Meta: On Hold

I'm currently very busy performing an upgrade of my personal computing infrastructure and a couple of other projects, and this has rendered posting to the blog very inconvenient. Consequently, I'm not going to bother posting every little 419, stock scam and phish that comes my way for the time being. I'll continue to report on anything outrageously deceptive, but the common or garden variety of deception is on hold for now. Hopefully I'll soon have this all sorted out, and resume the regular pattern of reporting.

Advance Fee Fraud: Mr. Kasim Useni

The only thing unusual about this 419 is how sparse it is. Almost a simple "we've got a lot of money that we need help with shifting discreetly -- contact us for details". As the Internet's self-appointed Deception Spotter, I can assure you all this is nothing but bait on a hook. Don't bite, or you'll regret it. The spam came from 82.71.64.54 (82-71-64-54.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk.) on Tue, 21 Jun 2005 13:13:40 -0000. The contact address is at "zwallet.com", which is a free (as in pay for it by receiving advertising) email service I hadn't heard of before. Seems like they've been around for a while, though.

Dear Friend

Please accept my apology for contacting this way, which was due to the urgency of my request. I got your contact from an enquiry I placed at the Chamber of Commerce, Trade and Industry.

My partners and I are in need of a worthy business partner abroad, who can handle the investment of specified funds which have been lying fallow for sometime. If you accept to work with us, you would be our foreign partner to receive the said funds on our behalf, due to our sensitive position in OUR PLACE OF WORK, and also to hold it in some investment until we can travel to meet with you. At your request I will intimate you with the blueprint when I receive your mail.
NOTE: PLEASE FORWARD YOUR REPLY ONLY TO THIS MAIL BOX STATED HERE: kasimuseni@zwallet.com for security reasons and make sure you include your private telephone number for easy communication.

Hoping to hear from you soon.

My regards.

MR.KASIM USENI
kasimuseni@zwallet.com

Pump and Dump: HTSC

Those tedious stock spammers are still at it. This one hawks "Humana Trans Services Holding Corp." (HTSC). Note that this stock ranked a mention in an earlier CWTD spam. The spam was sent to my legacy address from 208.11.171.15 (208-11-171-15.skybest.com.) on Sun, 19 Jun 2005 06:28:45 +0000. Text is copied below minus the "forward looking statements" disclaimer.

Humana Trans Services Holding Corporation(OTC: HTSC)

On Track to Exceed $6,000,000 in Revenues and Regain
Profitability in FY2005. Clients Include: Cardinal
Health, Penske Logistics and Royal Ahold (Source: News
6/3/05)

Current Price: 0.24

Watch This One Trade... If You Think It Is Going to
Explode Higher, You May Want to Get in Early..

Reason to Consider HTSC:(Source: Recent Press
Releases)


1)Humana Trans Services Holding Corp. Signs Agreement
with Jeff Raymond of Pylon Management to Advisory
Board and Consulting Agreement-  Currently, Mr.
Raymond, through Pylon Management, is a consultant to
senior management of large national staffing company
with revenues of over $100 million. Mr. Raymond,
through Pylon Management, also is a consultant to a
couple of smaller staffing companies.

2)Humana Trans Services Holding Corp. Announces
AccountAbilities Subsidiary- Pleased to announce the
formation of AccountAbilities, a new subsidiary to
operate as an accounting staffing group. The group
will be headed by Allan Hartley who will serve as
President of the new subsidiary. Mr. Hartley has been
in the Accounting Placement business over 20 years.

He has worked with national companies, Robert Half
(RHI) and KForce (KFRC), in executive positions and is
the creator of the AccountAbilities business model and
concept.

Mr. Hartley projects that AccountAbilities will be in
five cities before the end of calendar 2005. The
potential revenue for AccountAbilities is
approximately $2,000,000 for each office for just the
accounting staffing, without adding in any other
professional staffing areas.


3)Humana Trans Services Holding Corp. Sells Payroll
Division Subsidiary, Returns to Profitability- Humana
Trans Services is currently on track to exceed
$6,000,000 in revenues and regain profitability in
FY2005.


About HTSC: (Source: News 6/3/05)

Established in 2001, Humana is a fully reporting,
publicly traded company listed currently on the
over-the-counter (OTC) market under the symbol "HTSC".
The company is primarily engaged in employee leasing
and recruitment services in five states and maintains
its corporate offices in Hanover, Md., with operations
in the Northeast and Florida.

HTSC currently provides human resource (HR)
outsourcing principally to the transportation industry
and to leading Fortune 500 companies including
Cardinal Health, Penske Logistics and Royal Ahold.

Job Scam: restandtravel.net

Some of these scams are like undead monsters that refuse to die. Witness "restandtravel.NET" which just maybe could be related to "restandtravel.COM". But I'm in no mood for long-winded exposition right now, so here are the bare facts. Received the spam from 83.227.232.81 (ua-83-227-232-81.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se. -- a broadband customer in Sweden, if it's not obvious) on Thu, 16 Jun 2005 13:46:48 -0000. Right at this very moment, "restandtravel.net" simply does not appear in the DNS, which is odd. Either they messed up their own spam, and intended to use "restandtravel.com", or they are probably in the process of registering it right now.

Hello,

Do you wish to work in huge international well-known and respected company, increasing your current regular income meanwhile?

 

If you do then this proposal is definately for you!

 

Rest & Travel Co., leading company in field of tourism, has got good news for you.

 

Rest & Travel Co. is glad to suggest you an opportunity to gain some additional profits to your current income.

Several positions of financial manager are available now because holiday season is very near and we are experiencing sales boom.

That’s why we have decided to open several vacancies in each country where we have got operating agents already as well as to open several vacancies in new countries to spread our business furthermore.

 

Financial manager’s work consists of receiving payment from our customers and further sending them to us or our representatives.

Agent’s salary is 5% from each successfully transferred amount. All additional expenses (such as funds transferring costs) are paid by Rest & Travel Co.

 

Why is this proposal unique and what are its’ benefits?

 

1. You do not have to pay any so called “entrance-fees” and moreover you are not required to pay anything at all.

2. You do not have to find other people for recruiting them. Actually the current number of vacancies is strictly limited.

3. You can start working with us within a week after the Application Form is sent to us.

4. This type of job doesn’t take a lot of time however it is well-paid.

 

If you’re interested and you would like to apply please send us an email to vacancy@restandtravel.net specifying your current occupation, name and approximate time when you will be ready to start working with us. As soon as we receive this information from you you will be sent an Application Form in reply. If have any difficulties and questions feel free to contact us at info@restandtravel.net and you will be sent detailed and qualified reply.

 

Thanks for your attention. We hope that you are interested in our proposal.

 

-- Sincere regards, Kelley Crabtree HR Manager crabtree@restandtravel.net Rest & Travel Co.

 

Job Scam: ifxtrade.net

I haven't investigated this as deeply as I might, because the scammers in this case haven't set up their website properly. It probably works in Internet Explorer, but I never use it. Anyway, I received job offer spam from 69.95.28.41 (host-69-95-28-41.roc.choiceone.net.; WHOIS claims location is Williamsville, NY, USA) on Wed, 15 Jun 2005 05:44:41 +0000. The spam is as follows.

Dear friend,
Thank you for the interest to our company!

We are happy to offer you the position of Client Manager in our company
This is a unique chance to raise your incomes by doing a simple but responsible work.

