Saturday, August 16, 2008

I am not a customer of Lloyds TSB Bank - another fraudulent e-mail?

Dear Customer,

At Lloydstsb Bank, we have issued a warning notifications to all our esteemed customer.

Due to the rate of instant fraudulent activities and unauthorized access on our website, it has become necessary for all our entire customer to update their personal banking data and verify it immediately.

To get start for day to day activity on your banking sector and to reduce an illegal access on your OnLine bank account.

Please we urge you to update your personal data immediately to avoid error on your day in day out banking activities.

To Update your personal data click on the following link:

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Thank you for using LloydsTsb Bank .


On monday I shall forward this e-mail to Llyods TSB Bank

Friday, August 15, 2008

Scammers seem to be 23/24 years old and want you to write via their private box and not the dating website so this is the first warning sign

I had this e-mail today from my profile at LiveDateSearch.com

(peace4klove@yahoo.com) Hello dear new friend. Glad that I'm just browsing now in the Internet and found your profile and i was much feelings over it, I'm miss peace baby by name,please i will like us to hold a good relationship with a real love,I'm happy to look at livedatesearch.com your profile today ,you sound so gentle to me that was the reason why i fall very much interested in you,contact me personal with my private box peace4klove@yahoo.com for more introduction also i will sent my pictures to you so we can know more about each other, i will be happy to see your mail my dear, age or colour even distance can't deny any genuine love, so please lets give our self a trial,thanks till i hear from you, miss peace

Googled "Glad that I'm just browsing now in the Internet and found your profile"
which gave me this:-

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Glad that I'm just browsing now in the Internet and found your profile and i was much feelings over it,I'm miss Jane khalifa by name,please i will like us ...
www.shelfari.com/mandarine - 129k

and on this url I found this which is almost identical to what was written to me I think you will agree

jane k says

Hello dear new friend.
Glad that I'm just browsing now in the Internet and found your profile and i was much feelings over it, I'm miss Jane khalifa by name,please i will like us to hold a good relationship with a real love,I'm happy to look at...... your profile today ,you sound so gentle to me that was the reason why i fall very much interested in you,contact me personal with my private box (jeny_khalifa@yahoo.com) for more introduction also i will sent my pictures to you so we can know more about each other,i will be happy to see your mail my dear,age or colour even distance can't deny any genuine love,so please lets give our self a trial,thanks till i hear from you,
miss jane

posted 9 months ago. ( send a note )
Conclusion Scammers seem to be 23/24 (allegedly) years old and want you to write via their private box and not the dating website so this is the first warning sign

Thursday, August 14, 2008

VIRGIN MONEY deal with scam attempts quickly

I was impressed with the speed with which this scam attempt was quickly dealt with by Virgin Finance

the reply

Dear John,


Thanks for contacting Virgin Money.

Virgin Money take security very seriously and always appreciate customers
informing us of their concerns with regards to emails they receive.

I have liaised with our technical and security teams who have confirmed the
email you have received is a scam. Please delete it immediately.

Kind regards,
Virgin Money

My e-mail

Subject: Fw: Virgin Finance

Dear Sirs

We have received several of this type of e-mail

Is it genuine

If it is another type of 419 fraud then we send the e-mail to you so that
you can take further action

Yours faithfully

John ....

The Scam attempt by
Merle Bullard/Raul Delgado

----- Original Message -----
From: "Merle Bullard" <telmamalaquias@yahoo.com.br>
To: <webmaster@.......net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 1:44 PM
Subject: Virgin Finance


