MySpace Scam Offers Free Macy's Gift Card

i found a website that seems to explain what this gift card crap is about, it's been bugging me for so long! anyway it's www.net-watchdog.com

How do you get rid of the spam if you accidentaly signed up on the Macy's gift card scam??? HELP!!!

This has to be the best scam going!



FROM:MR MORGAN WIMPOE,
105 2ND AVE. SANDTON, 1892,
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
PHONE+27 78 7634400


ATTN:MD/C.E.O,


Kindly accept my apology for sending unsolicited mail to you. Although
we never met before, I have every reason to believe that you are a
highly respected personality, considering the fact that I sourced your
profile from a human resource profile database on your country.Though, I
do not know to what extent you are familiar with events and fragile
political situation in Liberia but it has formed consistent headlines in
the CNN, BBC news bulletins, My name is Mr.Morgan Yormie Wimpoe , from
Liberia, a Country in West Africa. My Father Mr John Yormie Wimpoe
former DEPUTY MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY in LIBERIA. My Father was
falsely accused of plotting to remove the then PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA
(CHARLES TAYLOR) from office. Without trial, Charles Taylor killed him.
you can verify this from these international newspaper website below:
(i) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-07-15-liberia_x.htm
Before he was killed, my Father instructed me to escape with my family
to a hide out in JOHANNESBOURG, SOUTH AFRICA, and he confided in me that
he left some money in a Diplomatic Trust Company in Abroad, (name
withheld for security reasons) . All i require from you is to assist me
in claiming the fund (sealed in diplomatic consignment) from security
company and invest in your country. When you claim the fund, i shall
come over to your country with my Family so that we can start a new life
If you may ask why do I need a foreign assistance or why can't i take
the cash transfer by myself? The answer is that there was an exclusion
clause in the original agreement between the company and my father
which states unambiguously that 'nobody, not even himself, can have
access to the consignment in the company, and it has to be transferred
to a foreign beneficiary outside Africa. This was done because he
envisaged his arrest and this clause were inserted to prevent any
seizure or infiltration of the fund.

My decision to contact you is therefore, informed by this and due to my
present social status and total ignorance of the business world. I
believe you will appreciate the enormity of trust I repose on you by
placing the fortunes of our family in your care. Permit me to request
that you should reassure me that you would not let me down in any way.

On my part, this is my assurance and guarantee to you.In as much as you
follow my instructions carefully, religiously and promptly my guarantee
of a hitch-free success remains unshakable. I have contacted the
Diplomatic Security Firm to confirm the deposit, which is worth
$32,Million,(Thirty two million United State Dollars Only). You will be
given 20% of the total sum at the end of the transaction. If you will be
willing to assist us claim the money and invest it in your country. I
want to assure you that all modalities are in place and it is a risk
free transaction.

Kindly include your Full names, Private Telephone and Fax numbers where
you can always be reach, Your Residential or Company Address to enable
me send some other important information across to you. This proposal is
highly restricted and should be handled as an urgent transaction
requiring trust and Confidentiality. Please reply to this email:
Sincerely,
Mr.Morgan Wimpoe.
For the family.
Phone#+27-78 7634400
Private e-mail:(morgan.wimpoe@webmail.co.za)

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The Scam is now showing up on Facebook. Beware!!!

How is this new news? If you spend 5 mins on myspace you will see this everywhere.

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How is this new news? If you spend 5 mins on myspace you will see this everywhere.

Bored? Read http://curiousread.com

That's not the only phishing scam on MySpace, I got a fake youtube clip on my comments, and when you click on it, you are also redirected to the same fake login page where you enter your info and someone steals it. My anti-virus software is really good, thankfully, and caught that it was a fradulent page.

Aww... how cute! someone got their first myspace account! Geez I don't know who hasn't seen that scam.

This thing isnt only happening on Myspace. My friend's AIM account has been hacked into or somthing. Gives me a link to the site. i ignore it though.

So is Tom doing anything about this?!

i get emails everyday with $500 walmart cards from panama, i win the lottery everyday for millions from honk kong, mexico, the united kingdom,all asking for my personal information! everything i advertise for sale on the net some scammer emails me within minutes offering to buy it with a shipper and a cashiers check from Zaire,Nigeria,Canada,England you name it its out there! the my space scammers offer more than a macys card!! free computers, walmart cards, ipods, free ringtones!! where is the internet security? try a dating site! 90% percent of the ads are fake!! wake up america everyone is open to being scammed if you use the internet! even aol! i recieved messages that i had pictures on aol asking for my password only to have my account shut off for spamming! they sent 1000's of emails with my accuont name! go figure! should i have given aol my email address and password just now? they say they never ask for it??

Uh, there are legitimate offers for those giftcards, you just have to sign up for different freebies, and you get a giftcard. It's just like those free ipod promotions (from a couple years ago).

The myspace thing is different, those guys are doing identity theft and whatnot, a totally different thing.

When my friends get hacked, I usually get this kind of post from them as a comment or as a bulletin. The way to not get hacked is to not download those modifiers or whatever else they hustle.

YEAH LIKE HALF OF THE COMMENTS ON MY PAGE ARE ABOUT THIS....SERIOUSLY!!!!...BUT I'M SMART I NEVER CLICKED IT....THANK GOD....

My Space?...I get PLENTY of these in my AOL mail

Thank you for participating in our FREE survey! As a result, you are entitled to a FREE 500 dollar MACY'S CARD!! Click the link below to claim your .......

The same people pop up late night on craigslist under the free stuff section offering $500 cards to Rred Lobster and Olive Garden. That's a month's worth of dinner for the average person, EVERY NIGHT if it were real...

To take precautions, whenever you're faced with a page that wants you to log in again, look and make sure your browser says the web address is something with "Myspace" in it..

Nobody (absolutely NOBODY) gives away anything (absolutely ANYTHING)free on the internet. ALL con games depend on the same thing: somebody is tempted to believe they will get something for nothing. CHUMPS! (I'll say it again: CHUMPS!)