Job Description:
To serve private clients of the company living on the territory of the USA
Domestic work, free work schedule (2-4 hours / day).
Salary: start at $4000 / month

To get the application, please, use the following link:
http://www.ifxtrade.net

Sincerely,
Department of Personnel
IFX Trading Ltd.

The defanged hyperlink actually pointed to http://www.ifxtrade.net/normalpage.asp@page=92, for what it matters. The entire site appears to be a rip-off of http://www.ifxonline.net/. Apparently this has happened before, with the domain "ifxtrading.net", and they aren't happy about it. It's not clear whether they know about the new rip-off, though, so I've sent them a note about it. The WHOIS record for the rogue site, "ifxtrade.net", says it was created on 2004-12-24.

Advance Fee Fraud: Peggy Stockley

Friends of the late Peggy Stockley will probably be irritated -- or something stronger -- to know that the lads from Lagos have woven her into a 419 scam. These Nigerians are playing a dangerous game. All it will take is a few Americans to earnestly assert that all this 419 fraud is financing terrorism, and Nigeria will follow in the footsteps of Afghanistan and Iraq. Anyhow, this is a pretty ordinary 419 sent through a webmail system at 62.149.225.4 (host4-225-149-62.serverdedicati.aruba.it.) on Tue, 14 Jun 2005 23:26:28 +0000, directed at my oldest active address (a ".org" address).

From: William Oboh

Dear Sir / Ma,

First, I'm soliciting your utmost confidenciality in this Transaction.
I am Dr William Oboh, Deposit Accrediting Officer of a Security company in Lagos Nigeria. I came to you in my private search for a reliable person to handle this confidential transaction, which involves huge sum of money to your country.

The Proposition: A foreigner an American, late Peggy Stockley who died on January 31 aboard Alaska Airlines Flight 261, which crashed into the Pacific Ocean not far from Los Angeles, while returning from her country from a business trip. She deposited with us at our security company a consignment and the content of the consignment is worth US$11Million, having heard of the tragic incident involving late Peggy Stockley the security company now expects a next of kin as beneficiary. Valuable efforts have been made by the security company's management to get in touch with any of her family's but I personally found out that she died with her husband and had no child or children that is known to us.

The only name of next of kin given to us by late Peggy Stockley unfortunately was with her in the same flight that crashed, and this is unknown to the security company's management. I'm taking this advantage in order to better my life and that of my family, I now decided to seek your permission to have you stand as next of kin to late Peggy Stockley, so that the consignment containing the money be released to you as the next of kin. All documents and proves to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out, by the lawyer that will be employ to work on your behalf . You can take time and verify from the website as shown herein for confirmation of the crash,

<http://edition.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/>

I am assuring you that this transaction and its procedures is 100% legal and risk free involvement. Your share stays while the rest will be for myself. The sharing of the fund between the two of us will be as follows: 30% of the total sum will go to you for your effort and commitment
to the success of this transaction. 70% will be for us here. As soon as I receive an acknowledgement of the receipt of this message in Acceptance, I will immediately start up with the process. If this proposal is acceptable by you, kindly reply me immediately you get this mail.

I want you to also furnish me with your private telephone/fax or preferably your mobile numbers as well as your full names and address, I will have to apply for the release of the consignment in your favor as the next of kin.

Finally, note that the security company officers/management does not know the contents of the consignment but as the Deposit Accrediting Officer of a Security company, I happened to have the privilege of knowing the content of the consignment, Mrs. Peggy Stockley declared the content of the consignment to be her personal effects.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation and I shall give you more details on what we are to do to claim the consignment without any hitch.

Yours faithfully,
William Oboh

 

Phish of the Day: SouthTrust

This phish is nothing new, but I haven't seen one in a while, so I may as well report it. This is one of those phish that uses a single large GIF image instead of text. The excuse for you needing to click the link is some bull about a "software upgrade". The email was received from 195.174.222.231 (WHOIS: Cable Operator Network of Turk Telekom, Izmir, Turkey) on Mon, 13 Jun 2005 08:31:13 +0000. The phish website is at http://202.99.223.139/rpm/ (WHOIS: TaiYuan GPP Netbar, China). We've seen this phishy little URL used before, and it's appalling to see it still active. The site attempts to elicit First Name, Last Name, ATM/Debit Card, PIN, Expiration Date, Online Banking UserId/Password, and email address.

Pump and Dump: PGCN

This stock-hype spam was sent to the same address as all the recent stock-hype spam I've received. There is further evidence to suggest that the same spammers are behind it, such as mention of the CWTD stock, and the fact that it's yet another Chinese organisation being pumped. I'm sure there's an at least slightly interesting story behind all this spam, but not so interesting that I'm going to try digging for it.

This spam was received from 66.161.94.20 (WHOIS: delegated by "SBC E-Services - Irvine IDC" to "BRADCAL, Inc.", Cerritos, CA, USA) on Sat, 11 Jun 2005 05:18:39 -0000. I've dropped the "forward looking statements" disclaimer from the text below.

                                           HOT SHOT STOCK ALERT
                                      EXCITING  ISSUE PGCN  GET IN NOW!!!
                                       ONLINE OFFERING! Monday, June 13th

                                               SYMBOL:  PGCN


OTC Ticker: PGCN
Current Price: $1.01   (UP 0.49 (96.08%)
This stock is at its 52wk high today and the news is not even out yet!

  Pingchuan Summary:
Harbin Pingchuan Pharmaceutical Holding Co., Ltd. ("PINGCHUAN") (PGCN) was
established in March 2001 in Harbin city, P.R.China. It is a modernized
pharmaceutical manufacturer with first-class medical R&D ability, pioneered
medicine products, and well-established marketing network.

Harbin Pingchuan Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Institute was
established in June 1998, with a registered capital of US$120,000. Currently
it has 60 employees, 20 of them are professionals and experts on diabetes.
Functioning as the R&D base of PINGCHUAN, the institute focuses on R & D of
new medicines, particularly those on diabetes.

Since the establishment of 2001, PINGCHUAN has developed a series of
diabetes medicine, including antibiotics, chemical medical capsules and
traditional Chinese medicine. Kang Da Glycosuria Capsule is one of the
successful products of PINGCHUAN for treating diabetes. It was first
developed in 1998 and introduced to the market in 2001. PINGCHUAN also
produces medical intermediates and pharmaceutical preparations, medical
instruments, health care food and other related products.

PINGCHUAN has well-established marketing network and sale branches,
including about 180,000 retail pharmacies/drugstores across China, agency
network in major cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Xi'an,
special sales counter at drug chain stores in key regions, residence
community clinic sale and promotion, as well as internet marketing through
the company's website. The marketing network of PINGCHUAN covers more than
50% districts of China and exports to US, Japan, Russia, and south-eastern
Asia.

Example:
CWTD in February 2004 at 90 cents before it went to $8.50, an increase of
800 PERCENT !! In March MAMA at 3.95 shortly before hitting a high of $13.30
over 400 PERCENT !!!  But We expect much more from PGCN, Sit back and watch.

Job Scam/Hijack Alert: safe-sales.biz

These are often nasty, and this appears to be no exception to that general rule. Job scams of this kind are usually involve becoming an easily-traced money launderer for a bunch of much less easily-traced phishers. They always fail to mention that the job is likely to get you on the wrong side of local law enforcement. Anyhow, in this case, it looks like their web site is attempting to do something actively malicious, so it doesn't matter whether you accept the job or not -- so long as you go visit their website with an appropriately vulnerable version of Internet Explorer, they will be able to take control of your computer. Well, that's the usual story -- I haven't checked out the specifics of this case because the Javascript is heavily obfuscated and I don't have the time to unscramble it right now. I may update later if I get the time to work on it.