> Bienvenido a Virgin Finance !
>
> Nuestra compania esta ampliando sus operaciones en Europa y en el
> caso si Usted reside en Espana,estamos muy alegres que Usted
> desea unirse a nuestro equipo y seremos muy complacidos de tener
a
> Usted trabajando junto con nosotros.
> La posicion de Representante requiere llenar las transacciones de
> nuestros clientes con la informacion de soporte.
>
> Nosotros trabajamos exclusivamente con clientes privados,- lo que
> requiere recibir los fondos con la maxima velocidad para sus
> negocios.
> De este modo nosotros podemos ofrecer un nuevo tipo de
> servicio bancario y financiero a nuestros clientes – y nosotros
> queremos ofrecer e a Usted el puesto del Representante.(trabajo
> medio-tiempo 2-3 horas al dia excepto el fin de semana )
>
> Al principio Sus tareas seran muy basicas aunque meticulosas – Usted
> hara las transferencias para nuestros clientes segun sus
> necesidades. Nuestros encargados van a asistir a Usted en el
> periodo de prueba y explicar todo lo que Usted necesita saber.
>
> Nosotros ofrecemos extremadamente competitivos salarios graduales:
> desde el primer mes Usted va a recibir hasta $ 2000 y su
> siguiente salario sera incrementado si Usted hace su trabajo
> precisamente y al tiempo.
> Ahora Usted esta a un paso de una carrera exitosa.
>
>
> Todo lo que Usted necesita es enviar un e-mail:
> rddelgadoraul@gmail.com
>
>
> Con el numero de telefono y la hora para contactar a Usted y
> responder a todas Sus preguntas.
>
> Gracias con anticipacion,
>
> Raul Delgado
> HR Director, ES department

Gori Georgia - BBC reports Russians are still here

Is Mr Putin really in charge of what is going on? The BBC report that Russian forces are occupying Gori and that there is firing, explosions and tank movement around the town. Has Russia the right to destroy Georgian military property on Georgian territory. This could leave the border open to attack by South Ossetian militia (CET1408)

Russia v Georgia - the bottom line - did South Ossetian militia start the hostilities?

I think that this is the most important question especially in view of the South Ossetian militia looting, robbery and murder in and around Gori which the Russian troops did not appear to stop! I saw a television clip on telivisionshowing this militia firing into Georgia on the 7 August so tried to find out more and found this article on Russian Today

Georgia and South Ossetia exchange fire
August 7, 2008, 8:24

Georgia and South Ossetia exchange fire

An official from Russia’s Foreign Ministry has arrived in Tbilisi in an effort to bring Georgia and its breakaway republic of South Ossetia to the negotiating table. It follows a night of violence in which both sides exchanged fire. South Ossetia says several people have been injured after Georgia launched artillery attacks on two villages.

The number of casualties has yet to be confirmed.

There's been shelling and skirmishes almost every day since Friday when six people were killed.

Both South Ossetia and Georgia blame each other for provoking the military action.

The leader of the self-proclaimed republic of South Ossetia, Eduard Kokoity, said the situation is “very serious”.

”Georgia has tried to build a fortified structure, a block post near the Nuli village. Our reaction to such actions will be very tough because we see them as bandits who open fire on our civilians,” he said.

“Russia is putting in a great deal of effort to promote the idea of peace talks. We treat such initiatives with understanding and believe they are necessary."

But the South Ossetian leader ruled out direct negotiations with Georgia, saying “we insist on the talks including Russia and North Ossetia. We will not hold one-to-one discussions with Georgia,” Kokoity said.

The Russian Foreign Ministry says urgent action is needed. Deputy spokesman Boris Malakhov said Russia “is acting as a constructive and responsible mediator, the aim of which is to diminish the tensions, to restart the negotiating process aimed at settling of the conflict”.

Earlier on Wednesday Tbilisi denied firing at South Ossetia, claiming the violence is designed to wrongly portray Georgia as being aggressive.

The South Ossetian president says he has information that Georgia is planning a large-scale intervention starting in September. Kokoity has ordered around 500 reservists to be called in to swell the ranks of the South Ossetian police force.

He also says a number of volunteers from Russia have said they’re ready to help if Georgia attacks.

“We have an influx of volunteers coming into the republic. So far we see no necessity for them. But those who are arriving are being organised into army units. These units will be under the command of our Defence Ministry,” Kokoity said.

Since the beginning of August, the situation in the conflict zone has intensified.

Around three thousand people have been evacuated from their homes following last week's artillery exchanges. Six people were killed and thirteen injured in sniper and mortar fire between the two sides.

