Liberty Reserve Scam Messages, Beware!

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This warning is meant for those that have Liberty Reserve Accounts:

There is an email currently circulating in various forms that looks as if it was sent from Liberty Reserve. It says that you should enter your account details on a particular website and after some hours or days, your account will be credited with some money.

This is a type of scam known as a phishing scam. The website where you are to enter your details is a fake website and what they want is to get your details so that they can get into your LR account and steal any funds that you have there.

Some other emails will tell you to send a certain amount of Liberty Reserve to a particular account and your own account will be credited with double that amount after a few days.

Below is an example scam message. Be warned, don't fall for this:

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Please note that in all e-mails from Liberty Reserve we will:
Always address you by your first name.
Never send you any links or attached files.
Never ask you to send us your password and/or login PIN.
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Dear Members,

Liberty Reserve has made considerable progress and improvement, it has become the leading e-currency
and its services are being improved continuously.
Recently we have estabilished a very important relation with leading Forex traders from Costa Rica
and we decided to give a special offer to you:

GET 200% LR MONEY RETURN IN 5 DAYS !!!

Example:
You deposit $100 we return $200

You deposit $1000 we return $2000

You deposit $5000 we return $10000

This opportunity will not last long, so you must react quickly.

Due to the success enjoyed by our offer of investment, we have extended that date to accept deposits.
Deposits are accepted until July 10.2012 00:00 (GMT).
One unit in this special program is worth 100 US dollars. The minimal deposit is 1 unit ($100),
while the maximum deposit is 1000 units ($100000) per member.

You need to make a spend to: Liberty Reserve account U3335328

https: //sci.libertyreserve.com/?lr_acc=U3335328

The 200% payout will be made back to your LR account in 5 days.

The payout is AUTOMATICAL, GUARANTEED and there is NO RISK from losing your funds.

This is a TIME LIMITED ONE-TIME OFFER and you must ACT NOW!

Please DO NOT reply to this e mail
Thank you.
© 2002 - 2012 Liberty Reserve S.A. All rights reserved.

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It's incredible what desperate scammers can do. Many thanks Tony.

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In fact its just a pity because a lot of innocent people who are just struggling and managing will fall for this. Its really painful.

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@Tony: Your rank has been increased!

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Here is another message I just received today:


You've won $200 from Liberty Reserve


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Please note that in all e-mails from Liberty Reserve we will:
Always address you by your first name.
Never send you any links or attached files.
Never ask you to send us your password and/or login PIN.
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Dear Libertyreserve Customer,

Since 2002 Liberty Reserve has made considerable progress and improvement.
Serving you with most sophisticated electronic payment solutions possible
We're glad to announce that our service has become the leading e-currency in market
Liberty Reserve services are being improved continuously.

Recently we have established a prizes for random Liberty Reserve customers
Our co-operation choosing winner accounts randomly

CONGRATULATIONS! YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS WINNER ACCOUNT

YOUR PRIZE IS $200 USD

You must verify that your account is already active to receive your prize

To verify that your account is already active you must pay a $0.20
After the $0.20 payment, you will receive your $200 instanly without any delay.

In order to receive your prize. You must pay the fees to General Prize Fees account X1803500 (Prize Fees),
- prize-libertyreserve.com/?lr_acc=X1803500


You will receive the $200 without any additional fees

Note : If you didn't verified your account before 30th of July, 2012 (GMT+1:00)
Your account will be removed from the winner accounts.

This is a limited one-time opportunity, and you must ACT NOW!


Thank You!

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I wonder how great these guys would’ve been if they channel their God given talents to something valuable. Thank you very much Aweriale for this vital information.

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I just received a similar message now, I am sure it's another version of the scam message because when I pasted this copy I noticed there was a kind of active script that was linked to the reply button. It sniffed through my entire computer and collected all my private data that have to do with money, payment details, secure links I visited etc.

See the message below.

Liberty Reserve Opens a Second Fund

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Please note that in all e-mails from Liberty Reserve we will:
Always address you by your first name.
Never send you any links or attached files.
Never ask you to send us your password and/or login PIN.
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Dear Winnet,

The Liberty Reserve's first investment program is officially completed
Positions are closed, assets are cleared
All profits distributed as dividends, investors paid in full

Launched in June, 2012 program had gathered +100,000 active customers
Acquired asset volume exceeds $26,500,000 in direct deposits
The proposal's end-value estimates at over $40,000,000
Including deposits, withdrawals and special bonuses for participants

Liberty Reserve opens a SECOND FUND!

New investments are accepted from 27th of July until 10th of August, 2012 (UTC/GMT-6)
Each dollar invested gains a 150% return. (e.g., deposit 100$, receive $150)
Minimal deposit starts from $100 & maximum - $15,000 per person
There are no fees or additional taxes on deposits/withdrawals

The official Liberty Reserve investment account is U6169510;
In order to participate please make a successful deposit

Direct link -  http s://sci.libertyreserve.com/?lr_acc=U6169510

Deposits are accepted from 27th of July untill 10th of August, 2012 (UTC/GMT-6)

Withdrawals are processed on 12th of August, 2012

Put Your e-mail and surname in the "Memo" field
You will receive a confirmation about participation in the program

Join our '+500' CLUB
Investor who opens an investing position from $500 applies for a debit card
Issued and administrated by Liberty Reserve for instant withdrawals
Debit cards based on Cirrus/Maestro standard are accepted in ATMs worldwide

Lay back and enjoy summer benefits while your money works for you,
Your best pal in business - Liberty Reserve

Thank you!

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when I pasted this copy I noticed there was a kind of active script that was linked to the reply button. It sniffed through my entire computer and collected all my private data that have to do with money, payment details, secure links I visited etc.

Winnet Could you please elaborate more on the above? Do you mean the reply button here or in the email and please how did you detect that the script was collecting secure data. Men this sounds scary...

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I didn’t mean to scare anybody Tony but what I discovered indeed was so revealing; which means that these scammers have devised diverse sophisticated ways of capturing their prey by all means.

The reply button I referred to was not of the forum but of my email. What happened was when I wanted to paste the copied message straight to the forum, I decided to paste it in the MS Word first, lo and behold instead of seeing only the copied contents I saw mixtures of all kinds of data harvested from my PC that have to do with my private secure related data as well as my visited secure sites.

My candid advice to everyone is to always delete such suspected messages without trying to open it at all because I think that the script that did that data harvesting was activated when I opened the message.

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Thanks for the warning.

But its become pertinent to note that scammers are upgrading on daily basis.

To beat them,avoid reading their mails and delete immediately

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Sure!