Venditoris: Beware of Sellers & Scams

Welcome! Check our resources and learn ways to recognise and combat or avoid being ripped off by email scams, web scams, mail scams, politicians who are interested only in lining their own pockets, bank overcharges and crazy fees and a lot more.

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Check out this scam: YOU WON THE UK LOTTERY AND HEAPS OF CASH!

Yeah, sure. Gimme a break. complete with UCLA email address, Great British Pounds, Undisclosed-Recipient; my eight year old Grandson could create a more realistic scam email, if he was a crook.

Another example of “Why the jails are full”.

This is an exceptionally crude email hook pitch scam letter, not quite as unbelievable as Nigerian Letters, but apparently still effective as more gullible suckers try email.

From: “KENT COOPER”
To: Undisclosed-Recipient
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:46:16 -0700
Subject: Dear Esteemed Winner

Ref No: UK/nnnnXn/nn
Batch Number: mmm/mm/abmmm

Dear Esteemed Winner,

We are happy to announce to you that your email address has luckily won you the star-prize of 8,000000.00GBP (Eight Million Great British Pounds) in the recent UK National Lottery Online Free Draw.

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Need we say more?

Riddle:
What’s a Great British Pound?

Answer:
A place they keep dogged email scammers.

Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 06:57:15 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Hello Winner
From: “Mrs Susan Wright” A

FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.

We announce today the external draw #3011 of the UK Stake National Lottery draw held on the 24th April, 2008 in the United Kingdom.Your email address was attached to Ticket Number aaa/bbbbbb/cc, with Serial number nnnnnn, which won in the 2nd Category.

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Here’s a very recent “hook” letter in the style of Yet Another Nigerian Letter (YANL).

Looks innocent enough except (1) I am not her friend and (2) cannot abide by her wishes to keep this letter undisclosed.

Our goal is to help expose these sorts of scams. This is a prime example.

It is full of clues that it is a scam-do you see them?

If you even open it, you will likely receive more.

If you answer it, you will be on the hook and getting led to the financial slaughter that has ruined many.

Caveat emptor!

Caveat Venditor!

Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 04:33:27 +0000 (GMT)
From: “MRS. ZUMA LINDIWE”
Subject: PLEASE ASSIST
To:
zlindiwe01@yahoo.es

Dear Friend,

I am wife of sacked deputy president of South Africa Jacob Zuma.

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