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Svindlere, der udgiver sig for at være fra Western Union, har vældig travlt for tiden, og jeg ville egentlig ikke have spildt min tid på dem her, hvis ikke det havde været for en ny detalje i den mail, der lå i Phishing-filteret i morges:
SERVICE : Western Union Accounts.
EXPIRATION : April 31 2011
Hvis jeg ikke i forvejen skulle være klar over, at det var et uldent foretagende, så ville datoen øjeblikkelig få alarmklokkerne til at ringe.
Tåber. Både svindlerne og dem, der falder for svindelen. Gad vide, om de også havde et udløb den 31. februar?
Det er svært, for ikke at sige umuligt, at gardere sig mod dygtige hackere, men ligefrem frivilligt at afgive sine bankoplysninger til tilfældige mailafsendere, kan jeg overhovedet ikke forstå, nogle lader sig lokke til.
Det mindste, man kunne gøre, hvis de skulle være så heldige at ‘ramme’ ens bank og ikke et eller andet suspekt, man aldrig har haft noget at gøre med, var da at kontakte ens bank for at høre, hvad det er, de ønsker og hvorfor.
Det skorter ikke på ideer fra bedragernes side:
“Hjælp mig med at få min onkels multimillioner dollar ud af …. – du får 30 % for ulejligheden, men skal bare lige indbetale $ 5000 for at få nogle formaliteter i orden”.
Jamen selvfølgelig…
Eller ‘nogen ‘ køber en vare (helst i den dyre ende), du har annonceret til salg og sender dig en check med et beløb større end købsprisen. “Undskyld, det var en fejl. Er du sød at overføre differencen til min bankkonto?” Én ting er helt sikker: Både vare og difference er gået til bedrageren, for checken var der selvfølgelig ikke dækning på.
Eller man tager et lån via internettet (så er man altså også desperat!) og bliver bedt om at indbetale de to første afdrag som et tegn på ens gode vilje til at afdrage lånet. Som naturligvis aldrig bliver udbetalt.
Jeg har vundet en million Euro i Staatsloterij/Tele2.nl, men jeg har ikke gidet indløse den endnu…
Der er flere eksempler, men I kender dem nok lige så godt, som jeg gør.
Nederst i indlægget har jeg sat den hidtil mest underholdende anmodning ind – jeg kunne slet ikke stå for afslutningen:
Kindly furnish me with your full names and telephone/fax numbers.
Yours while I remain
Chu-yu Soong
Heller ikke for “Please observe this instruction religiously”. Det er da urkomisk, ikke?
Nå. Det gider vi ikke beskæftige os med mere. Er der én, der har et æbletræ, jeg lige må låne? Jeg skal ud og finde et æbleblomst-motiv til månedens kalenderbidrag ovre hos Petunia.
Vi finder sikkert et på vejen til Haslev, hvor vi skal ned og forhandle os til en god pris for erhvervelsen af 12 dybe tallerkener til Rosenborg-stellet.

Ovre i Vi Bruger Ikke er der en morsom korrespondance mellem sitets ejermand og en kinesisk dame. Læs og grin.
Og her til jer, der ikke har fået denne mail og orker at læse den. Læg mærke til, at der er et ‘o’ for meget i mailadressen i forhold til navnet, han opgiver. Hele teksten kom i øvrigt to gange lige efter hinanden i den samme mail. De har vist lidt for travlt, de fæhoveder.
Hi and compliments of the day!
It is understandable that you might be a little bit apprehensive because you do not know me but, Let me start by introducing myself.
I am Mr. Chu-yu Soong, a retired operations manager of the Bank of China, Malaysia and I have a business suggestion/deal to share with you which will be of huge benefits to both of us.
In June, 2004, a certain British Crude oil merchant came to our bank and made a Fixed (Numbered) deposit of Fifteen Million U.S Dollars ($15,000,000.00 US) only in my branch for 12 calendar months. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. A month later, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, the Chinese Solid Minerals Corporation that he died from an automobile accident.On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless.
After proper further investigations, it was also discovered that he did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paperwork of his bank deposit and he also confided in me the last time he was in my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank. So, Fifteen Million United State Dollars is still lying in the bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it. What bothers me most is that according to Laws of Malaysia, at the expiration of seven {7} years the funds will revert to the ownership of the Malaysian Government if nobody applies to claim the funds. What I wish to relate to you will smack of unethical practice but I want you to understand something, it is only an outsider to the banking world who finds the internal politics of the banking world aberrational.
The world of private banking especially is fraught with huge rewards for those who occupy certain offices and oversee certain portfolios. You should have begun by now to put together the general direction of what I am proposing.
Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin so that you will be able to receive the funds so that the fruits of this old man’s labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials just like that.
MODALITIES:
I want you to know that I have had everything planned out so that we shall come out successful. I shall employ the services of an attorney that will prepare the necessary documents that will back you up as the next of kin/sole beneficiary, and also he will be drafting and tarization of the WILL and as well obtain the necessary documents and letter of probate/administration in your favor for the transfer. There is a reward for this project and it is a task well worth undertaking. There is no risk involved at all in this transaction as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the attorney coupled with my experience/position as a retired branch manager guarantees the successful execution of this transaction.
I have evaluated the risks and the only risk I have here is for you refusing to work with me and alerting my bank. I am the only one who knows about this issue. Good fortune has blessed you with a name that ha planted you into the center of relevance in my life. Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue. Once the funds have been transferred to your nominated bank account we shall have a fair share the funds equally; 50% for me, and 50% for you. I send you this mail not without a measure of fear as to what the consequences, but I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing gained and that success and wealth never comes easy or on a platter of gold. Please observe this instruction religiously.
Now that you have a clear picture of the entire project, I will like you to provide me with a brief resume of yourself.
Please do not betray my confidence. If we can be of one accord, we should plan a meeting soon after this project is successfully executed to discuss in-depth on more lucrative investments (local or International).
I look forward to receiving your reply mail and as well thank you for your anticipated cooperation.
Kindly furnish me with your full names and telephone/fax numbers.
My personal email is sooongchuyu@w.cn
phone number.+6010 215 3719
Yours while I remain
Chu-yu Soong