderators if you come across any suspicious activities or private messages on this forum. You can send me or any of the moderators of this forum a private message about it.

Thanks.

[edwardaigbokhan]

Geeman, thanks for informing us of this thief.

Administrator, thanks for banning this thief.

Everyone, there is no free meal anywhere even in Freetown so don't expect to reap where you have not sow. Anyone offering you money you have not worked for should be ignored. Thanks to everyone.

[MR. CEE]

Originally Posted by Geeman

I received this mail in my box today on this forum. This is a typical 419 mail and the sender, Mrs Anna William, (I doubt if that is the true name), is member on this forum. Please beware!



Contact Rev Pastor Emmanuel Zulu

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dear Beloved,

I am Mrs Anna Williams 59years a widow.i have been addmitted since 3months now in a hospital here in ivory coast due to breast cancer and stroke.i am trusting in you to help me as we do not have any issue.Recently,my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next three months due to my cancer problem. Though what disturbs me most is my stroke and the money my late husband deposited on my name before he die in a bank here in ivory coast please keep secret.

My late Husband deposited $9.8 Million usdollars on my name in a bank here in ivory coast.i have only disclose this to my church pastor Emmanuel Zulu who was with the documents of the fund as i am in the hospital.i want you to help me to receive this money in your bank account and invest the fund in your country as the bank director is ready to transfer the fund via key telegraphic transfer.

I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going to. I dont need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health as my Medical Doctor advice me.My happiness is that I lived a life of a good mother and worthy Christian.i am give you 25% of the total sum for your assistance in helping me to receive this money in your account and invest it in your country as i trust and belive in you.

i will give you the pastor contact infromation email and telephone number to enable you to contact him so that he will send you the deposited documents and the bank contact infrom to enable the bank to remit the fund into your account.


Rev pastor Emmanuel Zulu
Grace Mission Church
Abidjan Ivory Coast
Tel + 22566356696
pastoremmanuelzulu121@ozu.es

Please contact the pastor he will give you all the full details of the transfer and bank contact director to enable you to contact the bank and send them your bank account where the money will be transfer to you peacefully to your account via key telegraphic telex transfer k.t.t as the bank Director promise.


I Love you please contact Pastor Emmanuel by email or telephone he will reply and give you all the details.
send your telephone number and addres to the pastor to submit in the bank for the transfer and write him on his email or phone him ok.
write me direct to this email my private email addres for more details mrsannawilliam59@ozu.es


write me on my private email address mrsannawilliam59@ozu.es
my private email address and contact the pastor by email ok

i will sleep now contact the pastor by email or on his telephone he will give you all the details
your faithfully

Mrs Anna William
mrsannawilliam59@ozu.es

I got the same mail as well

[omoregie]

Originally Posted by edwardaigbokhan

Geeman, thanks for informing us of this thief.

Administrator, thanks for banning this thief.

Everyone, there is no free meal anywhere even in Freetown so don't expect to reap where you have not sow. Anyone offering you money you have not worked for should be ignored. Thanks to everyone.

This banning is a good one. I also think that this forum should be restricted to stock market/investment issues alone. Issues on sales of land, forex trading and the likes, I personally feel do not below here (maybe others thinks otherwise). For instance, how can one advertise a piece of land and request payment when potential/intended buyer/s has not seen the plot. I remember the thread on 'Diaspora village in Abuja'

Diaspora Village in Pyakasa, Abuja.

Personally, issue/s that has/have elements of 419 should not at all feature in this respectable forum.

[Gengen]

Originally Posted by omoregie

This banning is a good one. I also think that this forum should be restricted to stock market/investment issues alone. Issues on sales of land, forex trading and the likes, I personally feel do not below here (maybe others thinks otherwise). For instance, how can one advertise a piece of land and request payment when potential/intended buyer/s has not seen the plot. I remember the thread on 'Diaspora village in Abuja'

Diaspora Village in Pyakasa, Abuja.

Personally, issue/s that has/have elements of 419 should not at all feature in this respectable forum.