South Ossetia declared independence after the Soviet Union collapsed in the 90s. Georgia rejected the move, saying the region is part of its territory. The resulting armed conflict killed thousands and forced many to leave their homes.

Since the end of the conflict relations have remained tense.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

the World´s eyes are on Russia!

Last saturday on Spanish News I heard that the Spanish police had arrested 100 Russian Mafia members that had brought 10,000 girls to the country under the pretext of working as nannies but had ended up working in 26 brothels - "Club Americanas" o "Puti Clubs". They had also been money laundering the proceeds of these. Trying to research this I came across this article

Litvinenko dio pistas de mafiosos rusos en España (Published in El Pais)

(translation below)

Alexander Litvinenko, a former lieutenant colonel in the Russian secret services, paid a final tribute to the Spanish police. Six months before he died poisoned by a dose of polonium 210, contacted Spanish police and the event took place, shortly thereafter, in a European city. Litvinenko had been characterized by criticizing the methods used by Putin to gain power and his death provoked a genuine international scandal. Six months before that, explained to the Spanish investigators what role played some businessmen involved with the Russian mafia. Some of them lived in Spain. From this interview and an intelligence report from the Civil Guard, the Spanish Anti-Corruption Prosecution could run the biggest operation so far against taking the Russian mafia in Europe.

By order of the State Prosecutor's Office the case was awarded to three prosecutors

The Russians en route from Spain hundreds of dirty business in Europe

The Russian mafia entertainment to Abramovich in his visits with Chelsea

The roles of the operation were Avispa months without review

Spring 2006. Three dates and three different scenarios. Three parts that two years later would serve to assemble an impressive puzzle. May 3 in Palma de Mallorca: the Civil Guard deposited in the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor a report on the presence in Spain of important members of a Russian criminal organization based in St. Petersburg and called Tambovskaya. May 10 in Jumeirah, a coastal city located 35 kilometers from Dubai (United Arab Emirates): Spanish police involved in the arrest of Zakho Kalashov, aka Sacred, aka the invisible, a leading Mafia boss of Kurdish origin and sought by Spanish authorities . To achieve his arrest was accurate intervention by the highest authorities of the Spanish State. A few days later in a European capital: some Spanish police interview with Litvinenko for information.

The arrest of Kalashov was in itself enough headaches to someone in the head office of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor, could give due attention to the other two events. The arrest of Kalashov offset some of the frustrations that researchers specializing in Russian mafia had taken over the recent past. They knew that from detention, would begin to move some tentacles around the prosecution's case and the judge, Fernando Andreu.

It was not a novelty. It happened during Operation Red Marble and after the first phase of the operation Avispa: leaks from within that allowed some defendants will escape before being arrested, pressures from embassies, political Spaniards touched by the organization, calls lawyers major threats death or substitutions in the prosecution that led to the release of some detainees.

Kalashov was a heavyweight and the pressure it would soon arrive at the Audiencia Nacional. They knew that Kalashov lieutenants of seeking friendships between the judge Andreu. It was his usual manner of proceeding, their language of choice, extortion, bribery, influence the search.

After the summer, with Kalashov isolated in prison security Soto del Real (Madrid) some movements within the Anti-Corruption Prosecution led to the establishment of a strategy to give a more accurate third blow to the Russian mafia in Spain. An order of the Attorney-General's Department authorized exceptionally that three prosecutors (Jose Grinda in Madrid, Juan Carrau in Palma de Mallorca and David Martinez Madero in Barcelona) coordinate an investigation following a report prepared by the Civil Guard in Spain. But it would not be a case of the Civil Guard. Prosecutors met in Madrid to heads of various departments: Udyco (organized crime) and UDEF (laundering) of Police; UCO (organized crime) of the Civil Guard, Customs Surveillance (Inland Revenue), SEPBLAC (Bank of Spain) and Unity Central Criminal Intelligence (Interior). All should support research. By coincidence, one of these departments had opened proceedings in the court number 5 of the Audiencia Nacional. Conclusion: Garzon would be the examining magistrate. Thus was born the operation Troika.

