Nope, you did NOT earn this commission (scam)
I am the proud recipient of a Nigerian-style scam email telling me I made $200,000+ in commissions. This is a twist on the Invoice Scam in which one is told they are due a fabulous amount in payment for services performed. The subject line usually states that this is the 2nd or final* attempt to make the payment.
Since the target never performed the services but is intrigued or ingreed or desperate**, the target replies, at which time he or she discovers that a fee of some kind is required to obtain the money. And the chase is on. In the Lottery Scam version, targets have been known to go bankrupt from sending never ending fees and charges.
* "Final" is a major marketing tool called the scarcity tactic. If you don't click now, the offer will be lost forever.
**Only a specific category of scams target greed. The vast majority of scams target fear, desperation, and innocence.
The link leads to a very, very bad info-gathering web site that will most likely completely invade a computer with a rootkit. I searched Deep Net Trader System and whooeee. All the results have to do with selling drugs and black market sites. What's called "The Dark Web".
Here is the email (the tracking was too well disguised to trace back to origin)
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FINAL attempt to send commissions [my email addy]
Hello,
We contacted you earlier about this: View your full account details here
Your username: [my email address]
Your passcode: xxxxxxxx
Total Amount Wired: $211,978.28
Click Here To Access Your Deep Net Trader system << that's the link
Please let us know if you need any help.
Regards.
Rob Day
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- Annie
Since the target never performed the services but is intrigued or ingreed or desperate**, the target replies, at which time he or she discovers that a fee of some kind is required to obtain the money. And the chase is on. In the Lottery Scam version, targets have been known to go bankrupt from sending never ending fees and charges.
* "Final" is a major marketing tool called the scarcity tactic. If you don't click now, the offer will be lost forever.
**Only a specific category of scams target greed. The vast majority of scams target fear, desperation, and innocence.
The link leads to a very, very bad info-gathering web site that will most likely completely invade a computer with a rootkit. I searched Deep Net Trader System and whooeee. All the results have to do with selling drugs and black market sites. What's called "The Dark Web".
Here is the email (the tracking was too well disguised to trace back to origin)
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FINAL attempt to send commissions [my email addy]
Hello,
We contacted you earlier about this: View your full account details here
Your username: [my email address]
Your passcode: xxxxxxxx
Total Amount Wired: $211,978.28
Click Here To Access Your Deep Net Trader system << that's the link
Please let us know if you need any help.
Regards.
Rob Day
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- Annie
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