Whenever you have a public forum like this, the future direction can not be fully determined. The SMN originators might have only stock trading in Nigeria as their original objectives. However, with the increasing popularity and REPUTATION, the contributors are changing it to ONE POINT STOP for good business opportunities. The other opportunities that have 'sneaked' in are Forex, Land sales, mini-stock broking, etc. Is this the right way forward? Like in any business, diversification has its Pros and Cons. One other thing to be considered here is that SMN is a completely free forum with no membership fees.

Pros of diversification
One point stop for business opportunities, which some members actually want.
More opportunities to get more adverts, thereby more revenue.
Increased revenue may lead to improved service.

Cons of diversification
Loss of focus. This might lead to loss of some members. Other become inactive.
This lack of focus can also lead to loss of adverts. Potential customers might just take SMN as any other forum and ignore it.
More opportunities for 419 people to sneak in.

This is a DECISION POINT that needs to be carefully analysed before a way forward is determined.

My Suggestions:
1. Put more focus on Stock trading Activities that gave SMN its initial REPUTATION.
2. SMN originators should create a Fee paying advert section for "Verified other opportunities". In this section, SMN should critically investigate this so called opportunities and publish their investigations (with their caveat). With this, the need for holding up SMN's reputation and (future) Revenue generation will be adressed.
3. Other oppurtunities can still run in the general forum. However, continue to monitor, delete, ban, etc those that are obvious 419 deals. The "other opportunities" that migrate to the Fee paying section will be given more regard.



Lastly...
One thing we all ought to know is that in almost ANY area of Revenue yielding venture, there are always 419 people around looking for oppurtunities to make a their own gain. They are very innovative and can present themselves in various disguise. There are mainly two classes. Like in stock trading, some believe in "Short term", i.e., quickly hit you and take off. This class usually dupe small amounts of money. Some also believe in "Long Term", i.e., take there time, let you build more confidence in them, and finally hit you BIG. This class can kill!!!

[rrrhoads]

do people really still fall for this stuff?

[Akpadaka]

Please I want to know if GT bank has release the result for the FY end February 2008 and is there likelihood GT giving bonus this year. Thank you.

[sassygirl]

h yeah, there are lots oh heartless people who take advantage or other people's ignorance and trust..i once lost a decent amount of money for some stuff..beware beware!!! scammers everywhere...

[hispy99]

Online criminals target banks’ websites
By Jonah Iboma
Published: Friday, 2 Jan 2009

Fraudsters have intensified the use of Internet and mobile phones as a means of defrauding bank customers.

In recent times, the criminals have set up fake websites of banks and also that of electronic transaction processing firm, InterSwitch Nigeria Limited, and have been bombarding customers with emails and text messages on their mobile phones.

One of the recent cases involved a website that was setup by some fraudsters to trick customers of Guaranty Trust Bank into sending the personal identification numbers of their ATM cards.

The phishing site, General Telecom PLC, which may now have been shut down, had been in use alongside a fake e-mail address, info@gtbplc.com to trick unsuspecting customers of the bank by sending electronic mails to them asking them to reply to the fake email address. The authentic website of the bank is Guaranty Trust Bank plc. : Friday, 2nd January, 2009 05:53:51 or Guaranty Trust Bank plc. : Friday, 2nd January, 2009 05:53:52.

Before this new development, a fake website of InterSwitch was also set up by the fraudsters, requesting automatic teller machine card holders to send their personal identification numbers for revalidation.

In the email messages to ATM card holders, the fraudsters stated.

“Attention card holder, this is to notify you that our services are being upgraded to a new, better and more secured system. You are now required to CLICK and register all your DEBIT CARDS, X-CHANGE CARDS, and CASH CARDS online IMMEDIATELY so as to enable your card to work on our new servers. Only registered cards will work with the ATM machines.”

The message continues, “Note that in order to continue using your card for ATM transactions, you MUST register your card(s) online IMMEDIATELY BY CLICKING .

“If you do not register your ATM card(s) immediately, you will no longer be able to use your cards with the ATM machines or for ATM transactions and your card(s) will be cancelled or terminated.”

Some customers had obviously fallen prey to this lie, which has consistently been refuted by InterSwitch.

