Teacher of the Year Phishing Scam

In efforts to scam another group of individuals, phishers are targeting nominees for “Teacher of the Year.”  In this scam attempt, recipients are notified by email or snail mail that they have been nominated by a former student as “teacher of the year.” The letter advises them to call and verify their phone number/fax number, name, and age. During the call, people are asked whether they have a Home Equity Line-of-Credit. As noted in previous risk alerts, Home Equity Lines-of-Credit have been targeted in scams involving credit unions, including those with strong security procedures.

Below is a copy of a recent phishing attempt. (And if you ARE a teacher, notice the large number of grammatical errors!)

hello dear,

you have been nominated in our email and name balloting, in this year nominate your teacher of the year email balloting, which was advertised in (URL Removed ) web site engine banner, you where nominated by your old students and your email address  and your name  was  forwarded to our balloting agent, you email address will be forwarded  PROF, NADAL. for a good financial reward of USD.700,000. that is, seven hundred thousand UNITED STATE DOLLARS. on your enviable profession.

this philanthropic initiative is organised by PROF, SALAS NADAL. a man who was made  acquire education from a teacher after he lost his parent in a ghastly car crash when he was 6years old, and sadly he lost the teacher who gave him all in life,  when he made his first million US dollars, at the age of 26, since then this philanthropist have made it mandatory to give 10% of his yearly profit to teachers worldwide, via  email and name voting from old  students being a billionaire at age of 46, this organisation was initiated by PROF, NADAL  philanthropic effort since five years ago to date, please to avoid multiple claims from our winners kindly submit code number 3720/3209. to PROF, NADAL, Secretary to these email address, (Email Removed) your Entire Inheritances fund has been credited in your favour through ATM card.You are therefore adviced to send your contact to MR, DAVID OFFOR,  of Summit UNIONInternational Bank Operations department,Summit International LONDON:EMAIL (Email Removed) or mrs, MARY JOHNSON  on # +Phone Number Removed.

for the collection of your original payment slip with your ATM card.

You will be issued with an ATM card that you can use to withdraw money in any ATM machine in any part of the world, but the maximum is Ten thousand US$10,000,00 dollars per a day.

You are therefore directed to contact MR,DAVID as directed with the following details:

1. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER,
2.YOUR FULL NAME
3. THE ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THE ATM CARD TO BE DELIVERED.(P.O BOX NOT ACCEPTABLE) YOUR FULL RECEIVING ADDRESS.
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
5. CONFIRM IN ALTERNATIVE IF YOU DO HAVE A REVOLVING HOME EQUITY LINE OF CREDIT ACCOUNT FOR A POSIBLE CREDITING.

Finally you are expected to acknowledge the receipt of this mail to enable this office monitor this payment effectively.

DR, AHMED I AYUBA.
MRS, NATASHA  REID.
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Remember all whiners must be claimed not latter than 25Th JAN, 2008, please note, in other to avoid unnecessary delay send complications remember to quote your reference number, and code number in all correspondence. furthermore should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.

Best regards,

DR, AHMED AYUBA.
  (Email Removed)

Loss Prevention Recommendations:

• Forward any fraudulent emails to Coastal's Risk Management Department at idhelp@coastalfcu.org
• Report suspicious Internet sites and emails to the government and for additional protection tips visit  www.ic3.gov » or the Federal government’s consumer information center at www.consumer.gov/Tech.htm. »
• If you have been victimized by a spoofed e-mail or Web site, you should contact your local law enforcement, US Postal Inspector, or FBI.
• If you believe you are a victim of phishing, take appropriate steps:
  
  1. Block and reissue any compromised credit/debit cards.
  2. Report the incident to the credit bureau.
  3. Order a credit report.