Was relevant information provided by Litvinenko? The former Russian agent gave few clues about the importance some heads mafia and what kind of relations could maintain high levels of the Russian state. The Spanish investigators lacked sufficient information to make every head in place inside the complex tangle of societies Russian criminals. Despite the fact that there is already an abundant literature on the subject, only field research focus allows what is the real significance of each head and how are your relations with other organizations. Because if anything distinguishes the Russian mafia gangs is its constant evolution, their complicated partnerships, changes in their side and, of course, its wars.

Litvinenko had a good understanding of how some characters appeared on the scene. Litvinenko worked as a lieutenant colonel in the URPO (Directorate of Development and Eradication of activity of criminal organizations). Therefore, knew very closely the activities of characters as Tariel Oniani, Zhakar Kalashov, Vitali Izguilov and Tiourin, among others. Oniani and Kalashov participated in the early nineties in many kidnappings and murders during the privatizations. "There were many deaths of people who refused to sell shares," said Litvinenko. And both Oniani as Kalashov participated in coordinated actions with some departments of the security of Russia. In fact, Kalashov, according to Litvinenko, he used to put pressure on Turkey because of their Kurdish origin.

The list of persons who reported that Litvinenko had reached characters based in Spain. It was the case Oniani, Kalashov, Izguilov and Tiourin. They were part of the wave of Russian citizens found in Spain a good place to take refuge on a seasonal basis. Over the years, some of them had chosen Spain as their habitual residence, as a place where they could launder a portion of their profits, and the centre from where they directed all its businesses. The information provided Litvinenko also some facts about Roman Abramovich, Chelsea's current president and owner of major oil interests in Russia.

Curiously, the interests of some of these characters, if Oniani, Izguilov and Abramovich himself, cross his passion for football, a sport that is not alien. The Spanish researchers have evidence of how some of the Russians based in Spain competing in the organization to Abramovich a good reception during his stay in Spain during Chelsea's game in the Champions League. Chelsea has played recently in Spain against Barcelona and Valencia. And it was quoted in Barcelona which caused more tension when it comes to entertaining the tycoon based in London. Moreover, research also suggests that among the Troika charged by the operation, there is interest in the best Russian team of the moment, Zenit St. Petersburg, recent winner of the Uefa Cup and the club militating with much larger salaries of members of the Russian selection just semifinalist in the Euro. Among the extraordinary volume of economic interests shared by the accused that occupy their talks, one of them was football.

Litvinenko provided information on Oniani, Kalashov and Izguilov. The three resided in Spain or, as is the case with Kalashov, spent a few seasons. The three were the main objective of the operation when Avispa took place in June 2005. Above all, Oniani, whose role at that time was quite important in the criminal hierarchy. And if Oniani was the number one objective of that operation, it turned out that Oniani was drained at the last minute. That operation was sold as a successful police and somehow it was, but what was not said then was that there was some failure. A chivatazo gave to tear up his arrest. Three years later, still waiting to be found responsible. Fugees Oniani, also disappeared Kalashov, Izguilov ended up being arrested for the largest stem from that operation. Despite everything, was not too long in jail and received probation. Since then he has lived between Alicante and Marbella. Curiously, despite its status as a defendant, his power was increasing.

The three prosecutors in charge of the case began to add up all the available information on dozens of Russian citizens and their activities in Spain and outside Spain. They had already proven experience occurred on attempts to gain influence in our country. Some efforts not ceased to be somewhat naive, as happened around Kalashov after his arrest. His defense was assigned three lawyers, one Russian, one Swiss and a third Spanish. As a lawyer was elected the former Spanish judge Javier Gomez de Liaño, in confidence (as well as assert interventions telephone time) that their past condition judge of the Audiencia Nacional allowed some preferential treatment. It has not been the case in the light of the experience: Kalashov has suffered three shipments of jail.

The volume of accumulated information is so great as to make it necessary to have a special chamber for consideration. During the investigation of the case, they discovered a surprising fact: much of the information obtained in the records of the operation Avispa had remained unstudied inside boxes of documentation. That negligence led to some conflict and was remedied.

