Social Network Phishing
I was a victim of social network phishing. Someone got my password and started emailing my friends. This is the story of how it happened.
In 2008, I started working as a Internet cafe attendant. Believe it or not, computers and the Internet were still kind of new to me… I just had not used them much. I began learning more and more of all the things you can do via the Internet. On my free time, I started browsing online, used yahoo messenger and registered on friendster and tagged.com.
Later on I met guys and one of those sites. One in particular was named Mark from Europe. According to his profile picture, he Was good looking so I started getting interested of him. We exchanged emails on the site. Mark asked for my yahoo id. I gave it to him and started talking in yahoo messenger. While we are talking, he requested my webcam so I opened it to let him see how I look. When I asked him back to view his webcam, he had excuses and said his cam doesn’t work.
After some time of talking, he introduced a site telling me that he had an account there and that it is similar as tagged.com where we met. He said that if I open the site then I will be able to see a picture of him there. He sent the link to me (I don’t recall the name of the site). When I opened it up it was requesting my email address and a password in sign up. So i told him this seem strange on why I have to sign up to see his picture. He said that that it is necessary to get access inside the site for his profile. So i typed my email address in it and a password. After that i still couldn’t get in to the site that he was sharing. When I put in all the information, the site didn’t seem to work. So I told him this. He said try again ‘darling’ because maybe you had some errors in typing the informations. So I again typed my email address and at that time ‘with the same password’ that i use from my email address. After the second try, a profile of another man showed up with personal informations about him ,a different descriptions and a different picture too of an Indian guy now.’ So I realized right away that he was fooling me. I got angry and told him that I knew that he was scamming me by using a fake profile on tagged.com where we met. I told him and that ‘I dont like Indian people.
By that time, I told him to delete remove me from his contact list I will do the same. He kept buzzing and gone crazy apologizing to me.
The next day, I signed in on my yahoo id while I am at work. It suddenly signed me out. I was confused why it was happening. I signed in and tried many times and for a while i get signed out again. So I decided to make another yahoo id and added few yahoo ids of the people that i recall. I informed them that I am using the new one temporarily because it seems like my other id was messed up. Then one of my filipino friends was surprised and said that ‘she was talking to me a while ago’ and confused too why I kept asking her to signed up for some “strange site”. She had the idea in her mind that it wasnt me because while talking to our native language, the person who is pretending to be me would reply only in english and talks all about the site to convince her but she didn’t do it.
When i heard all of it. I had the answers already and it was not yahoo that was really messed up but there was someone that hacked my yahoo id’. I quickly checked my email, went to the “Account Settings”, change the password and it went back to normal again. Thankfully that i was able to retrieve it because I had important files there.
Its been a big lesson to me. Not to just talk to anyone who are totally strangers without even knowing them well first or seeing them.
ATM Card Value is $500,000.00 USD ** SCAM**
FROM THE DESK OF MRS THERESA EWING
DIRECTOR,INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE
FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT,
HSBC – BANK PLC,
Response should be directed to Email: hsbcatmcardcentercash102@yahoo.com.hk
Good Day,
In line with the United Nations millennium development goal to eradicate poverty and hunger by the year 2015 i am directed to inform you that your payment verification and confirmations is completed, Therefore we are happy to inform you that arrangements have been concluded to effect your payment as soon as possible in our bid for transparency.
It is my pleasure to inform you that ATM Card Number: 5428050011004432 have been approved in your favor, The ATM Card Value is $500,000.00 USD
(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS). This funds is been awarded to you from the United Nations millennium development goal and they are doing this to eradicate poverty and hunger by the year 2015 and you are require to give 30% of the funds to the less privileged around your environment.
You are advised that a maximum withdrawal value of $5,000.00 USD is permitted on withdrawal per day and are duly Inter Switch so you can make withdrawal at any location and ATM Center of your choice.
We have concluded delivery arrangement with the ups courier services. Please note that the UPS Courier Company is fully insured by Nicon Insurance Corporation.
NOTE: A MAN NAMED MR.ERIC SAMUEL CAME TO OUR OFFICE SAYING THAT YOU ARE DEAD AND HE IS YOUR NEXT OF KIN ,HE SAYS YOU HAVE NO CHILDREN AND SO THEREFORE YOU MADE HIM YOUR BENEFICIARY, HE SAYS WE SHOULD PAY HIM YOUR $500,000.00 USD (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS). in YOUR HSBC ATM MASTER CARD, BUT WE NEED TO CONFIRM IF TRULY HE IS SAYING THE TRUTH AND IF NO RESPONSE IS GOTTEN FROM YOU IN 48 HOURS FROM NOW WE WILL ASSUME HE IS SAYING THE TRUTH AND PAYMENT WILL BE MADE TO HIM,PLEASE CONFIRM IF YOU ARE DEAD OR ALIVE NOW.
Kindly be inform that you are to provide a delivery fee of $95 USD for the effective delivery of your package to you as the delivery charges and please also be informed that the delivery will be made to your address in 48 hours (2 days) after the confirmation of your payment for delivery, as you know the delivery fee receipt will be attach on your payment delivery documents to avoid being delayed by customs.