The spam was received from 203.187.200.189 (WHOIS: BG Broadband Networks India Pvt. Ltd, Cable Internet Service Provider, Surat, India.) on Thu, 9 Jun 2005 20:50:25 -0000. It was sent to the same ".au" address that seems to attract all my job scam spam.

   Dear Reader!

   Safe Sales Inc. search highly organized, responsible people for work as our escrow operator, in connection with expansion of services of our company and a network of ours offices worldwide.

   At present vacancy - escrow operator is accessible to our company, work is home-based.

   The position escrow operator demands from you skills of work with a computer and knowledge of work escrow services. There is a prospect of career growth. If you meet the requirements to the escrow operator your work will be reception of the finance and the goods from our clients, ncluding the various companies, handling and allocating of the finance and the goods. Istructions you will receive from one of ours office coordinators. Your earnings depends on you: the better you consult with the work - the above your salary and that more likely you can promote in our company.

   At present there are but not available in our company following vacancies:

Office coordinator - positive, team oriented work consists in direct work with clients and acceptance of orders from people and the companies acting as buyers or sellers.
Finance coordinator - allocating of money resources, according to contracts with clients. Goods coordinator - distribution of goods, according to contracts with clients.
Title Representative - looking for quick learners with a positive attitude who have an interest in learning the Title industry.
Marketing Coordinator - seeking a highly creative, organized team player who is proficient in MS Office and aplications such as Quark Express, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator or Pagemaker.

   Requirements to escrow operator:

Reception and duly accomplishing of instructions from ours office coordinator in this connection it is necessary to receive e-mail some times in day and to answer phone calls during day.
You should maintain an account (accounts) in banks for acceptance of money from our clients and open accounts in banks accessible to you on requirements office operator for needs of our company.
We offer competitive compensation, including base salary, commission, and expense reimbursement Approximate quantity of transactions per week depends only on your skills.
The Employer will pay to the Employee compensation at the rate of $14,400.00 per year, payable once a month in the day when Agreement is in force.

   To start to work in our company to you it is necessary to send us your resume.

   As soon as we shall consider and we shall accept your resume to you it will be necessary to sign the contract and to send copies of the documents providing your identity then you will be assigned to our office coordinator.

   If you were interested with our offer, please send us resume to:

   job@safe-sales.biz

   Recruitment Department of Safe Sales Inc.

   http://www.safe-sales.biz

Advance Fee Fraud: Akimo Danjuma

Just a very traditional-looking 419 to report at the moment, where "tradition" involves the use of all capital letters, among other things. Received from 62.37.236.185 (smtp.latinmail.com.) on Wed, 08 Jun 2005 00:10:03 -0000, this appears to use the popular "webmail" vector for delivery -- specifically "webmail.wanadoo.es." in this case. And, given that it was sent to the contact address for this blog, I assume the address was obtained using web-based address harvesting techniques, which is also typical.

FROM THE DESK OF BARR.AKIMO DANJUMA
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT
UNION BANK PLC
MARIN HOUSE LAGOS NIGERIA

DEAR FRIEND,

I AM BARR. AKIMO DANJUMA, AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT UNION BANK NIGERIA PLC. THIS MAIL MIGHT COME IN AS A SURPRISE TO YOU SINCE I DO NOT KNOW YOU AND YOU DO NOT KNOW ME,BUT I HAVE A PROPOSAL TO PUT BEFORE YOU.BEFORE I PROCEED, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN SOME R= ELEVANT FACTS TO YOU.BEFORE THIS MAIL GOT TO YOU, WE (MYSELF AND MY PARTNERS) HAVE SENT OUT SEVERAL PROPOSALS OF THIS NATURE TO FOREIGNERS,(NON AFRICANS) BUT WE RECIEVED NEGATIVE RESPONSES.
SO WE TOOK IT UPON OURSELVES TO CARRY OUT INVESTIGATIONS WHY THIS WAS SO.UPON OUR INVESTIGATIONS, WE FOUND OUT THAT CERTAIN JUNIOR OFFICIALS OF THIS BANK HAD GOTTEN WIND OF THIS PROPOSAL AND WERE USING IT TO SWINDLE PEOPLE OF THEIR MONEY WITHOUT SUCESSFULLY FUFILLING THE REAL AIM OF THE TRANSACTION. WE THEN SWUNG INTO ACTION AND HAVE TAKEN ANOTHER STEP TO ENSURE THAT THIS ACT IS STOPPED AND ONLY GENUINE OFFICIALS CAPABLE OF EXECUTING A TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE TO A SUCCESSFULL CONCLUSION WERE SELECTED. WE THUS TRANSFERED THE FUNDS INTO A FINANCE HOUSE/SECURITY FIRM IN EUROPE AFFILIATED TO THIS BANK. NOW THE PROPOSAL IS THUS:OUR BANK IS MOSTLY PATRONISED BY FOREIGNERS AND EXPERTRAITS BECAUSE OF OUR ABILTY TO BE DISCRETE AND SECRETIVE. FROM OCTOBER I994 TO DATE, WE HAVE LOST EIGHT CLIENTS(DECEASED) AND FROM THESE EIGHT ONLY FOUR NEXT OF KINS HAVE TURNED UP TO LAY CLAIMS ON THE ENTITLEMENTS OF FOUR OF THESE CLIENTS. OUR POLICY, IS TO SEND SEVERAL MESSAGES TO THE EMBASSIES AND HIGH COMMISSIONS FROM WHERE OUR CLIENTS ARE NATIONALISED TO NOTIFY ALL NEXT OF KIN ABOUT THEIR DECEASED RELATIVES FUNDS IN OUR POSSESSION. AMONG THE REMAINING FOUR DECEASED CLIENTS, ONE IN PARTICULAR DID NOT LEAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT HIS NEXT OF KIN. HE IS A FOREGNER, AND HE LEFT IN OUR BANKS POSSESSION A SUM OF $15,000,000 ($15MILLIONU.DOLLARS). WE HAVE SENT SEVERAL MESSAGES TO THIS HOME AUTHORITIES TO SOURCE FOR HIS NEXT OF KIN OR ANY OF HIS RELATIVES AND ALL EFFORTS HAVE PROVED ABORTIVE. RECENTLY, WE GOT WIND OF INFORMATION THATTHE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA ARE MAKING PLANS TO CONFISTICATE THIS MONEY AND MAY BE SOME OF THEIR TOP OFFICIALS COULD SIT ON THIS MONEY. THIS WAS WHERE WE TOOK IT UPON OURSELVES TO TRANSFER THIS FUNDS TO ONE OF OUR AFFILIATES IN EUROPE. AS YOU RECIEVE THIS MAIL AND ARE READING IT, THE FUND IS IN THIS FINANCE HOUSE IN EUROPE AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE SOURCING FOR A RELIABLE AND TRUST WORTHY PERSON TO ASSIST US IN CLAIMING THIS FUND UNDER THE GUISE OF BEING THEN NEXT OF KIN TO OUR DECEASED CLIENT. ALL YOU ARE REQUIRED TO DO IS TO LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE INTERESTED AND I WILL FURNISH YOU WITH ALL THE REQUIRED
DOCUMENTS THAT YOU NEED TO OBTAIN THIS FUND, YOUR SHARE OF THIS MONEY WILL BE 40% YOU ARE TO KEEP THIS TRANSACTION SOLELY TO YOUR SELF ALONE.
PLEASE,REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS:chbzokoro@box.az

BEST REGARDS.
BARR.AKIMO DANJUMA

Pump and Dump: CYTGF

Second course: more of the same. Received from 67.40.120.201 (WHOIS: delegated by U S WEST Internet Services to Robert Reilly, Mills, WY, USA) on Thu, 9 Jun 2005 20:21:51 -0000. Reproduced here minus the "disclaimer" block. Bon appetit.