The information obtained is very complex because it affects a huge number of commercial and noncommercial operations that the mafia made in many countries. The voracity of their business knows no bounds and the same negotiating the purchase of properties in Germany, economic transactions with Switzerland and Cyprus, as imports (not to say smuggling) of cement to Sweden. Clearly the center of their economic activities was in Russia and the countries that were part of the USSR (Ukraine and Georgia, among others) and the Czech Republic, but appears in all the common denominator of bribery and extortion. The payment of commissions for any reason is almost daily. In this context comes to light the names of many people who hold positions in the Administration.

Another common denominator is how the characters are still carefully investigated the vicissitudes of Russian policy and how each appoint a senior official in whichever department of any region or country can not affect their interests. The information obtained is also very precise in everything related to "trade wars" between the organizations. Throughout the investigation are numerous reports of accidental deaths and threats. Such information affecting largely to certain institutions in Russia, but also those of other countries, for Greece, Israel and Germany. Baltasar Garzon and prosecutors who have coordinated investigations expect the visit to this next week's deputy prosecutor general of Russia, to determine if it can establish cooperation between the two countries. The real purpose of the operation Troika will take time to know each other.

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

A Russian admission Ossetian-Russian alliance.



Georgypsie merkava tank shot by Ossetian-Russian alliance. by Krazhder

More postings

From a Russian Blog!!!!!!!!!!

Vlad the Bad & Dmitry the Gitry TagTeam Is Here.

TO RUSSOPHOBIC WEST: when the shit hits the fan it AIN'T gonna be a pretty picture. Be afraid, be very afraid!

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they treat affiliates like slaves

affilates are the 21st century slaves. this letter is not uncommon

"Hello Affiliates,

AsianFoodGrocer.com will be canceling its Share-A-Sale program. Some affiliates have placed ads that may jeopardize our ability to participate in MSN, Yahoo's, and Google's PPC programs. Since we are an internet based company, this is a real threat to our business. Please remove any ads that you have placed for us immediately -time is of the essence-

Thank you so much for your time, and if you have any questions please contact my Manager and Web Master, Gustavo Caraballo .......@ctcfood.com.

Larry Tanita
CFO, Asian Food Grocer"

Companies change networks and expect affiliates to remove both text and banner links. Often these have no "alt". without this it is impossible to locate these links. If you have on a merchants advertisements on one or more domains they are asking for the impossible.

I am sorry I cannot sympathize with you. Pay an hourly rate for the time that it takes to first find the links and then remove them and maybe we can assist you in your request.

Monday, August 11, 2008

Dating websites & 419 scams - received today this one!

[05:44, 11/08/08] lilian:

Hello Dear,

How are you today? I hope you are fine. If so thank be to God almigthy. please excuse me, I saw your profile, so I decided to contact you despite that I have not seen you in person. It will be my pleasure to communicate with you. My name is Lilian Kewrell, 23 years from Liberia in West Africa. I am single girl looking for honest and nice person. Somebody who care and fear God whom I can partner with. I don't care about your colour or ethnicity.

I would like to know you more, most especially what you like and what you dislike.I'm sending you this beautiful mail, with a wish for much happiness. reach me on personal email (msliliankewrell@live.com) I am looking forward to hear from you kisses.

Thanks and God bless.
Love from,
Lilian

I checked "Lilian Kewrell, 23 years from Liberia in West Africa." with a Google Search and got this so did not take the bait:-)

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Sunday, August 10, 2008

Russian warplane attacks unarmed BBC Television crew

Georgia - this evening a trigger happy Russian pilot attacking Gorgi in Georgia wheeled away from the town and and attempted to attack a BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) television crew on the border, to the best of our knowledge on the Georgian side. A little discipline Mr Putin is called for. Court Martial this pilot.

Oh their excuse is that they are protecting Russian citizens - perhaps they will next start to offer Russian passports to American citizens so that they can have the pretext of attacking the USA!

Interesting comments!

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