FYI...
Fake Human Rights SCAM/SPAM ...
- http://blog.dynamoo.com/2014/02/afri...-refugees.html
1 Feb 2014 - "This spam email is actually part of an advanced fee fraud setup:
From: fernando derossi fernandderossi59@ gmail .com
To: fernandderossi59@ gmail .com
Date: 1 February 2014 13:22
Subject: URGENT FOOD STUFF SUPPLY NEED FOR REFUGEES
Signed by: gmail .com
Dear Sir:
My company has been mandated to look for a company capable of
supplying food stuffs product listed bellow by the AFRICAN HUMAN
RIGHT AND REFUGEES PROTECTION COUNCIL (AHRRPC) for assisting of the
refugee within the war affected countries IN middle east and Africa
like MALI,SYRIA, SOMALIA, CENTRAL AFRICA, and SOUTH SUDAN, which after
going through your company's profile, have decided to know if your company is interested.
Below are the list of food Stuffs and the targeted value needed by (AHRRPC) ...
We will be happy to work with you company only as representing agent
to secure an allocation for your company while in return your company
will give us comission as soon as your receive your contract value. We
will give you more details about the contract when we recieve your reply.
Regards,
Mr.Fernando Derossi
AHRRPC AGENT ...
The email links to a website at www .ahrrpc .8k .com which set off all sorts of -alarms- on my virus scanner, but I think it is just an ad-laden free web hosting site, and purports to be from the African Human Right and Refugees Protection Council (AHRRPC)...
> https://lh3.ggpht.com/-rmNQq0bAL6I/U...600/ahrrpc.png
Of course, there is no such organisation as this and probably the main thrust of the scam is that there will be an "arrangement fee" payable in order to sell these goods.. and once the fee is paid the scammers will disappear... Give any approaches from the so-called African Human Right and Refugees Protection Council (AHRRPC) a very wide berth. And remember, if you want to verify who a photo actually belongs to then Google Images is an excellent resource."
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Fake SMS SPAM ...
- http://blog.dynamoo.com/2014/02/unsu...nd-of-ppi.html
1 Feb 2014 - "... scammers are still at it, pumping away lead generation spam to persuade people to make PPI claims to which they are -not- entitled.
Unsure if you qualify for a refund of PPI paid on a loan or credit card? Reply PPI and we will run a no obligation check or reply STOP to opt out.
TPPCO
In this case the scammers used the contact number +447743623103 but they burn through dozens of SIM cards every day with their illegal spamming operations. If you get one of these, you should forward the spam and the sender's number to your carrier... T-Mobile, O2 and Orange the number to report to is 7726 ("SPAM"). Vodafone customers should use 87726 ("VSPAM") and Three customers should use 37726 ("3SPAM"). Hopefully the carriers will act if there are enough complaints. You can also report persistent spam like this via the ICO's page on the subject*. With any luck these spammers will end up on the receiving end of a massive fine**."
* http://ico.org.uk/for_the_public/top...arketing/texts
** http://blog.dynamoo.com/2012/11/gary...bel-fined.html