Friday, May 8, 2009

New Email Scam

Received this email today. It is obviously a phishing scam, but oh, so clever.

Hello.

My name is Dennis Platt I am the representative of Internet Fidelity Bureau. We were based in 2001 and have a seven year experience fighting against internet criminals. The main aim of our activity is to help victims of a scam. If you`ve become a victim of internet scam, let us know immediately and we will help you to get your money back. If you or your friend have got scammed of a home based job, were a money mule, cashed out fake checks, transferred the funds overseas, sent parcels and were cheated or just suspect your company a fraud - let us know urgently! We will make our best to get your money back and solveyour doubts about your strange employer. We cooperate with the biggest National Safety agencies, fraud departments of Western Union and MoneyGram and internet providers from US,Africa and Europe.

Contact me today.

Regards,
Dennis Platt, IFB Team..

Given how poorly this email was written (I've made some corrections), it smacks of scam. Still, it's a clever approach.

Watch yourselves out there.

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