Timothy Geithner 'United States National Treasury' $10M Wire Transfer Spam

The following spam, obviously not from the real Timothy Geithner, was received early Saturday morning in Windows Live Hotmail junk box from an @sify.com address (timothygeithner1).

"I am Timothy Geithner, Secretary of the United States National Treasury.‏"

Good day to you, I am Timothy Geithner, Secretary of the United
States National
Treasury.President Barack Obama nominated me to be the 75th secretary
of the treasury on January 20th, 2009. I am the president's leading policy
adviser on a broad range of domestic and international economic issues.I have
spent most of my career at the U.S. Treasury, which I joined in 1988 after
having worked three years in the private sector for Kissinger Associates.

Before going to the IMF, I Geithner was undersecretary for
international affairs
at the Treasury Department under then- Secretary Lawrence Summers.I played a
major role in the Treasury's efforts to contain the Asian financial
crisis in 1997 and 1998. A biography, furnished by the New York Fed,
highlights
my management responsibilities. I am the director of the Policy
Development and Review Department at the IMF, which has a staff of 180 people.

As a Treasury official, I Geithner participated in a number of international
negotiations, including agreement on international banking standards known as
the Basel accord, and an agreement that created the IMF's expanded emergency
reserve fund.I am married and has two children to my Name, also received my
bachelor's degree in government and Asian studies from Dartmouth College and a
master's degree in economics and East Asian studies from Johns Hopkins
University. Kindly visit the website below to view my personal profile.

Website: www.treas.gov/organization/bios/geithner-e.shtml

The United Nations have given me due instructions, alongside with the World
Bank to wire the sum of $10Million US Dollars Only into your Bank Account in a
Legal way.

For this reason I have contacted you. Below is the Required Documents:

1: United Nations Stop Order Document
2: World Bank Clearance Certificate
3: Proof of Ownership Certificate.


These three documents are needed before i can proceed with the transfer of the
total fund into your Nominated bank account.The United States Department of
Justice, can help you secure this needed documents,I will furnish with the
contact detail of whom to contact, so that this transaction can be completed
without delay.

In the meantime, I want you to re-Confirm the following details to me for your
case file processing.

Legal First and Last Name:
Complete Residential Address & Age
Direct Telephone No & Fax
Legal Occupation and Position
Address of Occupation

Please get back to me as soon as possible.

Thanks and God Bless you.

Mr. Timothy Geithner
Executive Secretary United States
Treasury Department Main Treasury1500
Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C. 20220

Hong Kong Private Banking Investment Spam, Scam

The following message was received in Windows Live Hotmail:

"In reference to an investment opportunity‏"

In reference to an investment opportunity
Tseng Tzu-Jung
Chong Hing Bank Limited
347-349 Des Voeux Rd.
West, HK
www.chbank.com
Dear Friend,

I am a staff of Chong Hing Bank Limited,Hong Kong attached in Private Banking services; I am contacting you in reference to an investment opportunity which I believe would be of significant reward to the parties involved. It´s about a customer that came to Chong Hing Bank Limited,Hong Kong to engage in Private Banking services. The customer had a financial portfolio of $15,500,000.00 and this I help turned over in the purchase of securities in the capital market. I was the bank adviser assisting the customer in the management of the fund. Given the instruction to liquidate the funds after 4 years for some Investment requiring cash payments in Europe. In line with this instruction, the money was liquidated; he told me he wanted the money to make some payments on his arrival from Norway later that week. This was the last communication we had, this transpired around February 26th 2004.

In June last year,information started to trickle in, that he was apparently dead, a person who suited his description was declared dead of a heart attack in Cannes, South of France; we were soon able to gather more information and the cause of death was confirmed. Since the original owner listed no next of kin in his bio-data form, my proposition is this; I am prepared to place you in a position to instruct my Bank to release the deposit to you as the closest surviving relation. Upon receipt of the deposit,we share the proceeds 50/50. If you find yourself able to work with me, contact me through this email account: tsengtzujung@yahoo.com.hk with your full names,residential address and phone number. If you give me positive signals, I will initiate this process towards conclusion.

I strongly believe there is a reward for this project and it is a task well worth undertaking. I am the only one who knows the details of this situation, so I say, Lets share the blessing. Please do not ruin this chance for me if you do not approve of the transaction. If you do not give this transaction a positive approval, kindly delete this email and let me move on with my life.

Regards,

Tseng Tzu-Jung
tsengtzujung@yahoo.com.hk

Medefile International, Inc. (MDFI.OB) Stock Spam Email

I received a suspicious email for Medefile International, Inc. (MDFI.OB). The sender is Win an IPHONE, Medical@bankerfinance-info.com. Yes, the bait is obvious, "iPhone." There was Britney Spears and Curing Cancer earlier for Andover Medical (ADOV.OB).