WATCH THIS ONE JUNE 8-24 AS WE KNOW MANY OF YOU LIKE MOMENTUM


CRYSTAL GRAPHITE CORPORATION
SYMBOL:  CYTGF

( Ticker: CYTGF)
Price: $.34
1 Week Target: $1.25
10-Day Target: $3.65
3-Month Target: $15.00


We are going to profile a stock that is very much undervalued and has just
started trading. Ground Floor opportunity for everybody.

Crystal Graphite Corporation: B.C. Construction Boom Driving Force in
Increased Canada Pumice Sales
Wednesday June 1, 9:30 am ET

  VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 2005--Crystal
Graphite Corporation ("CGC") (CNQ: CYTG) (OTCBB: CYTGF - News) announces
Canada Pumice Corporation ("CPC") sales have increased 44.3% compared to
this period last year. Significant interest in the Construction Aggregate,
Tephralite(TM) along with the horticulture, landscape and retail bagged
products is contributing to the increasing new business and growth. The
British Columbia construction boom is the driving force in the interest in
Canada Pumice Construction Aggregate with several tender quotes for large
projects in Western Canada which includes quoting the largest construction
job to date.

  Reasons to look at Crystal Graphite Corporation:
        LETTER OF INTENT IN PLACE FOR A BARITE PROPERTY IN NE. BC.
(NEGOTIATING MINERAL PROPERTY AGREEMENT)
  LETTER OF INTENT  FOR A MAGNETITE PROPERTY IN BC. (DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE
WITH CHINESE INTERESTS).
  CGC MARKETING OTHER GRADES FOR GRAPHITE IT DOESN'T PRODUCE INCLUDING BZW'
S.
  CGC, WORKING WITH 'TDM' (USA) , IS SUCCESSFULLY PRODUCING FUEL CELL
BI-POLAR PLATES FOR FUEL CELL AND THE BATTERY     INDUSTRY.
PHASE 1 CAPITAL EXPANSION OF GRAPHITE MILL COMPLETED, RESULTING IN :
INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY, HIGHER QUALITY CARBON CONTENT AND ELIMINATION OF
MOISTURE.
CGC SUCCESSFULLY INCREASED FINE GRAPHITE GRADE FROM 95.8% TO 98.3% WHICH
NOW QUALIFIES IT AS BATTERY GRADE WHICH TRIPLES ITS VALUE.
CGC SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOPED AN INEXPENSIVE SYSTEM TO MICRONIZE LARGE FLAKE
GRAPHITE INTO FUEL CELL GRADE (74% OF PRODUCT INCREASE TO 85%).
CGC PREPARED 43-101 DOCUMENT FOR TSX (CANADA) LISTING.
    *******Our last pick was CDGT at $1.95 in May  and now its
$3.70 and still climbing*********** Don't say we didn't tell you

Pump and Dump: NHVP

Today's dish is stock manipulation spam. Received from 220.135.190.48 (220-135-190-48.HINET-IP.hinet.net.; WHOIS: CHTD, Chunghwa Telecom Co.,Ltd, Taipei, Taiwan) on Wed, 8 Jun 2005 12:32:20 -0000. Text is reproduced here minus the "disclaimer" block.

Groundbreaking NEws for NHVP - This issue is HOT

Symbol:                          NHVP
Current Price:                    $0.55

10 out of 10 Rating Watch This stock SOAR


Northeast Development Corporation Negotiating for the Purchase of Prime Residential Development Property

Northeast Development Corporation Negotiating for the Purchase of Prime Residential Development Property

Northeast Development Corporation Negotiating for the Purchase of Prime Residential Development Property

GroundBreaking NEWS!!! <---


Expected Speculative price in next 3-5 days: $1.55

This Stock is expected to o through the roof.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Symbol:                          NHVP
Current Price:                  $0.55

Expected Speculative price in next 3-5 days: $1.55
*****************************************************

Our Last 3 Stock picks were up between 40-300% after our profiles!!!


Many low-priced stocks provided HUGE GAIN opportunities for investors who capitalized
and jumped on them early enough.


The Company:
++++++++++++++++++++++
Northeast Development Corporation (NSC) is a real estate construction, development, acquisition a
nd management company focused in the Northeastern United States. It currently does business
around Hartford CT. Its' primary objective is to build long-term shareholder value in secondary and
tertiary markets that are in exurban growth paths.Northeast Development Corporation (the "Company",
unless the context indicates otherwise) is engaged in the construction business. The Company was
incorporated in 2004 as a successor to businesses, which had been engaged in providing construction
services since 2003 formerly through an operating subsidiary of Rescon Technology, Inc. The Company
currently provides general contracting, construction management and design-build services to private
clients and public agencies throughout the Northeast United States. It has a limited operating history,
but strong developmental ties into its' target geographic markets. To date, it has primarily completed
civil works projects in the Northeast US. The Company's construction business will involve two basic
segments or operations: building and commercial development; and civil works projects.



News Release:

PHILADELPHIA, Jun 06, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Northeast Development Corp., (Pink Sheets:NHVP),
announced today intentions of offering for the purchase of 40 acres of prime residential real estate in the
Greater New Haven, CT area. The property is zoned into twenty 2-acre residential plots for luxury residential
development. The company is confident that the bid to acquire this property will be successful.

"We believe that under the current market situation and the short to mid term real estate market development,
the profitability of such a project is assured," stated Henrik Klausgaard, CEO.

Additionally, the company also announced it is progressing well with negotiations to secure marketing
representation in Europe, since the interest in overseas investment is currently quite high in the Euro-zone.

Lottery Scam: European Union International Lottery

I'm getting pretty sick of these lottery scams filling up my spam folder. Boring! This one came from 213.47.195.38 (chello213047195038.tirol.surfer.at.; WHOIS: Chello Austria, Customers in Innsbruck) on Wed, 08 Jun 2005 13:45:45 -0000. The Austrian origin is a new one on me, but I still think it's boring.

EUROPEAN UNION INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL WINNERS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
Ref. Number:AZ/4167/05
Batch Number:13/5260/GW

ATTENTION.
Sir/Ma/Miss,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the
winners of the EURO STAKES (eul)LOTTERY
euro lottery programs held on the 20th of
May,2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number
0767--45363763--254 with serial
number 2015--05 drew lucky numbers 44-5647-567 which
consequently won in the
3rd category.
This promotional program takes place every three years
in
different developed countries,the lottery was promoted
and sponsored by the
President of the World Largest software,Bill Gates to
increase the awareness of
microsoft software packages.
All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from over 20,000
company and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and
names from all over the world.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
of
500,000,00 euros(Five hundred  thousand euros)
in cash,credited to your file
with the Ref. Number:AZ/4167/05 and Batch
Number:13/5260/GW.
This is from a total cash prize of US
$6.000.000.00(Six million Euros)shared among the
Twelve international winners in this
category.
Due to mix up of some numbers and names we ask that
you keep your
winning information confidential until your claims
have been processed and your
money remitted to you.This is part of our security
protocol in order to
avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program by some
participants.
We hope with part of your winning you will take part
in our next year
24 million euro international lottery.
To file for your claims please contact our financial

agent:
Paul Thatcher,
Foreign Operations Manager,
of the (Hyppo Finance and Securities)
Amsterdam,Netherlands.
TEL:+31-617-582-435
email:( hyppoinvestment@netscape.net )

Remember all winning must be claimed not later than
15th of June,2005 thereafter all unclaimed funds will be included
in the next stake.
please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications
endevour
to quote your reference and batch numbers in all first
correspondence.
furthermore,should there be any change of address do
inform our agent
as
soon as possible.
congratulations!!
once more from our members of staff and thank you for
being part of our
promotional program.
note:anybody under the age of 18 is automatically
disqualified.

sincerely yours,
Mrs.Suzan Morgan,
lottery cordinator.

