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: Update Your Personal Data Thank you for using LloydsTsb Bank . On monday I shall forward this e-mail to Llyods TSB Bank

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:-

mandarine's Profile - Shelfari

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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

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)