Subject: Medical Solutions Cost Effective MDFI ( OTC:BB )

The email came in html format appearing as a press release with the introduction below as follows.

BREAKING NEWS...$0.30 Short Term Price Target by Wall Street Reporting......BREAKING NEWS...$0.30 Short Term Price Target by Wall Street Reporting.....BREAKING NEWS...$0.30 Short Term Price Target by Wall Street Reporting

The actual press release is dated 8/20/2007, MedeFile International to Begin Offering Members 'MedeMeds'.

An excerpt follows:

In Partnership with Complete Care Medical, Inc., MedeFile Will Provide Cost- Saving Access to Discount Pharmacy and Medical Products

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J., Aug 20, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ --

MedeFile International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: MDFI), a company specializing in portable electronic medical records management solutions, today announced the signing of a strategic collaboration agreement with Complete Care Medical, Inc., a global provider of discounted pharmaceutical prescriptions, medical supplies and services and nutritional products.

Click the hyperlinked text or the original press release from PR Newswire.

Britney Spears and "Cancer Cure" Used as Bait for Andover Medical (ADOV.OB) Stock Email Spam

Check out the latest stock spam for Andover Medical (ADOV.OB), just received in my Gmail. -->

from: news@yihaifeed.com
subject: Britney Spears in Vegas

We are glad to inform you of a CANCER CURE invented
by ANDOVER MEDICAL INC (ADOV), that will take
the world by storm. This new medicine, is above all other
and boosts a 80% success rate during clinical trials

Over the next few days you will hear about this in the PAPERS and on TV.
So buy shares now, while price is low, before the news hits.

ANDOVER MEDICAL INC (ADOV)
$.45

Vega Promotional Sys (VGPM.PK) Spam Email Set for Friday Open

This just in regarding Vega Promotional Sys (VGPM.PK).

from: xqtru@tele2.fr
subject: This will be out in the morning, please review.

Big News Expected Friday, VGPM Investors Continue To Grab Up Shares.

VEGA PROMOTIONAL
VGPM
$0.07

For the second time this week VGPM will be releasing huge news. Opening bell will be the time to get in, before the news pushes it hard.

See this post for a Vega Promotional Sys (VGPM.PK) trading summary for Thursday, Update: Vega Promotional (VGPM.PK) Unchanged

Another Delayed Vega Promotional Sys (VGPM.PK) Stock Email Spam

I don't understand this, but I have just received a Vega Promotional Sys (VGPM.PK) stock spam email (in my Gmail account) at about 5:40pm Eastern U.S. However, the email says it was received at 4:21am Eastern U.S. Either this was delayed by a mail server somewhere along the way, or it is deliberate manipulation by the spammer. Any ideas?

Here's the details of the Vega Promotional Sys (VGPM.PK) spam email:

from: nilesh.khare@princeton-il.com
subject: Get on this right away

VEGA PROMOTIONAL SYS
V G P M . P K
$0.07

Big News for VGPM has caused huge trading waves. This is on the move.
Check out the release and get all over VGPM Thurs morning.

You might notice once again the consistent style of these spam emails and the reference to Thursday morning. Well, it is now Thursday evening. It seems the spammer is trying to get unknowing recipients to buy at Friday's open. Click the hyperlinked text for details of today's trading summary for Vega Promotional Sys (VGPM.PK).

Update: Vega Promotional (VGPM.PK) Unchanged; Andover Medical (ADOV.OB) Spikes Up on Low Volume

Not much has changed for the share price of Vega Promotional Sys (VGPM.PK) since the mid-day update I posted. Andover Medical (ADOV.OB) held on to some of its gains as volume crept higher.

• Vega Promotional Sys (VGPM.PK) stayed within the $0.07 to $0.08 range, ending unchanged at $0.07 on almost 1.6 million shares traded.
• Andover Medical (ADOV.OB) gained 9.5% to $0.46 on more than 39,000 shares traded. Its daily trading range was $0.40 - $0.51, opening at the high-end, bottoming around 1pm eastern US and then rallying back to stable +$0.04 through closing.

Vega Promotional Sys share price has been surprisingly stable, as I've said earlier. Andover is not seeing much trading volume, as it traditionally hasn't had a high trading volume, but that is also due to it receiving a very limited amount of spam compared to Vega Promotional.

