Beware this scam

I received this email 2X from 2 diff people --- it's a lousy stinking scam. Just tell your friend that his email database has been hijacked.
Hope you get this on time, Sorry I didn't inform you about my trip to Spain for a program, and am having some difficulties here because I misplaced my wallet on my way to the hotel where my money, credit card and cell were kept. Presently my passport and my things are been held down by the hotel management pending when i make payment.


I need you to help me with a loan of 2,850 Euros to pay my hotel bills and to get myself back home. I've been to the embassy and Police, but they are not responding to the matter effectively, I will appreciate whatever you can afford to assist me with, I will return the money back to you as soon as i return, let me know if you can be of any help? ASAP. I don't have a phone where i can be reached. I am so confused right now. please let me know immediately. Thanks 

Another friend kena!

Scam! Scam!


LEONG YENG KIT & CO
Kuchai Entrepreneur park   
Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia                    
Email :
I am Leong Yeng, Attorney at law. A deceased client of mine, that shares the same last name as yours, who died as the result of a heart-related condition in March 12th 2005. His heart condition was due to the death of all the members of his family in the tsunami disaster on the 26th December 2004 in Sumatra Indonesia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earth quake
 
I have contacted you to assist in distributing the money left behind by my client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this deposit valued at nine million dollars (US$9million dollars) is lodged.
This bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin, or the account will be confiscated.I will like you to acknowledge the receipt of this e-mail as soon as possible via my private EMAIL:( leong_yeng@rediffmail.com ) and treat with absolute confidentiality and sincerity. I look forward to your quick reply.
Best regards,
Leong Yeng
Attorney At Law.
 

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Letter from Heng Zhao Weng Jan 03, 2012

www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC120103-000...ed-banking-contracts ,,,
BANKS in Singapore seem to have a free hand to make demanding and one-sided contracts at the expense of consumers.

While the general principle is to let the market decide the rules, should there not be some basic consumer rights rather than a take-it-or-leave-it situation?

For online banking, customers are asked to agree to a long list of what their bank is entitled to do, not obliged to do and not responsible for, failing which they cannot proceed.

For example, UOB's terms and conditions say customers must agree not to hold it liable if their username, password and device fail to reach them. If they suspect or know that security has been compromised, it is their responsibility to notify the bank.

But instructions given under the username and passwords are irrevocable and binding, notwithstanding that they may be unauthorised, given in error, forged or are fraudulent, and UOB is not obliged to investigate the authenticity or accuracy of any instructions.

Such terms and conditions are lengthy, 20 pages in UOB's case.

Ultimately, it is unreasonable for customers to indemnify "UOB, its directors, employees, nominees, agents and independent contractors ... against all actions, liabilities, costs, claims, losses, damages, proceedings and/or expenses".

The United States may be more litigious, but I have noticed that commercial agreements are fair. From their contracts, one almost feels that businesses bend backward for customers.

Their big corporations have powerful lawyers, but there are equally powerful consumer organisations to keep businesses in check.

When can we have it the same in Singapore?

From The Straits Times:

HACKERS stole from many PayPal accounts in Singapore in the past two months, highlighting the need for a higher level of security for accessing online accounts.

The losses range from $50 to more than $3,000, with many victims saying this was the first time it had happened to them.

At least one major bank, which declined to be named, told The Straits Times that it has received more complaints in the last few months from customers about fraudulent PayPal transactions on their credit cards.

PayPal, on the other hand, maintained that its system was not hacked into, but rather that users responded to scammers' e-mail, say, by clicking on fraudulent Web links resulting in their accounts being compromised.

A PayPal spokesman said it would refund the account holder "the full amount of every eligible unauthorised transaction if a dispute is raised with PayPal within 60 days of the unauthorised transaction occurring".

Purchaser Janice Leow, 30, was in Bangkok on holiday in March when she received an SMS from DBS Bank alerting her to a $1,000 PayPal transaction which she did not make.

"I was shocked. My credit card was with me. How could it have happened?" said Ms Leow.

On her return to Singapore a few days later, she called DBS and was told that more than $3,000 from multiple PayPal transactions had in fact been chalked up on her credit card.

"I had not used my PayPal account for online shopping for several months, so it couldn't be me making the purchases," she said, adding that DBS is still investigating if her card was defrauded.

Her PayPal account is frozen.

Another victim Jasmine Ser, 32, discovered a suspicious PayPal charge of $47 on her UOB credit card bill last month. After logging in to her PayPal account, she found that her credit card was linked to three unknown sellers in Indonesia with whom she had no dealings.

Like Ms Ser, Ms Leow has terminated her PayPal account. She added that UOB has refunded her the amount and issued her a new credit card.

source -- straits times.

Over $2,000 wiped out from sales exec's bank account

SALES executive Yu Fanrong knew something fishy had happened when she received three text messages from United Overseas Bank (UOB) within minutes of each other.

They said there had been overseas cash withdrawals from her savings account.

Each text message stated that $680.97 had been withdrawn. Taken together, the total amount of $2,042.91 would wipe out almost all the cash that Ms Yu had in her account.

She quickly went to the nearest ATM to check her account balance and found that she had only $71.10 left.

"I called the bank's customer service hotline immediately, and the staff told me that they will close the account. After that I went to make a police report," said the 25-year-old.

Ms Yu said she found the situation especially alarming as she has always been careful about her bank account and ATM card.

She has never lost her card, nor shared her PIN with anyone. She has also never conducted any online banking transaction.

UOB carried out an investigation into the transactions and, according to Ms Yu, a bank officer told her that the withdrawals had been made in Germany.

"I've never even been to Germany and I'm not in touch with anyone there," she said.

UOB declined to give further details about its findings and would not say if other customers have come forward with similar reports in the past few days.

Ms Yu's tale ends on a satisfactory note however - UOB has refunded her the cash that was fraudulently withdrawn from her account.

The bank also urged all customers to keep a close tab on their accounts and to report any fraudulent or suspicious withdrawals immediately.

"UOB has a multi-layered approach to our security systems, including SMS UniAlerts when local and overseas transactions are made over a certain threshold. Such alerts helped Ms Yu to identify and report the suspicious transactions to us quickly," the bank said in a statement yesterday.