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marky10
Hello I'm New here!
Joined: 12 Dec 2008
Posts: 2
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Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:25 pm |
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I occasionally get 419 scams in my e-mail and I typically just delete them and move on. However, today I got an e-mail that left me a little concerned. Here's why:
(1) The e-mail subject line used my full name, correctly. There is nothing in my e-mail address that would hint at what my name is.
(2) The e-mail body discussed the name of a relative of mine who is real, though dead. The relatives' first name is uncommon. It is not something that would occur to someone by chance.
I did an ego search of the internet to see if there was any way someone could connect my e-mail address and my proper name. The only thing I could come up with was a rather obscure genealogy site that I posted to several years ago.
There was nothing on this site, however, that connected me to the relative mentioned in the e-mail.
I am concerned because this 419 scammer possesses details of my personal life that doesn't seem to be readily available on the internet. It's kind of freaky.
Has anyone see this before? |
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HellRyder
Pale Tracker
Joined: 06 Jun 2007
Posts: 872
Location: 127.0.0.1
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Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:45 pm |
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Welcome to Eater.
If you got the Email to your RL "offical" Email, I can see someone linking your name to the Email addy. I got a few to my work Email that had my last name and a long lost (although dead ) relative name... once in a while they got a name that could have matched one of my relatives... most times, they didn't.
As tempting as it may be to see how much, if anything, they know, I suggest not to bait this one from your personal Email. Search for the Email addy that sent you the AFF Email... or the Email addy they listed in the Email body. See if you get a hit in any of the search engines. Also search for your "relative" name... see what comes up... |
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marky10
Hello I'm New here!
Joined: 12 Dec 2008
Posts: 2
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Fri Dec 12, 2008 5:11 pm |
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Well, it isn't my RL work address but my standard personal address for friends and family and that is something in the nature of "[email protected]".
I did a search on both the lad's name and his e-mail address and came up blank in both cases. I can search my relative's name, but there is nothing to either tie it to my e-mail address or my RL name.
I am into genealogy and so I suppose it is possible if someone did some in-depth research they might be able to connect the two. But it certainly isn't simply picking a name off of a guest book type deal. I suppose it is also possible that, unlikely as it seems, it's sheer coincidence.
It just seems odd to me, that's all. There are three bits of data here (my RL name, my personal e-mail address, and my relatives name). I can't find anything just casually searching the internet that would tie those three bits of data together. |
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Captain Pike
Baiting Guru
Joined: 08 Dec 2005
Posts: 2579
Location: Starbase 11
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Fri Dec 12, 2008 5:14 pm |
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If you don't reply, nothing will happen. He'll turn his attention elsewhere.
Even if he writes again, still don't reply. He'll move on. |
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pablo
419Eater is my life
Joined: 10 Jul 2008
Posts: 366
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Fri Dec 12, 2008 5:21 pm |
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@@marky10
He may have just been reading through the obiturary and then googling for name hits on the names of the survivors. It is a lot more work than blind scamming but I'll bet it is more successful.
A few years ago I got a dead bank account scam that referred to a plane crash that killed a man. It pointed to the newspaper stories. The "we can't trace his relatives and government will take the money line" was pretty funny. The man in question had lived two doors from my mother in law.
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Mr Tambourine Man
Baiting Guru
Joined: 06 Jun 2008
Posts: 3398
Location: Magic swirlin' ship
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Fri Dec 12, 2008 5:23 pm |
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Can you post the email here (including headers)? With all personal details XXX'd out. |
_________________ is always Good when you have the zeal to be a hitwoman when you out of school,it makes you bold and reall and it makes you more high than any other of your friend.
NOW AMBACK FOR YOU AGAIN STURBORN SHIT
you dont have a phone.that makes makes you joe butt
Fuck you and go find something to do man. Stop disturbing me please.
This is definitely why you will remain and die in poverty, ignorant of good things and easy acknowledgment of bad things and words. Shame on you, you wicked generation children.
i went you to no that this is not a cheld pray. i went you to get back to me
we are not scammer,we hate scammer as you do.scammer make out life harder and harder,a lot of people think we are scammer,in fact,we are not!! please trustt us |
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Cathartic Kate
Elite Baiter
Joined: 03 Dec 2008
Posts: 1542
Location: Spooner Hall
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Fri Dec 12, 2008 5:28 pm |
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Could be pure coincidence.
Could be a friend or relative kidding you up.
Sherlock Holmes would draw up a list of anyone you know who would have all the information. Mrs Marple could then lock them up in a country home until the perpetrator is asked a "killer" last question by Columbo and Bob's your Uncle, unless he is named Bert or Margaretta.
My instinct says it's the latter, and is either female or male.
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Roycropper
Baiting Guru
Joined: 14 Nov 2005
Posts: 7992
Location: Luxury Coffin
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Fri Dec 12, 2008 5:38 pm |
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Johnathan Creek would prove that although it seemed cut and dry whodunnit, it was actually specially trained ants, using a crossbow and laser beams. |
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You go die like bird
i started shouting HALLELUJAGOBBLE but none of them notice me immediately police arrested me due to the shouting
f*ck u asshole ur damn mother will loose ur fcuking skull brain ur brain is nothing to compare with rat f*ck ur u
MY FRIEND ALEX WAS DETAINED IN POLICE STATION
I am not happy due to the question i answered at money office. Let me tell you do not play with me ok.
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Mr Tambourine Man
Baiting Guru
Joined: 06 Jun 2008
Posts: 3398
Location: Magic swirlin' ship
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Fri Dec 12, 2008 5:51 pm |
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Roycropper wrote: |
Johnathan Creek would prove that |
He's back for a new one-off special over Christmas. Boxing Day probably as I've checked the listings up to Christmas Day.
I can't wait! |
_________________ is always Good when you have the zeal to be a hitwoman when you out of school,it makes you bold and reall and it makes you more high than any other of your friend.
NOW AMBACK FOR YOU AGAIN STURBORN SHIT
you dont have a phone.that makes makes you joe butt
Fuck you and go find something to do man. Stop disturbing me please.
This is definitely why you will remain and die in poverty, ignorant of good things and easy acknowledgment of bad things and words. Shame on you, you wicked generation children.
i went you to no that this is not a cheld pray. i went you to get back to me
we are not scammer,we hate scammer as you do.scammer make out life harder and harder,a lot of people think we are scammer,in fact,we are not!! please trustt us |
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thud419
Baiting Guru
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Posts: 3193
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Fri Dec 12, 2008 5:53 pm |
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I seem to remember a newspaper report of a victim losing a lot of money a year or two back, where the scammer was said to have got the information from a genealogy site. It was in Australia if memory serves. |
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