Despite this, some bank customers have reported a breach of their ATM cards and unauthorised withdrawals from their bank accounts.

Besides the fake websites of commercial banks, fraudsters have also set up over 30 fake websites purportedly inconjunction the Central Bank of Nigeria in their attempts to deceive the public

It is not clear yet if GT Bank was responsible for the pulling down of the fake site, http:// General Telecom PLC, but prior to this, the bank had also sent warning messages to its various customers intimating them of the existence of such Internet sites.

In a message to its customers titled, “Scam e-mails in Circulation,” GT Bank said, “It has come to our notice that some ‘scam e-mails’ are presently being circulated purportedly from our bank. The motive behind these e-mails is to gain access to your Internet Banking and Cashplus Debit Card (ATM card) Login details with the aim of defrauding you.”

The bank warned that in order for customers to protect their accounts, it was important to confirm the authenticity of all e-mails with links to the Guaranty Trust Bank’s Internet banking page.

It added, “It is pertinent to NOTE that the bank would never request the confirmation of any of the following information online: customer email address, customer email address password, internet banking username, internet banking passcode, customer’s secret question, customer’s secret answer to question, Cashplus Debit Card (ATM card) number, cashplus debit card (ATM) PIN.

It said further that any message requesting for any of the above should be disregarded and considered fraudulent.

The bank added, “To further confirm the authenticity of the GTBank Internet Banking Page, look out for the gold padlock at the bottom right corner of the page before you login. Double click on the gold padlock to view a window that would reveal the ‘Verisign’ authentication confirming the validity of the site.

“In the event that the ‘Verisign’ authentication does not pop-up on the Internet Banking Page after you have double clicked on the gold padlock, please note that it is a scam and do not login.

“If you had unknowingly responded to such e-mails, kindly go to your Internet Banking Account via our website, Guaranty Trust Bank plc. : Friday, 2nd January, 2009 05:53:51 or Guaranty Trust Bank plc. : Friday, 2nd January, 2009 05:53:52 and change your password immediately; also inform the bank by sending an e-mail to Corpaff@gtbank. com.”

[olusolakemmy]

Originally Posted by hispy99

Online criminals target banks’ websites
By Jonah Iboma
Published: Friday, 2 Jan 2009

Fraudsters have intensified the use of Internet and mobile phones as a means of defrauding bank customers.

In recent times, the criminals have set up fake websites of banks and also that of electronic transaction processing firm, InterSwitch Nigeria Limited, and have been bombarding customers with emails and text messages on their mobile phones.

One of the recent cases involved a website that was setup by some fraudsters to trick customers of Guaranty Trust Bank into sending the personal identification numbers of their ATM cards.

The phishing site, General Telecom PLC, which may now have been shut down, had been in use alongside a fake e-mail address, info@gtbplc.com to trick unsuspecting customers of the bank by sending electronic mails to them asking them to reply to the fake email address. The authentic website of the bank is Guaranty Trust Bank plc. : Friday, 2nd January, 2009 05:53:51 or Guaranty Trust Bank plc. : Friday, 2nd January, 2009 05:53:52.

Before this new development, a fake website of InterSwitch was also set up by the fraudsters, requesting automatic teller machine card holders to send their personal identification numbers for revalidation.

In the email messages to ATM card holders, the fraudsters stated.

“Attention card holder, this is to notify you that our services are being upgraded to a new, better and more secured system. You are now required to CLICK and register all your DEBIT CARDS, X-CHANGE CARDS, and CASH CARDS online IMMEDIATELY so as to enable your card to work on our new servers. Only registered cards will work with the ATM machines.”

The message continues, “Note that in order to continue using your card for ATM transactions, you MUST register your card(s) online IMMEDIATELY BY CLICKING .

“If you do not register your ATM card(s) immediately, you will no longer be able to use your cards with the ATM machines or for ATM transactions and your card(s) will be cancelled or terminated.”

Some customers had obviously fallen prey to this lie, which has consistently been refuted by InterSwitch.

Despite this, some bank customers have reported a breach of their ATM cards and unauthorised withdrawals from their bank accounts.

