A new type of Internet fraud

[snopova]

This is what I received today (they used my email on Breisach Touristik site):

Hello

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[merinainen]

И ведь найдутся те, кто поверит и пошлет номер своей карточки и пин код.

[popye]

Где там про карточку и пинкод? Там женщина страдает, не знает кому денег дать! :)

[merinainen]

Аааа! Это мне вечно кажется, что у меня постоянно денег просят:)

[snopova]

Ну все нигерийские письма рассчитаны на алчность)

[alenka_25]

С космонавтом, застрявшим на орбите, креативнее было. :)

[snopova]

Про космонавта не помню, но идея понятна)

[chevtv]

а дальше что? как они действуют в таких случаях?

[enigmata]

Once I got such a letter purportedly from the son of the late president of an African country who offered me 25% of the money his father had stolen.

The funny thing was that at the time I was working for the lawyers of a real son of the late president of another African country who really was trying to get hold of some money stashed away by his late father.

[snopova]

Lol) just imagined how surprised they would've been if they'd learned about it)

[enigmata]

Some facts from an English court decision:

5. Foremost among the matters investigated after General Abacha's death was the so called security funds scandal. It is alleged that more than $2 billion was taken from the Central Bank of Nigeria ("CBN") in cash (dollar, sterling and Nigerian naira banknotes), travellers' cheques and bank transfers under the guise of votes of money for security purposes. Mohammed Abacha and Mr Bagudu have accepted that they were personally involved in the receipt of some $700 million or so of such funds. This cash was delivered by the CBN to General Abacha, handed on by the General to his son Mohammed, and by Mohammed to Mr Bagudu. Mr Bagudu banked these monies with Nigerian banks and ultimately arranged for them to be exported abroad, through the CBN, where they were deposited in the bank accounts of various companies.

[kanareika_ru]

Понятно, что разводка, но о чем там - коротенько, а то наше "спик ин инглиш из вери бед"😂😂😂

[snopova]

Там в точности как в нигерийских письмах - умер инженер в Сирии, но оставил тучу денег, которую там хранить по причине нынешнего режима нельзя и которую они хотят перевезти "в вашу страну", а я, типа, им должна помочь за 30%.

[kanareika_ru]

Понятненько... мне они наследство от "дедушки" оставляли 8,5 млн $. Отказалась в пользу голодных детей Африки👶🏿😂

[cadobhik39]

On BBC Radio 4 last month was a feature about people that use "facial recognition technology" in place of the normal "password" - evidently fraudsters were capturing the Facebook image of people and - surprise, surprise, using that image to access accounts. I guess folk thought their face, being "unique" was a good security measure, but the fraud seems rather obvious when it is fed back to you.

[snopova]

They should have used fingerprints, hehe)