Lottery Scam: Free Lottery Promotion International

Another tall story about winning millions through the joy of spam. Depressing, isn't it? As usual, it was sent to the contact address for the blog. It was sent from 216.121.96.40 (zirconium.colossus.net.) on Tue, 07 Jun 2005 10:42:38 -0000. The "from" address used was "freelotto_cordinator@web-mail.com.ar".

FROM:FREE LOTTERY PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
Address: 74 CRANBOUNE ROAD
MERSEYSIDE LI7 2HX
LONDON,
UNITED KINGDOM
www.freelotto.com

Ref: EAASL/941OYI/03
Batch: 04/01/JULY34

RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION..........CONGRATULATIONS!!!

This is to inform you of the release of the E-MAIL LOTTERY BALLOT INTERNATIONAL/ WORLD GAMING BOARD held on the 23RD of Jenuary, 2004. Due to the mix up of numbers,the results were released on the 30th of May, 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 4156189324 under agent ID: 110 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of 1,000,000.00EUR (One Million EUR) in cheque drawn in your favour as beneficiary and covered with HIGH INSURANCE POLICY.

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from only Microsoft users from over 20,000.00 companies and 3,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. To begin your lottery claim, please contact our claims agent below that have been appointed for the processing of
your claim with the email address below:

CONTACT NAME: MR.MICHEAL WHITE
EMAIL ADDRESS: freelottoinc_claimsagent@web-mail.com.ar
TELE:+44-7031846696

Note that all winning must be claimed not later than 21days of receiving these notification. After this date all unclaimed, funds will be included in the next stake.

Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your WINNING NUMBER number and AGENT NUMBER in all correspondence.Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.KATE ANOLD
Online Coordinator
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
The Free lottery promo Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation, the Intel Group,Toshiba,Dell Computers, Mckintosh and a conglomeration of other international IT companies. The Free lottery internet draw is held quarterly every year and is so organized
to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.We are proud to say that over 200 Million Euros are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.
We also encourage you to visit our website at www.freelotto.com and take your chance to play and become part of our daily winners. Millions are won on a daily basis on one of the world's most famous The Free lottery Promo.
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Job Scam: FinityPacks

Job scams are suddenly back on the radar. This one arrived at the same ".au" address which attracts all the job scams -- none of my other addresses (and I have quite a few) get fake job offers. It's weird how some addresses attract particular kinds of spam, but never mind that for now. The spam was sent from 209.200.85.218 (WHOIS: CrystalTech Web Hosting Inc., Phoenix, AZ, USA) on Mon, 6 Jun 2005 22:28:12 -0000. I've responded (from a ".uk" address, just to be different) and I'll update if they reply with further information. Also note that a search for the name "FinityPacks" produced only one hit: "finitypacks.com", which appears to be an expired domain currently in use by a registrar as an ad-revenue generator (an ethically questionable practice, but let's not go there right now).

Dear Friend.
We are looking for business partners in the USA, Europe and Canada.
Our companys name is FinityPacks.
We are in partnership with such payment systems like PayPal, WebMoney, E-gold, Evocash etc. Our Office is located in Moscow, Russia. Most of our transactions are made in the territory of the USA, Europe and Canada. Our partners prefer to pay us using wire transactions through regular banks. The bank system in Russia is not effective as the bank systems in countries which mentioned above.This is the main reason why we are choosing the American, European and Canadian partners with bank accounts for our money transactions.They are fast, reliable and easy.
If you want to somehow help us and at the same time earn money, you are always welcome.
In order to become our partner, you will need to open a regular checking account from any major American, European or Canadian bank. When you opened an account, you will have to send us the account |nformation (Account Number, Routing Number and Branch Location), so we could proceed transferring the funds to the account you have just opened or opened before. As soon as you receive the money from us, you will leave for yourself from 5(starting value) up to 10 percent from the each amount you have received. Rest of the money you will send to us using Western Union. You can easily make from $500 up to $5000 per month.

For more information, please feel free to contact us at
finitypacks@volny.cz

Best Regards,
FinityPacks.

A response has arrived. It's not all that informative, really -- it merely confirms that this is a typical money laundering job. The reply arrived from 195.250.128.83 (smtp3.vol.cz.) on Tue, 07 Jun 2005 08:41:58 -0000.

Good afternoon.
We are very glad that you have answered our letter and were
interested in our offer. Activity of our company consists in the
help at registration of various bargains, purchases of the goods,
reception of various kinds of payment. Our company is most useful
to inhabitants of Russia, in connection with relative backwardness
of some systems of payment and transfer of money to residents of
other countries. We do all this possible!=20
The opportunity to work with us is offered to you and to earn from
5 (starting) up to 10 % from the sum of each bargain. Your duties
will include reception of money to the bank account and send to our
partners via Western Union.

Best regards,
Finitypacks.

Meta: Category Change

The category "Payment Processing Job Scam" is going to be abbreviated to just plain "Job Scam". The jobs invariably do involve payment processing, but it just seems unnecessarily verbose to spell it out all the time. Past entries will not be revised because it would break link names (and I'm too lazy anyhow).

Lottery Scam: Royal Espana Sweepstakes

This is a typical lottery-based 419 scam, sent to the contact address for this blog. (Spammers aren't known for discrimination in sending out their crap.) It was sent from 81.44.210.250 (250.Red-81-44-210.pooles.rima-tde.net.; WHOIS: Telefonica de Espana, Spain) on Mon, 06 Jun 2005 15:00:42 -0000. The return/from address used was "royalespanasweepst@netscape.net", and the reply-to address was "expressfinanc500@rediff.com", although there's no proof that these email addresses are genuinely related to the spam in any causally significant way.

FROM:PROMOTION DEPARTMENT
ROYAL ESPANA SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY
RefNo:RNS/9020148308/04


                                  WINNING NOTIFICATION.

Over the years the prestigious Royal Espana Sweepstake Lottery has set out and sucessfully organised Sweepstakes on a annual basis. We have equally maintained a standard unrivaled in the industry as it concerns the pay out of winnings to sucessful participants.
In line with the commemorating event marking our 10th year anniversary we
rolled out over $2.5M(Two million Five Hundred Thousand USD for our 10th year Anniversary Draws. Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which enjoy our patronage. The
selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalised
email addresses to ticket numbers.

Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to Ticket Number
003895337498 with serial numbers RES/9020148308/04 and drew the lucky
numbers 14-21-05-39-40-47(22) which subsequently won you $2.5m USD(Two Million Five Hundred Thousand USD as one of the 10 jackpot winners in this draw. You have therefore been approved the entire winning
sum of $2.5M (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand USD).This June 2005 lottery Draws is commemorative and special.

