.:Computer Defense:.

I recently received yet another phishing attempt, this time to my email address associated with this site, from one Mr. Lord Freeman. I decided that for a change... I would reply and see what happened. I was rather impressed with how bold the individual was and how quickly they asked for information without any attempts to build comradery or familiarity. I'm interested to see how the individual will respond to the most recent email, and will keep you apprised... In the mean time.. here's how quickly it happens.

Original Email:

>From Mr Lord Freeman
P.O Box 3038,
57 victoria Street,
London SW1H,
LONDON.

Hello

in order to transfer out (Twelve million, five hundred
thousand British pounds) from our Bank. I
have the courage to look for
a reliable and Honest Person who will be capable for this Important
business Transaction,believing that you will never let me down either
now or in Future.

The owner of this account is Mr. David Hagen
foreigner and the Manager Of petrol chemical service,a chemical
engineer by Proffession and he died since 1990.the account has no other
beneficiary And my Investigation proved to me as well that his company
does not know anything About this account.

I want to transfer this
money into a safe foreign account abroad but i Don't know any
foreigner,
i know that this message will come to you as a surprise as
we don't know ourselves before,but be sure that it isreal And A Genuine
business.

I believe in God that you will never let me down in this
transaction,at the conclusion of this
business,you will be giving 30%
of the total amount, 70% will be for me.I look forward to your
earliestreply by email for more details.

Best regards

Mr. Lord
Freeman

My Response:

To: mrlord_freeman05@latinmail.com Subject: Re: WAITING FOR YOUR GOOD RESPONSE Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 02:11:10 -0400 Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0

Hello,

I apologize for the slow response, I've been busy lately.

How can I assist you?

I then received:

Thank you for your prompt response to my mail, The content therein is well understood. However, I quite appreciate your situation of been skeptical since we have not meet each other before and also because of too many bad people that one encounter with this days one do not know who to trust, But I thank you for seeing the sincerity in my mail as I have good intention for both of us. Be that as it may, One must trust each other some how because "There is no way you can identify an angel without having an encounter with one" So it is always good to have an open mind in what ever your dealings are.
Nevertheless, I can read from your mail that you are a truthful person like my self because there is this saying that "from there words we shall know them" So I can identify you even without meeting you, This is spiritual because I always trust my spiritual instinct and I do listen to it, I have feelings that we can do this transaction together if we understand our self.
Subsequently, Having accepted the above, Please let me have this from you so that we can commence the process of arranging the documents of claims of inheritance in your favor after which we will submit to the bank for approval of claims on your behalf. Modalities would be worked out at the highest levels at the Department of Justice for the immediate notarization and procurement of all needed back-up legal documentations. The process of funds transference would be concluded within 14 working days subject to your satisfaction of the stated terms. My assurance once again is that your role is risk free. To accord this transaction the legality it deserves and for mutual security of the fund, the whole procedures will be officially and legally processed with your name as the Bonafide beneficiary. This is the most important aspect of the project because it is at this stage that all important and vital back-up legal documents would be procured. Substantiating our claims with this document, we would await further fund release Approvals/Recommendations. Once they are issued, it means that the greater tasks of the processes of the fund transfer have been concluded. To proceed in earnest send me one of your personal checking accounts, You can either provide us with an existing bank account, or to set up a new Bank account immediately to receive this money, Your account details should go like this i.e. (a) BANK NAME
(b) BANK ADDRESS
(c) ACCOUNT NAME
(d) ACCOUNT NUMBER
(e) SORT CODE OR ROUTING NUMBER This is to enable the attorney draft an application, which he would be sending to the bank for claims on your behalf. The information as requested below would also be used by the attorney to raise legal back-up documents that will substantiate your claims.
1. Your Full Names:
2. Your Occupation:
3. Date of Birth/Age:
4. Marital Status:
5. Your Telephone/Cell Phone and Fax Numbers for effective communication between us.
6. A scanned copy of your ID, preferably your International Passport or Drivers License is as well needed to enable me set my eyes on the face of my partner. On my receipt of the above information and a strong assurance from you that my trust and confidence in you is never misplaced, I will then start to process the transfer of the fund to your account without further delays. The attorney with my assistance will forward an application for the release of the said amount on your behalf to the bank. He will also forward your account detail to the bank and to the H.M Treasury Department for foreign transfer approval in your favor. As soon as the fund is approved for transfer to your account, you as the foreign beneficiary of the fund will be required to go to the bank's offshore payment center closest to you for the signing of the Final Fund Release Order. You can see you would not necessarily come to London, as the attorney here would represent you down here. After the signing, the fund will be transferred to your account in your presence while you are still in the payment office and you will call your bank to confirm the receipt of the fund in your account.
At the moment, you should not tell your bank that huge amount is to be transferred into your account until after you must have signed the Final Fund Release Order Form (M) in the bank's foreign offshore payment office closest to you, because that will be the only time all the documents to back up the transfer as a legitimate fund which did not originate from drug, money laundry, terrorism or any other illegal act will be ready in your name and will accompany the fund to your account so that your bank or your government will not question the transfer. This information is highly confidential and you should always keep it only to yourself. I would like to receive in return your acceptance to proceed as suggested. Urgency is indeed needed. I am also looking forward to a mutual beneficial partnership with you. Call me at + 44 7040 111 132 for us to talk more on this transfer which we shall all benefit from. On my next email to you, I will send my international id to you as sign of good faith and any other clarification you may require as i will have to renuew my passport so that i will send it to you in my next mail hoping to see yours in your reply. Your Partner and Friend,

Mr.lord freeman
My final response to date:

To: Mr LORD FREEMAN < mrlord_freeman2@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: Re: send to me as a matter of urgency followings for the claim in your name! Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 22:45:30 -0400 Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0

G'day sir,

I look forward to doing business with you and am glad to have received
your contact. I am however worried. A friend at work was recently
telling me about something called fishing... I'm not exactly sure what
it is... but it sounded a lot like this... How can I be sure that this
is indeed legit? Perhaps, since you contacted me, as a sign of good
faith you could provide me with a copy of your ID first? I've found I
can tell a good deal about a person by looking at their person and am
curious to see your picture to determine if I can trust you.

Thank you...

I have not yet recieved anything else, however as soon as I do, I will update this blog.

Peace,
HT