Besides the fake websites of commercial banks, fraudsters have also set up over 30 fake websites purportedly inconjunction the Central Bank of Nigeria in their attempts to deceive the public

It is not clear yet if GT Bank was responsible for the pulling down of the fake site, http:// General Telecom PLC, but prior to this, the bank had also sent warning messages to its various customers intimating them of the existence of such Internet sites.

In a message to its customers titled, “Scam e-mails in Circulation,” GT Bank said, “It has come to our notice that some ‘scam e-mails’ are presently being circulated purportedly from our bank. The motive behind these e-mails is to gain access to your Internet Banking and Cashplus Debit Card (ATM card) Login details with the aim of defrauding you.”

The bank warned that in order for customers to protect their accounts, it was important to confirm the authenticity of all e-mails with links to the Guaranty Trust Bank’s Internet banking page.

It added, “It is pertinent to NOTE that the bank would never request the confirmation of any of the following information online: customer email address, customer email address password, internet banking username, internet banking passcode, customer’s secret question, customer’s secret answer to question, Cashplus Debit Card (ATM card) number, cashplus debit card (ATM) PIN.

It said further that any message requesting for any of the above should be disregarded and considered fraudulent.

The bank added, “To further confirm the authenticity of the GTBank Internet Banking Page, look out for the gold padlock at the bottom right corner of the page before you login. Double click on the gold padlock to view a window that would reveal the ‘Verisign’ authentication confirming the validity of the site.

“In the event that the ‘Verisign’ authentication does not pop-up on the Internet Banking Page after you have double clicked on the gold padlock, please note that it is a scam and do not login.

“If you had unknowingly responded to such e-mails, kindly go to your Internet Banking Account via our website, Guaranty Trust Bank plc. : Friday, 2nd January, 2009 05:53:51 or Guaranty Trust Bank plc. : Friday, 2nd January, 2009 05:53:52 and change your password immediately; also inform the bank by sending an e-mail to Corpaff@gtbank. com.”

you know, i was talking to a friend who is staying in london and had never used our atm in nigeria before, he was so full of sceptism that it is only a matter of time before fraudster get their way round the atm securities, and knowing what my country guys are capable of, i did not argue with him, just allow it to rest.

it is good to know that the gt bank is sending a disclaimer messages to customers, i think they should do tv and radio gingle too!

[williamschichi]

Originally Posted by hispy99

Online criminals target banks’ websites
By Jonah Iboma
Published: Friday, 2 Jan 2009

Fraudsters have intensified the use of Internet and mobile phones as a means of defrauding bank customers.

In recent times, the criminals have set up fake websites of banks and also that of electronic transaction processing firm, InterSwitch Nigeria Limited, and have been bombarding customers with emails and text messages on their mobile phones.

One of the recent cases involved a website that was setup by some fraudsters to trick customers of Guaranty Trust Bank into sending the personal identification numbers of their ATM cards.

The phishing site, General Telecom PLC, which may now have been shut down, had been in use alongside a fake e-mail address, info@gtbplc.com to trick unsuspecting customers of the bank by sending electronic mails to them asking them to reply to the fake email address. The authentic website of the bank is Guaranty Trust Bank plc. : Friday, 2nd January, 2009 05:53:51 or Guaranty Trust Bank plc. : Friday, 2nd January, 2009 05:53:52.

Before this new development, a fake website of InterSwitch was also set up by the fraudsters, requesting automatic teller machine card holders to send their personal identification numbers for revalidation.

In the email messages to ATM card holders, the fraudsters stated.

“Attention card holder, this is to notify you that our services are being upgraded to a new, better and more secured system. You are now required to CLICK and register all your DEBIT CARDS, X-CHANGE CARDS, and CASH CARDS online IMMEDIATELY so as to enable your card to work on our new servers. Only registered cards will work with the ATM machines.”

The message continues, “Note that in order to continue using your card for ATM transactions, you MUST register your card(s) online IMMEDIATELY BY CLICKING .

“If you do not register your ATM card(s) immediately, you will no longer be able to use your cards with the ATM machines or for ATM transactions and your card(s) will be cancelled or terminated.”

Some customers had obviously fallen prey to this lie, which has consistently been r