Please be informed by this Winning Notification to make contact with your
designated agent Mr.Danny Hanks who shall by duty guide you through the
process to facilitate the release of your winnings.To file for your claim Please Contact your Fiduciary agent

Mr.Danny Hanks
EXPRESS FINANC S.A
TEL:0034-659-309-051
Email: peterparker230@yahoo.co.uk

You are advised to contact your Fiduciary agent with the following details
to avoid unnecessary delays and complications.Your Name (in Full).Ticket Number,Serial Number,and Lucky Numbers as indicated in this winning Notification.

I wish to on behalf of Members and Staff of the Global Sweepstakes Lottery
International Congratulate you on your win and wish you the Best of luck as you spend your good fortune.
Thank you for being part of our commemorative 10th Anniversary Draws.

Sincerely,
Mrs Helena Vangash
Royal Espana Sweepstakes Lottery Head co-ordinator)

PLEASE NOTE: Any claim not made before twenty one(21) working days from date of notification will indicate that the winner has voluntarily forfeited his/her winnings.

Update at 2005-07-08 14:33:24 +0000. I sent a query in to the "fiduciary agent", supposedly a Mr Danny Hanks with email address "peterparker230@yahoo.co.uk", and received a response back via Yahoo!, which claims the source is 62.128.161.97 (WHOIS: Afsat Communications Ltd, Kenya) from a Sir Peter Parker (Sir!) as follows.

Global Sweepstakes Lottery Organization
Head Office:
#14,Olympic Way
Sefton Business Park
Aintree
LIVERPOOL
L30 1RD
Tel:+447040110537
Fax:+448701347429

Dear Sir,


CLAIMS PROCEDURE.
I have been notified by the authorites concerned of the GLOBAL SWEEPSTAKES 10th Anniversary Draws and the winners as they emerged from the floor of the draws in Brockley London.I have been contracted as Fiduciary agent in charge of the release of your win, I shall by duty guide you through the process to the release of your win as far as I confirm the authenticity of your claim.
Following the rules guiding processing your package release,The administrative procedure requires you fill the attached Verification/Claims.This will enable us verify the authenticity of your claims and effectively process the release of your winnings. Please be guided accordingly.

Name in full(Surname first)
Address
Occupation
Marital Status
Age
Sex
Nationality
Telephone number
Fax
Mode of Payment(choose from):
"Telegraphic wire transfer"
" Cheque"
" Bank Draft"
A scanned copy of your ID (Optional)
Upon reciept of the duly filled form,a notification will be sent to you with the contact information of the payment office so you can
proceed with effecting the release of your claim in anyway you deem fit
Upon receipt of the duly filled form,a notification will be sent to you with further instructions on how to effectively receive your win.
I wish to Congratulate you Once more on your win.
With best regards,
Peter Parker
Fiduciary Agent
NB:
Please be informed that the World Grand Lottery Inc. will not under any circumstance or conditions sell out personal information given to us to others and on no grounds will this information provided be used for illegal purposes.
However, We are complelled by Law and as such required to produce this information in a competent court of Law should the need arise.We assure the confidentiality of information given to us and guarantee entirely the the security of your information given to us over the internet. We have measures put in place to to ward off possible misuse of this information. You can log on to our website www.globalsweepstake.com for more information.

If I could think of a useful way to send false information and still get feedback as to what's happening, I'd do so, but I'm out of ideas. It's nice of them to assure me that my personal information wouldn't be used for illegal purposes. I wonder if there's any truth in it.

Pump and Dump: CDGT

Two instances of spam pumping CDGT came in over the weekend. We've seen that stock hyped before. One arrived from 60.180.115.26 (WHOIS: CHINANET-ZJ Wenzhou node network, Zhejiang Telecom, China) on Sat, 5 Jun 2005 14:57:54 -0000; the other from 221.164.35.187 (WHOIS: Korea Telecom) on Sun, 5 Jun 2005 11:45:35 -0000. Text in both is identical, and reproduced below minus the "disclaimer" block, which rarely says anything worth repeating.

Hot Pick This Stock Gained over 300% in the last 7 days   Nasdaq Symbol CDGT

China Digital Media Corporation Announces Launch of Sunshine e-Government Initiative
 for Nanhai Digital Television Services


This stock has MOVED over 300% in 7 days of trading. 
More big new expected  Monday. We expect this stock to hit
$18.50 in the following 5 days. Get in now before the next 
big wave of growth.

Nasdaq Symbol CDGT

That is a 300% gain in 7 days. Monday will be just as explosive

OUR LATEST PICK IS CDGT  WE GIVE IT TO YOU AGAIN AS A GIFT. THIS
COMPANY IS DOING INCREDIBLE THINGS. THAY HAVE CASH AND HAVE MADE 
GREAT STRATEGIC AQUISITIONS.

CURRENT PRICE - $3.70
7 Day expectations - $12.00 to $18.50

China Digital Media Corporation Announces Launch of Sunshine e-Government Initiative 
for Nanhai Digital Television Services

Pump and Dump: TSHO

Pump and dump, or just a case of stupid people paying spammers to boost their product? Who cares! It's all the same nuisance, either way. The spamming facility is, in this case, 80.13.252.142 (ARennes-203-1-8-142.w80-13.abo.wanadoo.fr.), and the spam was received on Sun, 05 Jun 2005 13:02:24 +0000. Sorry if the text is too wide, but life is too short to make spam pretty.

Tradeshow Marketing Company (TSHO)
A product development and specialty retail company that is set to operate ONTV Brand stores nationwide.
Current Price: 0.47
Is This an Undiscovered Gem that is Positioned to Go Higher? Review Exactly What this Company Does.

Break News!!

Trade Show Marketing Company Ltd. (TSHO) announced the appointment of Mr. Norm F riend as Head of International Franchise Development for the company.

About Norm F riend
Norm F riend is widely recognized as an expert in expansion strategies, franchise development and franchisee recruitment with over 20 years experience in all aspects of franchising.
F riend is co-author of the two best-selling franchise books -- ""The Complete Canadian Franchise Guide"" (hard cover), and ""So You Want to B u y a Franchise"". He also wrote the original
text for the Canadian Franchise Association"'s publication ""Investigate Before You Invest"".
He has contributed numerous articles on franchising and business to various publications, been interviewed extensively by the media and presented numerous
seminars and keynote talks to business organizations, universities, colleges, professional associations and financial institutions throughout North America.
Tradeshow Marketing Co. (TSHO), a product development and specialty retail company, announced that it has retained Excel Relations Investor Relations to lead a strategic
investor relations and public relations program. As investor relations counsel for The Tradeshow Marketing Company, Excel will use its multi-phased
method to raise investor, media and industry awareness, positioning the company for suitable financing to accommodate their growth plans. The investor relations
program will build and inform the shareholder base by generating awareness in the investment community of the Company"'s goals and growth strategy. Excel will
deploy its proven blend of print and electronic media exposure as well as direct communication with the media, retail and institutional community.
""We are pleased to have Excel Relations working with us to increasee the interest from the investment community,"" said Peggie-Ann Kirk, TSHO"'s Chief
Financial Officer. ""Initiating our nationwide expansion program and seeing the potential the Company has in both the short and long term future, we were seeking to
partner with a highly experienced and respected IR firm to introduce our story to the investment community and help us improve our visibility. Excel is a firm with
great experience, a solid reputation and an aggressive, results oriented approach that should benefit our investors through increased shareholder value.""

