AIM/YIM scam effecting multiple trainz users.

[Gandalf0444]

I recived an IM from a deaflotto092008 on AIM. And come to find out several other trainz user have gotten the same exact message but with the person claiming to be a FBI agent. And person has used several different names.
The message would look something like this.

Hello, this officer Adedayo Lawal from FBI
police here.We recover the sum of $200,000,000.00 from scammers and we and federal govt are willing to give all the people that have been scammed before the sum of $40,000 each and nigeria federal goverment said we should give the sum of $40,000 to each AIM and yahoo IM, we see on the scammer list ..and your IM is one of the SN we have to give the sum of $40,000...I am here with my staff ID card for you to know that i am a real member of FBI cuz i know that there are many fake FBI online that scam people of there money..we have arrested many of them and they are in our custody..be honest with us we dont like game and give us the right information about you so that we will not give the money to wrong person.

This person has used several different name like above he used Officer Adedayo Lawal. While other people have gotten him using other names claiming to be apart of the FBI.
And it going through trainzer after trainzer leads me to beleive that someone on this forum is gathering names from our accounts.
Also look here for a list of them and look who is at the top. http://home.earthlink.net/~deafy/scamalertlist.htm

 

[Dylanviey]

Yes be warned any trainz user that has their AIM S/N in public view i got that same exact message from the same S/N but he use a different totally different name. If anyone gets this message DO NOT!!!!! give your bank account, credit card, etc. Mark that message on AIM as spam and block the user. as soon as he sends it to you.

 

[007007]

Thanks, I was just about to...

 

[PerRock]

hrrm got hit by him just a little while ago... I never go for any of that stuff anyways. I'll report him to AIM. Oh for your info my IM was from aleclyle0416

peter

 

[Gandalf0444]

Mine was from him to! Thats what started it.

 

[Dylanviey]

Mine was from him to! Thats what started it.

well that's what started up putting together that he was targeting trainz users on the auran forums.

 

[AJ_Fox]

I doubt an FBI Agent would use a word like "cuz".

Cheers

AJ

 

[Dylanviey]

I doubt an FBI Agent would use a word like "cuz".

Cheers

AJ

i also doubt he would use a variation of a username that's preaty high on a FBI's scamerd list

 

[VirtualBeechGrove]

Thats a trainz user who is scamming you.. Or something using his IM. Alec Shapiro is his name, i forget his forum name. But i want to say it's "NKP something"

Corey

 

[Gandalf0444]

He appears to be the one who started it. But it seems its another person behind the scammers name.

 

[0099]

It reminds me of the one i got not so long ago saying i won an african lottery in the sum of $10 000 000 and all i needed was my credit card and adress to get it. I was so excited that i won i email my details straight away:hehe: .

 

[sethmcs]

It reminds me of the one i got not so long ago saying i won an african lottery in the sum of $10 000 000 and all i needed was my credit card and adress to get it. I was so excited that i won i email my details straight away:hehe: .

So what did you do with the money you won?:hehe:

 

[0099]

i brought shares in an ethiopian bank:hehe: .

Also another one is for people with MSN who get emails for hotmail saying due to to many email addresses msn is closing down and you need to pay for a new one

 

[ex-railwayman]

Also another one is for people with MSN who get emails for hotmail saying due to to many email addresses msn is closing down and you need to pay for a new one

I thought THAT was a real message from Bill Gates......:hehe:


I wonder if David Nutter has read this, he might be a member of the Deaf Society ????


Cheerz... ex-railwayman.

 

[StorkNest]

This is why I never use AIM, only 2 people who are not Trainz users know the ID and I see them face-to-face. No offense to anyone, I just hate the thing, I only have it because it is tied to my email account.

Anytime an African government wants to give away money, you know something is wrong. If I thought it would be worth the effort, I'd say spam him back about winning free Antartican train tours.

 

[Gandalf0444]

Well seeing as the person said that for YIM users to,I don't see how it strictly AIM.

 

[moggy]

My son showed me how all this works. On a pc that is fully secure to the internet, ie no pings will get to it, so as far as any remote machine is hunting for a nesting place then it will not gain access.
Hope that makes sense.....anyway...he wrote a small programme that reads all email addys that are held on the machine. Not just your messenger ones but all your contacts. From there on, if it was to be sent out with an email, it would harvest all the addresses from the recipients of an email.

Therefore the originators email address might not be the real address of the sender, but it's all hidden in the form of this little worm thats sending it all out.
One way to check any address of any suspicious email is to do a full header check of the email, which will show the origin of the email. Then using a tool like "Discombobulator" , available from www.grc.com, will help sort your piece of mind.

In other words ... those that have received these emails and messages, may have received them because someone on your messenger list may not have had a fully secure machine. Or, even if it was fully secure , then something is not setup correctly, knowing the way AOL wants to control all it's users.... then it's more likely a simple thing like AOL selling on email/messenger addressess, so thats another story entirely.

 

[dnutter]

WARNING ON YOU!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't let join them PLEASE DON'T DO THAT! THANK YOU!

I thought THAT was a real message from Bill Gates......:hehe:


I wonder if David Nutter has read this, he might be a member of the Deaf Society ????


Cheerz... ex-railwayman.

It well, I never visit to my aim not as much often because I have few busy with my family and our home...

Plus, I am not involved on member of the Deaf Society because there not that my favorite stuff and I am not interested about Deaf Society because I knew that they are very bad stuff any information!!! (Example) If I take join new of Deaf Society of Member in the computer then deaf people read on any deaf people's list what those name, age, where live and phone etc whatever then happen will there will send you on your email maybe will you get bad spam! And like stupid someone send to you that "Surprised, you are WINNER and you will have get $10,000 and we'll send you get free the computer or STUFFS everything" that cause there FBI and CIA have been still investigator on the Deaf Society of Member!

WARNING!!! On you IF you wanna join on Deaf Socitey of Member and they send to your email in the computer and they said "required you should have send to Deaf Society of Member for pay little a money for lotto something and other everything reason and WILL DEAF SOCIETY OF MEMBER WILL HAVE BEEN STOLEN YOUR MONEY and possible they can been rumor in your EMAIL ADDRESS SPAM! So that's why I was little confused because my mom was didn't know about those Deaf Society of Member are looking very nice to everyone but that it not TRUE! They is it HUMOR!

Thank you I want have just helping out with you and everyone because my mom are already experience about happen with stupids Deaf Society of Member and Lotto!

I am still WORRY about to everyone because of Deaf Society of Member!

I am honestly with you that I AM NOT LIED WITH EVERYONE! Because my mom was have one of Deaf Society of Member but it today my mom was have change new yahoo email in a years now.....

So, there that not easy for you and us too!

Still, if happen someday someone have been add on your aim and you saw on the aim of deaflotto092008 then quicking BLOCKED THEM A MOMENT! Or reports to Cops or FBI or CIA for safety!

 

[dnutter]

Also, I forgotten telling you that IF you try use your money put on the money order or VISA card or whatever when you use your money send to Deaf Society then pretty for sure they WILL TAKE YOUR MONEY NEVER COME BACK YOU AGAIN!

 

[Gandalf0444]

I also doubt they would call themselves the "FBI police" its more like this is such and such from the Federal Bureau of Investigation or FBI.