Kindly provide the details below for delivery.
1. Valid delivery address:
2. Country:
3. Name:
4. Mobile Number:
5. Phone Number
6. Occupation:
Treat urgently and note that your ATM Card is ready and available for dispatch to you.
MRS THERESA EWING
E-mail: hsbcatmcardcentercash102@yahoo.com.hk
HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT FOR UNITED NATIONS
Where to find a job: Call Center Support
Working as a Call Center Agent
In every profession we choose no matter what it may be there are always a pros and cons. One of the pros of working at a technical support call center is that it does not require any certification from school or degree. In the Philipines, the age limit is 18 years old above. As long as you can speak English very well and know how to use a computer, you are qualified.
Training
Once you are hired, most call center companies conduct a free training. This training can take two to three months. Once the training is complete you can work either as technical support or customer service representative.
Career Promotion
Promotion is this industry is not hard, as long as you are knowledgeable of the position and have performed well in your previous position, promotion is possible. Depending on the company, you can get promoted in as early as 6 months unlike other regular day jobs where you have to be employed for 5 years or more to be considered for a higher position.
Technical Support Rep
In my current job I work as a technical support representative at one of the most competitive companies here in the Philippines they provide telecommunication and Internet connection, so my task is to receive a calls everyday assisting customers every time they have a concern regarding on their Internet connection or their telephone connection. We assist in basic computer troubleshooting in order to restore the customers connection, however when we cannot restore the connection, we do reports to make a coordination to our field technicians to check their connection thru outside facility like in the network or either in the cables in our outside facility.
CONs
Its nice to serve the customer in some way. But unfortunately we receive calls from very upset or irate subscribers who have not had their connection restored in a long time. Customers also get upset about recurring problems with their Internet connection. After a couple of days of having no connection or bad connection the customer wants to call and take their anger out of the Technical Support Rep.
Sickness & Health
Certain illness can have an effect on Technical Support calls. But in a large technical support center you cannot leave your station even if you have illness’ like Laryngitis, Tonsillitis, Kidney problem or UTI. You can go to the restroom during your break time and you have to work even during holidays and most specially if the account, project or program pulls out their business from your company, you will either be forced to resign or to transfer to another account.
Travel expense and visa fee scam
Travel expense and visa fee scam
One common scam is the “Travel expense and visa fee” scam. How it works is that the scammer establishes a need for the potential victim to give money for a plane ticket to the location of the victim. The need is established by some sort of incentive. For example, they scammer will lie about how they feel about the victim to create false relationship (romance scam). Sometimes the scammer will tell the victim that their has been an emergency and they need money to travel. Once the money is wired to from the victim to the scammer (usually via Western Union, MoneyGram, Xoom or other methods), the scammer takes the money and runs.
Travel expense and visa fee scam
In this scam the scammer will say that he/she wants to visit you but doesn’t have enough money to pay for his/her plane ticket and travel expenses. They will then suggest that you send them the money so they can purchase a plane ticket. Shortly later they will tell you they need additional money for a passport, visa fees, transportation to the airport and miscellaneous expenses. In some cases they will also tell the victim that the visa requirements state that they need to have a certain amount of money in their bank account so they can proof to the immigration official that they have sufficient funds for their visa. Some scammers will show fake copies of plane tickets, visas or other documents to make the travel plans appear to be authentic. After wiring the money the victim waits at the airport patiently with a bunch of flowers for his/her love of their life to arrive. Only when all passengers are off the plane and the scammer doesn’t show up do they realize that they’ve been scammed. In order to avoid these scams never send money for any travel related expense, instead make it clear that you will travel to meet them AFTER you have spent considerable time chatting to them for many months. Also, make it clear that you will never send any money to anyone you meet online. If the person is genuine they should be very happy that you will travel to meet them, if they are a scammer and sense that they will never receive any money you will probably find that they disappear as soon as they realize they will never receive any financial benefit from communicating with you.
Message from a scammer:
hello honey i will like you to sen dme 8000$ for passport and visa so taht i will come to your country and you can marry me
fake family fake kids real scam
Scammers create a believable story that brings you into caring about them and their made up situation. They are exploiting the open and trusting nature people usually have. Once they have your care and attention, they can get what they want from the victim.
*From Reader*
Message Body:
kelrobs99@yahoo.com and his fake kids email codypeter64@yahoo.com he clamed to b an engeineer for company only took two weeks for him to ask for money.. he found me on face book claimed to b from New York.. so sad ppl have to b liars and cheats this is where he wanted me to send money to rolland.i. owarume. address no 44 idiaregbe street delta state nigeria names he used where kelvin robert kelvin peter roberts for hi kids cody and nonna peter
Fiancee Scam
Fiancee’ Scam
by: INOU
Regina Sechico Ramirez .. Dipolog area Pinan, Philippines Mulitiple fiancee’s. Meet and greet of couse. Think your the only one. But has many and of course requests money for food, medicine, legal fee’s any and everything she can, playing on your affection and belief your the love of her life. She took me or thousands and another man for tens of thousands.