About Trade Show Marketing Company Ltd.

Trade Show Marketing is a direct sales oriented company focused on the development and distribution of a wide range of products for the home and office environments.
The Company will soon be ramping up a multi-pronged sales approach for introducing and distributing consumer goods in North America and beyond.
The Company will be orchestrating five complementary sales channels (retail, television, trade show demonstration sales, print catalogue and an E-Commerce online catalogue) to achieve its goals.
Trade Show"'s founders have twenty years of experience in direct sales in both the storefront retail and trade show demonstration sales environments. Via trade show demonstration sales, the company
has introduced a wide range of new products direct to consumers through select fairs, tradeshows and exhibitions
throughout Canada and the United States. Products are selected which are innovative, well priced, and have universal appeal.
Tradeshow Marketing is planning to operate ONTV style stores nationwide. Typically located in high-traffic regional shopping malls,
the stores will feature a unique mix of both new and proven consumer products and popular ONTV items. They will be launching their e-commerce web site in mid 2005.

Conclusion:

The Examples Above Show The Awesome, Earning Potential of Little Known Companies That Explode Onto Investor"'s Radar Screens; Many of You Are Already Familiar with This. Is TSHO Poised and
Positioned to Do that For You? Then You May Feel the Time Has Come to Act... And Please Watch
this One Trade Monday! Go TSHO.

Pen_ny sto_cks are considered highly speculative and may be unsuitable for all but very aggressive investors.  This Profile is not in any way affiliated with the featured company.
We were compensated 3000 dollars to distribute this report.  This report is for entertainment and
advertising purposes only and should not be used as investment advice.

Payment Processing Job Scam: MIKRO-N

Received a scam job offer from 218.39.110.197 (undistinguished address in Korea) on Sun, 5 Jun 2005 06:41:31 -0000. This is targeting Australians and sent to a ".au" address. These job scams involve dealing with stolen money (usually obtained via phishing). I sent a query to them, and I'll update this post with the response if one arrives. The domain "mikro-n.com" was registered on 2005-06-01, probably specifically for this scam.

  

Get a JOB!

TODAY WE ARE THE ONLY WHO OFFER YOU A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN TOGETHER WITH OUR UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.

We have many clients world-wide and today we are taking a closer and better look at the market's potential in Australia for a possible sale
of our merchandize.

This might not be your general income. All You need to do is to receive money from our clients and to send the money back to us.
No special skills or experience is required.

You get 6% from the total sum for every successful money transfer.
For example we send 2000$ AUD to You. You take 6% from this money - that is 120$AUD.

To get any additional information about our site and to get the contract from us,

Send us an email and we'll reply in a couple of hours.

contact us: australian@mikro-n.com

Best regards,
MIKRO-N Ltd.

More information at 2005-06-06 16:14 +0000. They sent me a response (I used a yahoo.com.au address for correspondence). It looks like their website at http://www.mikro-n.com/ is a rip-off of www.mikron.ru. This is not unusual for job-scam spammers: they impersonate a genuine business to lend themselves an air of legitimacy. The rip-off site is being hosted at 221.11.133.17 (WHOIS: CNC Group Hainan province network, China Network Communications Group Corporation, China). The email reply came from 221.5.251.194 (WHOIS: CNC Group Chongqing province network) on Mon, 06 Jun 2005 07:33:39 -0000. Here's what it looks like.

Hello!, Charles.



Thank You for Your e-mail. Here You can find more information:

Our Home Page is: http://www.mikro-n.com

So, we need agents to receive payments for our products (wire 
transfers) and to send the
money to us this way we will save money because of the tax decreasing. 

Tax for international money transfer made by legal foreign entity 
(company) in Germany is 23%.
There is no sense for us to work this way, but tax for international 
money transfer made
by a private individual is 11% - Thats why we need You!

As soon as you receive the money from us (usually it's near to 3000 aud 
per transaction.),
you will leave for your self 6% from the each amount of money you will 
receive.

The rest of the money you send to us using Western Union without any 
delay.
Usually, we're making 7-10 transactions per month.

All You have to do is to fill a contract and fax it.  We need that 
information only for our partnership with You!

ALL INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE IS CONFIDENTIAL!!!
WE UNDERTAKE NEVER TO USE IT OR GIVE IT TO THE THIRD PERSON!!!

That Contract You can find here: 
http://mikro-n.com/apl/application.zip  - ZIP archive (packed MS Word 
format).
http://mikro-n.com/apl/application.doc  - MS Word format.
http://mikro-n.com/apl/application.pdf  - PDF format
If You cant open a contract using URL's, feel free to write us. We'll 
send it via e-mail.

Our fax number is: 49-931-298-9000
After that You'll get further details from us.


If You have other questions, feel free to write us!
If You can't open a contract using URL, please, tell us and we'll send 
it via e-mail.

Please, let us know when You'll send a fax. That way we can prepare job
for You and start as soon as we get it.
If You'll send that contract, for example, tomorrow, we'll prepare a 
wire for You in 2 days!

You have to know:

1. This scheme is totally legal, that's why You have to fill a 
contract.
2. We'll NEVER ask Your e-banking password or other VERY IMPORTANT and 
CONFIDENTIAL information.
3. You'll take Your 6% every time You'll get a wire! For example: If 
You'll get 2000$ AUD to You. You'll keep 210 Yourself!

-- 
Best Regards ,
JSC Mikron                         mailto:australian@mikro-n.com

I looked at the PDF of the "contract", and it's a patched-together employment agreement of the kind you may have thrust in front of you when starting a job somewhere. They want you to fork over a lot of personal information on that form! Personal details, past employers, bank account details. Mind you, they do actually need the bank account details so that they can transfer stolen money into your account -- that's part of the process -- but they've got a good potential secondary market in identity theft here.

As an aside, I note they suck at mathematics: 6% of $2000 is $210?

Pump and Dump: CAEO

This spam arrived at my oldest active address (which has been in spammer's lists for years) from 66.229.149.142 (c-66-229-149-142.hsd1.ca.comcast.net.) on Fri, 03 Jun 2005 02:53:14 +0000. The return/from address was "Grady@yonhanaro.co.kr", but there's no reason to suppose that such an identity was actually associated with the spam in any causal sense. The text below omits the "forward looking statements" disclaimer guff.

The Bullish Report - June Issue

Our Top June Alert is: CAEO - China Resources Group Ltd , already up 20 cents for the last few days and probably going over $1


China Resources Expands Strategic Advisory Board

China Resources Expands Strategic Advisory Board


Symbol:                          CAEO
Current Price:                  $0.66

Our Top June Alert is: CAEO - China Resources Group Ltd
Expected Speculative price in next 3-5 days: $1.35
June 3: China Resources Expands Strategic Advisory Board


Don’t Miss Out!! Micro Cap Stocks Are Providing HUGE Investor Profits!! Our last 2 profiles have been over 150% winners in a few short days, Did you turn a 100% gain on your investment last month. If you were reading our stock picks updates you would have made at least 150% on each trade.
Our NEW Top June Alert is: CAEO - China Resources Group Ltd

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Symbol:                          CAEO
Current Price:                  $0.66

Expected Speculative price in next 3-5 days: $1.35
Huge PR campaign underway !!!

