AsiaOne - 14 Feb 2010
Email scams have made an appearance in our inboxes, or more
recently, our spam folders, on a regular basis since the beginnings
of the Internet.
We look at email scams from around the world, and what are the
measures cyber criminals are willing to take to make us part with
our money.
Scam 5 - The Assassination
Email
The email is allegedly sent by an 'assassin' who warns the
recipient that he or she was made a target by a close friend or
colleague.
To ensure that one's life is safe, the 'assassin' demands a
certain amount of money from the recipient and warns the victim
against making a police report.
Attn,
I am very sorry for you, is a pity that this is how your
life is going to end as soon as you don't comply. As you can see we
are the members of the Deadly Networks in the world, which is
responsible for the bombing of twin tower's in America on Sept.
11th and the bombing of London transport services on July 7th
(AL-QUAEDA NETWORKS), I don't have any business with you, my duty
as I am mailing you now is just to KILL you and I have to do it as
I have already been paid for that.
Someone whom you called your friend wants you dead by all
means, and this person have spent a lot of money in this venture,
This person came to us and told me that he wanted you dead and he
provided us with your name, picture and other necessary information
we needed about you.
So I sent my boys to track you down this including bugging
of your phones with satellite tracking devices and they have
carried out the necessary investigation we needed for the operation
on you, and if you doubt this information am going to give you all
the necessary information about you back to you in your next reply
so that you can believe me, and my boys are really on you but I
told them not to kill you that I will like to contact you and see
if your life is important to you and the one of your
family.
I called my client back and ask him of your email address
which I didn't tell him what I wanted to do with it and he gave it
to me and I am using it to contact you now. As I am writing you
this mail my men are monitoring you and they are telling me
everything about you.
Now do you want to LIVE OR DIE? Since all program has be
made and draw to kill you. Get back to me now if you are ready to
pay some fees to spare your Life, $15,000 is all you need to spend
in this process you will first of all Pay $8,000 and then I will
send a tape to you which I recorded in every discussion I had with
the person who wanted you dead and as soon as
you get the Tape, You will pay the remaining balance of $7,000. If
you are not ready for my help, then I will carry on with my job
straight-up.
WARNING: DO NOT THINK OF CONTACTING THE POLICE OR EVEN
TELLING ANYONE BECAUSE I WILL KNOW ,REMEMBER, SOMEONE WHO KNOWS YOU
VERY WELL WANT YOU DEAD!
I WILL EXTEND IT TO YOUR FAMILY, IN CASE I NOTICE SOMETHING
FUNNY ABOUT YOUR TELLING THE SECURITY ABOUT IT BECAUSE A GOOD LOOK
IS OUT YOU AT THE MOMENT.
DO NOT COME OUT ONCE IT IS 7PM UNTIL I MAKE OUT TIME TO SEE
YOU AND GIVE YOU THE TAPE OF ALL DISCUSSION WITH THE PERSON WHO
WANT YOU DEAD THEN YOU CAN USE IT TO TAKE ANY LEGAL ACTION. GOOD
LUCK AS I AWAIT YOUR REPLY
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