Filipino cupid site Standard and Free
*Re-post from a reader* 29 Sept 11
Filipino cupid is one of my favorite dating sites. Filipinas are very receptive for western men and seem very open minded. But I cannot help but thing that there is a largely financial reason for this.
Most of the ladies I have met there end up asking for money or implying that they need money. Since there is very little middle class and so many poor there, it is no wonder so many are on the site pan handling. One friend of mine told me that she thought most of the people on that site were not real.
I wonder how many ladies would be on that site if there are a great economy in the Philippines?
P.S: Here is how to effectively use *cupid dating sites free..
1) Sign up for free
2) Create a profile (don’t be stupid selfish troll.. be your self and real. make sure you post a picture.. it helps to be white, wealthy, 6’0 or taller, blonde.. but its certainly not totally necessary.. above all else be YOU)
3) Fill out as much of the profile as you can
4) In the about me section put in your YM chat ID.. You will have to hide it (i.e. JohnYahoo73 at y.a.h.00) Those who use chat will see this and know how to reach out outside of the dating site… enjoy!
The Importance of Basic Accounting Concepts to IT Students Explained!
Accounting Concepts is really important in today’s business world. Not only the basic but even to the highest degree of accounting. If you don’t notice, I can say that every day in our life we used Mathematics and some sort of accounting. We usually count money, calculate the change and always check if how much money did we spent and how much still got. Almost every person on different profession needs to have at least basic knowledge of accounting because sometimes it will make you more competitive in your field when you have basic accounting knowledge.
On our previous seminar for IT/CS intern students like me, the speaker tends to share his knowledge about basic accounting concepts. The importance of basic accounting concepts on our course is that we will be more competitive and gain an additional knowledge which we can use in our future job. We are IT students who will become programmers and software developers someday or we might establish our own company in the near future. It is important that we know the basic debit/credit in accounting if we are going to create an accounting program or software but for me basic accounting concepts is not enough when you plan to be a accounting programs developer instead use it as a starting point for further studies about accounting concepts. Because the more knowledge on accounting plus the skills on programming, you will definitely develop an effective accounting program.
Once you applied accounting concepts and programming it will surely gives you a nice income. I still remember what my former professor told us about his experienced when he was still applying for a job, he applied in an organization/company as a programmer but when he was interviewed, the interviewee asked him if he had a background on accounting he answered none, obviously he did not passed the interview because of that simple question, so he advised us to take basic accounting course as early as now because maybe we might also encounter the same problem he encountered before.
How to Date Online: fake profiles!
How to Date Online
Fake Profile Pictures
Online dating is now a very popular way to meet a partner. Match.com & eHarmony are very popular dating web sites and claim that 1 of every 5 marriage (in Western world?) are from dating sites.
But on thing that goes unsaid is the amount of scams that happen on these sites. There are many “romance scammers” on these sites. Below are examples of face profile pictures that these con artists use to lure you in.
http://ic-girl.blogspot.com/2009/03/cewek-cantik-dari-medan.html
Simon Fernandez Indian Con Artist
SIMON FERNANDES
I meet Simon on yahoo messenger. I was in the middle of chatting w my cousin who is in other country, when a message from a complete stranger pops up on YM. I was “Simone”.
His message said, “hi can you be my friend”. At first I disregard his messages but he continued to send message. Eventually, I start chat with him everyday. We introduced ourselves to one another and we became friends. We shared a lot of stories about family, life and everyday life. We talked everyday. After almost a month, we began to chat cam to cam.
He share a lot story about his life in India. He told me that the country is so poor that it has very little jobs and opportunity. He told me there is a lot of crime and a lot of robbery there.
For me it was very nice to talk to him. He made me laugh every time we talked each day. As time went on everyday talking to him, I had the feeling that he is more than my friend. He was my boyfriend. He seemed to care a lot. At the time, he was my the most special love since and I became so attached to him. He was so special in my life that I felt I would do everything he said. I would give him anything he wanted.
He ask for a little amount and I would find a way to give it to him cause I was so in love. He would tell me he needed money to chat with him in the Internet café. I would ask mom to send the money to him.
We do things that I will never forget. We were like a couple and we enjoyed every moment we had together on the web cam. We started to plan on seeing each other.
The plan was to meet at Manila Airport. I would fly from Cebu City in the Philippines and he would fly from India. Five days before the trip, I sent him money to get a plane ticket. I had saved up the money on my own just for him.
I was so excited to see him on that day. But when I arrive in manila, I waited for him the whole day. I waiting in the airport thinking maybe the flight was delayed from India to going here. I waited 24 hours at Manila airport. Simone did not show up. I checked the hotel we booked, I went to the café to check if he is online but he don’t get online anymore.
Onetime I catch him online but he did not responding my email. I felt like I was going crazy on that day. I didn’t know what to do. I want to die.
After that there was not a single night or day that I did not cry. I wanted to die. I felt I could rather die than live without him. I attempt to hurt my self. I tried to overdose on medicine. I felt everything is gone to me. My mom never left my side. She was there to cheer me up. It was months before I could move on. I was the first time I cried for love. The first time I would rather die than go on without love. He was my first and last love.