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Many low-priced stocks provided HUGE GAIN opportunities for investors who capitalized and jumped on them early enough.
Don't miss out on our latest Hot Pick!
Our latest hot pick OTC: CAEO is another golden opportunity! Buy now, before the word gets out.
The Company:
China Resources Group Ltd. is an emerging resource exploration company focused on exploration and development opportunities in China.
CRG's experienced management and advisory group have built a worldwide network of trusted relationships with resource exploration and corporate finance professionals. Through this expansive network, CRG identifies highly prospective resource exploration and development opportunities in China that can be joint-ventured with both Chinese and North American partners. CRG is currently evaluating potential projects in Henan, Shanxi, Guangxi, Hebei, and Hunan Provinces. Through contacts within the North American and Chinese resource and investment industries, CRG identifies prospective resource exploration and development projects in China. CRG has formed co-operative alliances with a number of private and publicly traded resource exploration companies with extensive business histories in China. CRG and its alliance partners intend to jointly pursue projects (non-exclusive) that will require greater exploration expenditures.
CRG is currently evaluating potential gold, oil, coal, and coalbed methane projects in Henan, Guangxi, Hebei, and Hunan Provinces.


+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Symbol:                          CAEO
Current Price:                  $0.66

Expected Speculative price in next 3-5 days: $1.35
Huge PR campaign underway !!!

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

MISSISSAUGA, Canada, Jun 2, 2005 (PRIMEZONE via COMTEX) -- China Resources Group Ltd.
(Pink Sheets:CAEO) (the "Company" or "CRG"), an emerging resource exploration company,
is pleased to announce that Mr. Glenn Kasner has joined its Strategic Advisory Board.
"The strength of the CRG Strategic Advisory Board will be a key factor to the long-term
success of the Company," said Gerry Belanger, President and CEO. "Our ability to draw upon
the lifelong experience of proven and respected mining industry leaders will continue to set us
apart from other junior exploration companies active in China."
Mr. Kasner is a 30 year mining veteran and a graduate of the prestigious Haileybury School of
Mines. He has extensive experience, both domestic and international, relating to all aspects of
mineral exploration and development. During his career, Mr. Kasner has worked in a variety of
senior management and technical capacities with both junior and senior mining companies. He currently serves as President and CEO of a publicly traded mineral exploration company with an over 80 year operational history.

Lottery Scam: (several)

Lottery scams are in plague proportions at the moment, so I'm taking the liberty of letting a few collect, and documenting them briefly in one hit. These have all been mailed directly to the contact address for this blog, almost certainly as a result of the spammers using software that harvests addresses directly from the web. In each case, I'll include the most distinctive parts of the message text, and leave out the standard load-of-bull "you won a lottery without buying a ticket" stuff.

Scam number one was sent from 213.132.215.69, a well-known spam source in the Netherlands, previously responsible for queenmakeni and Lottery Winners International. The return/reply address used was "capitalfinancelo@netscape.net", and the spam arrived on Mon, 30 May 2005 16:04:19 -0000.

Dear Winner,

WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 3rd march 2005 . Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 77007742781005-18721 with reference number 414-3721060 drew winning numbers 7-00-71-00-66-49 and credited to batch number 121cfg, which consequently won in the 3rd category. You have
therefore been approved for a pay out of 1,800,000.00 (One Million Eight Hundred Thousand Pounds).

[standard lottery scam blah blah]

Sincerely yours,


Paul David
Programs coordinator
(Capital Group)

Scam number two was sent from 211.117.81.133 (WHOIS: Hanaro Telecom Inc., Seoul, Korea) on Mon, 30 May 2005 20:50:07 -0000. The return/from address used was "omegalottopromo@netscape.net". I'll copy the full text of this one, since it's a little different from the usual.

BATCH NO.1130410NL


OMEGA LOTTERY PROMO INTERNATIONAL.
__________________________________
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
DEAR WINNER,
RESULTS FOR SECOND CATEGORY DRAWS. 
After a successful completion of the 'B' category
draws of OMEGA LOTTERY PROMO INTERNATIONAL.

You have emerged one of the winners of the OMEGA
LOTTERY PROMO INTERNATIONAL, 
which is part of our promotional draws. Participants were selected through a computer ballot  system 
drawn from 30,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from America,Africa, Asia, Australia, 
Canada, Europe, Middle East,and New Zealand as part of our InternationalPromotions Program.
______________________________________________________________________
You/Your Company, attached to:

TICKET NUMBER:GWS/0002/1247/021

REFERENCE NUMBER:GWS/KKK/SRT/YHG1
______________________________________________________________________
As a category 'B' winner, you have been selected by computer balloting system where only email 
addresses are soughted,from a total numbers of 10,000 email addresses drawn 
from all over the globe. After an automated computer ballot of our International Promotions Program 
consequently won in the second Category.
You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of One Million Euros(EUROS1,000,000.00) in 
cash, which is the winning payout for second category winner. This is from the total prize money of 
10,000,000.00Euros shared among the eight international winners in the SECOND category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
You have to contact (GATEWAY SECURITIES) for immediate remittance your E-mail address won the 
lucky number.
To avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you  keep this award strictly from 
public notice until the entire process of transferring your claims has been 
completed, and your funds remitted to your account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this 
program.
required by  (GATEWAY SECURITIES).
We also wish to bring to your notice our End of Year high stakes where you stand a chance of winning 
up to   10 million Euros; We hope that with a part of your prize you 
will participate.
To begin your claims process please contact your claims agent.
_____________________________________________________________________
MR.PAUL BLAKE.
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER.
GATEWAY SECURITIES BV.
60 AMERSFOORTSESTRAATWEG.
1251AV LAREN
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

Tel: + 31-650-924-978
Fax: + 31-617-424-411
EMAIL:(infogatew@netscape.net)
_____________________________________________________________________
for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice.
Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later than one week of receiving this message. 
NOTE: To avoid unnecessary delays and complications,please remember to quote your REFERENCE 
and TICKET numbers provided below in every one of your correspondence with your 
claims agent.
You are to provide the below details,to enable the speedy evaluation and processing of your winnings. 
we advice that you adhere strictly to their procedures to avoid any disqualifications and subsequent 
cancellation.

1. My Full Names:                    
                                                     
                            
2. Adresses:Home/Office              
                                                     
                                                 
3. Direct Telephone/Fax Numbers                       
                                       
 
the above detailed information will be absolutely necessary to file        
in your claims. 

Congratulations once again from all our staffs of (GATEWAY SECURITIES.)
thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
OMEGA LOTTERY PROMO INTERNATIONAL.
SUSAN SCHULTZ.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. Please do not 
reply to this mail.
Contact your claims agent.

Finally, we have scam number three, received from 199.181.134.42, which is a designated mail-sender for GO.com's free webmail service. The recent EuroMillions scam came via the same route. The return/from address used was "noreplies1111111@go.com", and the spam arrived on Wed, 01 Jun 2005 11:23:51 -0000.

DE LOTTO

INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT.



REF Number:   KML/231-ILGI0431/05
BATCH No:    EAPA/15/096/KMLM
TICKET No:    20511465463-7644
SERIAL No:    472-9768-98
LUCKY No:    8-66-97-22-65-99



RE: WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION

Sir, Madam

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 31st of May 2005 Your E-mail address attached to Ticket number 20511465463-7644 with Serial number 472-9768-98 drew the lucky numbers 8-66-97-22-65-99, which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of US$ 1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars). This is from a total cash prize of USD$10,000,000.00 Million shared amongst Ten International Lucky Winners in the Category A + (Plus).

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To file for your claim, please contact our /your processing agent
 Mr. Harry Herman.
Email: harry0122@excite.com

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Yours truly
Johanna Pieterman
Lotto Coordinator