- Jan 24, 2011
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A 419 scam is currently hitting the inboxes of various users, posing as a message from none other than Justin Bieber, who supposedly wants to make a charitable act by donating incredible sums of money, but his mother won’t let him.
Although the emails are a poor attempt of a scam, there could be some fans out there who might “beliebe” it and fall into the trap.
The address the emails appear to come from is “j.bib@outlook.com,” which may fool a young belieber as to the authenticity of the sender. The “reason” behind all this is pure generosity and that he cannot continue amassing huge piles of money without giving some away.
Should the victim engage in the email exchange, the messages try to convince them to sign up with a Swedish bank in order to receive a $680,000 (€506,000) donation from the celebrity.
The perp provides names of bank employees with whom the victim should get in touch in order to open the account, for which a deposit must be made.
Presumably, a follow-up email from the bank representative instructs the victim on the process for opening the account and the amount required.
However, in the communication prior to this, the scammer will try to convince the victim that he is indeed Justin Bieber, by providing details (date and place of birth and schools he attended) about the artist.
If the victim needs more convincing, the scammer sends a message informing that “10% of my worth have been in a Private Deposit Putting away for a Long time now and it has reached an Amount of $15,000,000.00 [€11,167,278].
“I am trying to cede this money in portions through the bank i am donating 680,000.00 USD to individuals to promote their standard of living and also donating 545,000.00 USD to AIDs Charity and 200,000.00 USD to Fire Service.”
In one of the messages, the fake Bieber says that he has a Google team working for him to create a new web page, specifically for this charitable action. Moreover, he asks for a picture of the victim and promises that, as soon as they receive their money, the Google team will publish the image on the new website.
Read more: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Justin-Bieber-Wants-to-Donate-10-of-His-Money-Scam-Mail-452174.shtml
Although the emails are a poor attempt of a scam, there could be some fans out there who might “beliebe” it and fall into the trap.
The address the emails appear to come from is “j.bib@outlook.com,” which may fool a young belieber as to the authenticity of the sender. The “reason” behind all this is pure generosity and that he cannot continue amassing huge piles of money without giving some away.
Should the victim engage in the email exchange, the messages try to convince them to sign up with a Swedish bank in order to receive a $680,000 (€506,000) donation from the celebrity.
The perp provides names of bank employees with whom the victim should get in touch in order to open the account, for which a deposit must be made.
Presumably, a follow-up email from the bank representative instructs the victim on the process for opening the account and the amount required.
However, in the communication prior to this, the scammer will try to convince the victim that he is indeed Justin Bieber, by providing details (date and place of birth and schools he attended) about the artist.
If the victim needs more convincing, the scammer sends a message informing that “10% of my worth have been in a Private Deposit Putting away for a Long time now and it has reached an Amount of $15,000,000.00 [€11,167,278].
“I am trying to cede this money in portions through the bank i am donating 680,000.00 USD to individuals to promote their standard of living and also donating 545,000.00 USD to AIDs Charity and 200,000.00 USD to Fire Service.”
In one of the messages, the fake Bieber says that he has a Google team working for him to create a new web page, specifically for this charitable action. Moreover, he asks for a picture of the victim and promises that, as soon as they receive their money, the Google team will publish the image on the new website.
Read more: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Justin-Bieber-Wants-to-Donate-10-of-His-Money-Scam-Mail-452174.shtml