Latest Vega Promotional (VGPM.PK) Stock Spam Email

This Vega Promotional Sys (VGPM.PK) stock spam just arrived to my Gmail at 1:35pm eastern U.S. The details -->

from: chander.mohan@minebea.co.th
subject: News Alert

Huge News For VGPM Has Pushed Trading Through The Roof.

VEGA PROMOTIONAL SYS
V G P M . P K
$0.07

Big News for VGPM has caused huge trading waves. This one is just getting warmed up. Place your buys for opening bell on Thursday.

The email style is consistent. The email address shows a .co.th suffix, which is for Thailand. We've seen a number of country domains for Vega Promotional. The "minebea.co.th" is interesting because Minebea is an electronics equipment maker from Japan. What's also interesting is the text, "Place your buys for opening bell on Thursday." Obviously there's some lag with the email server, or this has been deliberately written in hopes the stock has already advanced, at least somewhat, enticing new buying.

As of 1:10pm eastern U.S., Vega Promotional Sys (VGPM.PK) was up less than half a cent, +5.57% to $0.0739 on share trading volume of 1.077 million.

Vega Promotional (VGPM.PK) Flat; Andover Medical (ADOV.OB) Spikes Up on Low Volume

Here's a mid-day update on the two stock spam emails we've been covering this week.

• Vega Promotional (VGPM.PK) is flat at $0.07 on trading volume of almost one million shares. It has traded in a penny range today, $0.07 - $0.08.
• Andover Medical (ADOV.OB) spiked up $0.07, +16.7%, to $0.49 and has been holding since, with only 1,916 shares traded. Today's range: $0.49 - $0.51.
  

Quotes as of 12:10p USA eastern for Vega Promotional, VGPM.PK and 12:02p USA eastern for Andover Medical, ADOV.OB

Andover Medical Inc. (ADOV.OB) Issues Stock Spam Notice Re. "Cancer Cure"; Shares Trade Lower

Andover Medical, Inc. (ADOV.OB) issued a notice to the investment community on Wednesday afternoon, regarding "unauthorized email distribution," which I reported on yesterday, see Andover Medical Inc. (ADOV.OB) Stock Spam -- "Cancer Cure", for more details.

Andover Medical said:

The Company has no knowledge of the source of the emails, but confirms that the information contained in them is untrue.

Any questions or information requests should be directed to:

Erin Hegarty, Equity Performance Group, at 617-723-2225 or erin@equityperfgp.com

Andover Medical (ADOV.OB) shares lost $0.03, -6.7% on Wednesday to $0.42 on trading volume of slightly more 100,000 shares (definitely a spike in volume and the highest in months). During the day it traded is low as $0.36 -20%, and as high as $0.50, +11%. The best bid and ask as quoted on PinkSheets.com were $0.37 v $0.45 as of 5:20pm USA Eastern.

VGPM.PK - Vega Promotional Sys Spam Continues Wednesday Afternoon

Vega Promotional Sys (VGPM.PK) is down less than half of a cent, but off around 5.2% to $0.0730 in late Wednesday trading. Volume is about 1/4 of what it was yesterday. The trading range has remained pretty narrow, $0.0700 - $0.0850, although looking at its chart, you can see it has gradually weakened since the market open.

This afternoon US Eastern time, I have received three more spams for Vega Promotional Sys (VGPM.PK) -->

3:50pm
from: deena.sawlani@oliva.com.pl
subject: The news hit, and so did the volume

VEGA PROMOTIONAL SYSTEMS, INC
VGPM
$0.077

Online poker is now being taught by Bob The Butcher himself. Butcherpoker.com has finally hit the market. Take advantage of learning from bob the secrets of poker and then play against him online. The World Series of Poker will be huge exposure for butcherepoker.com. VGPM is the next hot technology gaming group. Don't let this one get away form you, grab it at opening bell.

2:00pm
from: mrsmac5384@roberthalf.co.uk
subject: It's a frenzy on shares today

Online Poker Takes On Whole New Meaning With VGPM And Bob The Butcher.

Vega Promotional Systems, Inc
V G P M . P K
$0.077

VGPM's new software is now enabling Pokers most famous player to teach people to play online. Members are already hot for the amazing new site. The Butcher himself will show you how to play and you may even get in a game with him yourself. London will be the location for the World Series of Poker, hosted by VGPM. What ever you do, don't pass this one by. Beat the rush and get on VGPM Wednesday.

12:10pm
from: plrhaeaaaaa@aec.ac.in
subject: Volume explodes as news breaks

Investors Go Crazy For VGPM As News Hits Tuesday.

Vega Promotional Sys
VGPM.PK
$0.077

The #1 poker player in the game, Bob The Butcher, is now teaching and playing at online. Go to butcherpoker.com to see the new site. The Butcher himself will show you how to play and you may even get in a game with him yourself. VGPM announced its hosting of the World Series of Poker to promote the site. The market is already in frenzy today over the announcement. Don't forget to set your buys for open on Wed.

