Email Scam

[GopherM]

I just received this in my email. If anyone else receives it I hope you haven't hit the "Reply" and given the information they asked for.

From: Verizon Support Center [mailto:webalert@rdwang.com]
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 3:52 PM
To: undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Verizon Email Warning Alert !!!

Verizon E-Mail Account Users,

Your Verizon mailbox has exceeded the saver storage limit which is 16GB as set by your administrator,you are currently running on 18.9GB,you may not be able to send or receive new mail until you re-validate your Verizon mailbox. And your Verizon mailbox has to be upgraded to our New F-Secure R HTK4S anti-virus/anti-Spam version 2011 to prevent damage to your mail login and your important files.
You are required to do this within the next 24 hours of receipt of this email or your database will be erased and De-activated from our database.

To re-validate your mailbox please send your

Verizon User-name:
E-Mail Password:
Date of Birth: ..
Deactivate Account:.......... or
Keep Account Active:..........
Alternate email:.........

We apologies for the inconvenience that this will cause you during this period
Thanks
Verizon System Administrator
Verizon Admin webmaster​

 

[Dev]

Sad thing is people still fall for these.

 

[RareBreed]

We had a lady come in a few weeks ago to the PD I work at. She got involved in one of those fraud lottery scams. The officer tried to explain to her that it was a scam but she kept saying, " I don't think I played in that lottery but I must have because I won." She came to the PD because she had sent the money to get her winnings but they never sent it to her. I don't know how it turned out because I had to leave for home but as I was leaving, she was still insisting that it was legit and she just wanted her winnings.

 

[cccfree]

We had a lady come in a few weeks ago to the PD I work at. She got involved in one of those fraud lottery scams. The officer tried to explain to her that it was a scam but she kept saying, " I don't think I played in that lottery but I must have because I won." She came to the PD because she had sent the money to get her winnings but they never sent it to her. I don't know how it turned out because I had to leave for home but as I was leaving, she was still insisting that it was legit and she just wanted her winnings.

This is the oldest scam in the book; I really hate people who scam expecting, older people. I mean, seriously, these scam artists put so much effort and brain power into ripping people off when they could probably put that same amount of effort into something legitimate they could make the same amount of money but for much less risk.