Venditoris: Beware of Scams

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Another letter in the YANL mode, except it (wrongfully assumes) it knows who we are and that we have had prior contact. Nonetheless, it still addressesed to a blind email list and requests us to provide our basic contact information. Duh!

Of course, it is a scam aimed the gullible and those who think greed is one of the Seven Major Virtues.

Yep! You get what you want with this scam, taken to the cleaners, just when you thought you had fallen into it a fortune.

Oh, yes!

Who just loves ALL CAPS EMAILS? Hit the Shift Lock key and never look back!

From: unitedbank@africa.org
Subject: YOUR HSBC MASTER CARD PAYMENT IS READY
Date: Sat, 10 May 2008
To:

UNITED BANK OF AFRICA
FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL
OPERATION DEPARTMENT
45 GARKI AVENUE ABUJA-NIGERIA

THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR CONTRACT / INHERITANCE FILE AND DISCOVERED REASONS WHY YOU ARE YET TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT. IT IS BECAUSE OF IRREGULARITIES AND COMPLICATIONS DISCOVERED ON YOUR PAYMENT FILE BY OUR TECHNICAL EXPERTS IN RESPECT TO YOUR CONTRACT / INHERITANCE PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS WHICH HAVE
JUST BEEN DULY RATIFIED.

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