Welcome and happy reading!

Since, like anyone else, I receive tons of scam emails and snail mail letters, I decided to present here some of these. All of these (and many more which I just delete) are scams. This means, what the senders have in mind is to racket one of us. And according to what I've seen, they do succeed quite often.

If you have similar letters in your mailbox, either disregard or play with the person knowing that you can't give him (or her) any information about:

  1. Your bank account,
  2. Your address — or any valid address if that matter,
  3. Your family, and
  4. any other information that you judge private or even intimate.

Ha! I say "Your"... even if you don't like your neighbor at all, don't give his information either. The Internet leaves tracks (hackers in the US are being caught one after another!) and you would certainly be in even bigger trouble.

In the meantime, I hope you will enjoy reading these letters as I do myself once in a while. 8-)I do not always add comments with the letters since I usually don't have time to do so, but there would often be a lot of joke to tell!

Soap Bubbles

 

Latest Scams
  • Tracy White—PEPSI INTERNATIONAL/AWARD PROMOTION DEPARTMENT
    Last update: 02/18/2012 
    Received:		from snap.turnwatcher.com by substitute with [XMail 1.22 ESMTP Server]
			id <SF9C1> for <@mail.m2osw.com:alexis@halk.m2osw.com>
			from <promotiongames@voila.fr>; Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:17:31 -0800
Received:		from smtp1.voila.fr (smtp1.voila.fr [193.252.22.174])
			by snap.turnwatcher.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF0C526AD8B
			for <alexis@m2osw.com>; Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:21:59 -0800 (PST)
Received:		from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1])
			by mwinf4001.voila.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 24D2D5800179;
			Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:21:51 +0100
     
  • Mr.Malick Diop jr.—I am waits for your prompt response .
    Last update: 02/18/2012

    I though the subject of this email was good. That is, I just planned to go to a green conference in two weeks and thus seeing THE GREEN  PROJECT

    And as usual, you have that "Attn/Dear ..." that is left blank. They probably don't even know they are supposed to put your name in there. Or they send those to a massively large number of people and do not have the time/courage to enter the info anyway.

    Return-Path:		<mallickdiop011@yahoo.com>
X-Original-To:		alexis@halk.m2osw.com
Delivered-To:		alexis@halk.m2osw.com
Received:		from mail.m2osw.com (jcolo
     
  • Capital One, N.A.—Due to recent account takeovers
    Last update: 11/24/2014

    This is an interesting one... Looks totally real!

    The link looks like the place to go to connect to CapitalOne, but of course, the true URL was like this:

      http://www.remetzo.gr/.support/onlinebanking.capitalone.com/online.service/oas/login.htm

    As usual, the hackers don't even offer a secure server. Makes sense, you'd get an "error" saying that your browser cannot verify their certificate!

    Okay, now what's funny here is that CapitalOne does not accept my browser to connect to their service. Thus, I cannot use CapitalOne online (not like I care, just a note). You ...

     
  • Mr.David M.Asuka—IN CONFIDENCE
    Last update: 02/18/2012 
    Return-Path:		<dvzz1@hotmail.fr>
X-Original-To:		alexis@halk.m2osw.com
Delivered-To:		alexis@halk.m2osw.com
Received:		from bay0-omc2-s39.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc2-s39.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.175])
			by halk.m2osw.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83CE41BDE5
			for <alexis@halk.m2osw.com>; Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:45:12 -0700 (PDT)
Received:		from BLU113-W11 ([10.6.16.46]) by bay0-omc2-s39.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft
			SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668);
			Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:45:12
     
  • George F Kone—Please fill free to go through this proposal
    Last update: 02/18/2012

    This one is really funny just because it is so badly writte.
    «fill free to delete this email, it is of the ultmost importance»

    Return-Path:		<drfrancis_kone01@yahoo.ca>
X-Original-To:		alexis@halk.m2osw.com
Delivered-To:		alexis@halk.m2osw.com
Received:		from n75.bullet.mail.sp1.yahoo.com
			(n75.bullet.mail.sp1.yahoo.com [98.136.44.51])
			by halk.m2osw.com (Postfix) with SMTP id DCF621BDCC
			for <alexis@halk.m2osw.com>;
			Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:32:44 -0700 (PDT)
Received:		from [216.252.122.219] by n75.bullet.mail.sp1.yahoo.com
			with NNFMP; 22 Apr
     
  • Mr Geralda et Mr KABORE—Cherche partenaire pour la vente d'Or et Diamant
    Last update: 02/18/2012 
    Return-Path:		<cojedes03@hotmail.fr>
X-Original-To:		alexis@halk.m2osw.com
Delivered-To:		alexis@halk.m2osw.com
Received:		from snap.turnwatcher.com (colo [168.150.251.50])
			by halk.m2osw.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ED891BDE2
			for <alexis@halk.m2osw.com>; Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:21:02 -0700 (PDT)
Received:		from bay0-omc1-s7.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc1-s7.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.79])
			by snap.turnwatcher.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DF5426ACE9
			for <alexis@m2osw.com>; Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:21:02 -0700 (PDT)
Received:		from hotmail.com ([64.4.51.25]) by
     
  • John Fowler or Laura Smith—I want to show my atitude to you
    Last update: 10/31/2009

    Ha! Ha! Ha! "... I want to compensate you and show my atitude to you ..." Nice attitude John! Or is it Laura? I'm lost all of a sudden!

     
  • MR. GOREGE PETERS—OUR COMPANIES AT USA
    Last update: 02/18/2012

    Wow! Are you in the US or Canada? And you want my SSN? Good idea! And what about your phone number?! +44... That's the UK. 0703 must be around London. Maybe. So... a UK guy telling me "Our Companies at USA" and why wouldn't one of these "Companies at USA" contact me directly?!

    Return-Path:		<globalinsurance93@yahoo.com>
X-Original-To:		alexis@halk.m2osw.com
Delivered-To:		alexis@halk.m2osw.com
Received:		from n63.bullet.mail.sp1.yahoo.com (n63.bullet.mail.sp1.yahoo.com [98.136.44.33])
			by halk.m2osw.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 545A01BDE4
			for
     
  • Mme Mariam GUEI ROBERT—Je pense que vous étés digne
    Last update: 02/18/2012

    Title: Tous mes sentiments( Mme MARIAM GUEI)

     

    Mme Mariam GUEI ROBERT
    email:   mariamguei2@katamail.com
    tel : 00229 95 21 20 92.

    Bonjour,

    je n ai pas un autre moyen de communiquer avec vous. c est pourquoi je vous fais parvenir ce mail. je suis dans le désespoir et mon cœur saigne au moment ou je vous écris ce message qui j espère retiendra votre attention. Je vous prie en prime de m excuser pour tous les désagréments que mon courrier pourrait vous causer.
    Même si nous ne nous sommes jamais rencontres, je crois ...

     
  • Morgan Harper—LE CANADA A LA RECHERCHE DE TOUS LES JEUNES DIPLOME
    Last update: 07/10/2012

    Interessant... Le Canada cherche des jeunes diplômés de 22 à 50 ans. Il est évidemment possible d'avoir été diplômé recement et avoir 50 ans. Peut-être que les vieux de 50 ans pourront devenir Serviteur de bar. Encore que s'ils ont de la chance, ils deviendront surment Directeur de boîte.

    Bon, en passant tous vos papiers seront fait à l'Embassade du Canada en France. Sympa non? Assez logique de mon point de vue. Bon...

    Je peux pas attendre d'être contacter par mon Directeur de la ...