Notice the consistent pattern there!

For more details of Vega Promotional Sys (VGPM.PK) spam see -->

• VGPM.PK - Vega Promotional Sys Issues Notice to Shareholders
• VGPM.PK - Vega Promotional Sys Labeled "Caveat Emptor" by PinkSheets (.com)
• VGPM.PK - Vega Promotional Sys Quote Display Discontinued on PinkSheets (.com)
• Vega Promotional VPGM.PK Stable, Range Bound Despite Spam Label
• Vega Promotional VPGM.PK Continues Mid-Week

VGPM.PK - Vega Promotional Sys Issues Notice to Shareholders

Vega Promotional Sys (VGPM.PK) has issued an announcement to shareholders on its website. Full message below:

Over the Labor Day weekend, an unauthorized spam email was sent out that mentioned Vega Promotional Systems. Vega's management would like to make it very clear that the Company had nothing to do with the matter and we do not condone this type of marketing. We have turned the matter over to our attorney in an attempt to locate the responsible party and see that this type of illegal marketing does not happen again.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our shareholders.

VGPM.PK - Vega Promotional Sys Labeled "Caveat Emptor" by PinkSheets (.com)

This is an addition for my earlier post, VGPM.PK - Vega Promotional Sys Quote Display Discontinued on PinkSheets (.com).

You'll notice at the PinkSheets.com page for Vega Promotional Sys (VGPM.PK) that they've labeled it "Caveat Emptor." This is part of new labeling system by Pink Sheets, supposed to warn investors.

VGPM.PK - Vega Promotional Sys Quote Display Discontinued on PinkSheets (.com)

Here is a Vega Promotional Sys (VGPM.PK) warning message from Pink Sheets.com -- [full-text below]

Pink Sheets has discontinued the display of quotes on pinksheets.com for this security because it has been labeled Caveat Emptor (Buyer Beware) and because adequate current information has not been made available by the issuer of the securities. It has been labeled Caveat Emptor for one of the following reasons.

1. The security is being promoted to the public, but adequate current information about the issuer has not been made available to the public;
2. The security has been quoted on an unsolicited basis since it entered the public markets and the issuer has not made adequate current information available to the public; or
3. The security is the subject of a spam promotion having the effect of encouraging trading of the issuer's securities, or represents, in Pink Sheets view, a public interest concern.

Vega Promotional VPGM.PK Stable, Range Bound Despite Spam Label

Vega Promotional (VGPM.PK) is up 1.3% to $0.0780 as of a few minutes past noon Eastern. It has been range bound since yesterday's (Tuesday) early trading when it edged lower from the open. Today's range is $0.750 - $0.0850. This kind of stability is fairly impressive considering the recent spike in volume, as a result of the widespread stock spamming. It shows either that there's some accumulation at this price level or there's a near balance of profit taking on new buying. It seems safe to assume a few cents to the upside (a huge move in percentage terms) would result in quick selling. The velocity of selling will determine how low it settles and whether the pump scheme comes undone.

Vega Promotional VPGM.PK Continues Mid-Week

The latest of what has been a barrage of Vega Promotional Sys (VPGM.PK) stock spam emails to Gmail spam box is from around 4:30am East. Wednesday.

from: abcosurgical@pangeopolis.com
subject: VGPM rocked the market today

VEGA PROMOTIONAL
V G P M
$0.077

Bob The Butcher, pokers most famous player, is now teaching online. VGPM's new technology is now online at Butcherpoker.com Whether it's for fun or real cash, Bob The Butcher will teach you how to play Poker. Butcherpoker.com will be promoted heavily as VGPM hosts the World Series of Poker. The market is already in frenzy today over the announcement. Check out the release and get all over VGPM Wed morning.

Last I saw, Vega Promotional (VGPM.PK) traded around 4 million shares on Tuesday, last at $0.077, or up around 10%. It traded higher in the early morning and leveled off quickly before lunch to stay flat for the rest of the afternoon.

This spam seems to be a pump based on a press release on PR Newswire "Vega to Host Bob the Butcher and Friends at the World Series of Poker Europe."

Andover Medical Inc. (ADOV.OB) Stock Spam -- "Cancer Cure"

This Andover Medical Inc. (ADOV.OB) stock spam I received in my Gmail spam box at about 4:30am East. Wednesday is a weird one. It is from: News -- news@cwsprings.com, sent to a name different than my own. The subject: Gilbert and Roseanne hubby reunite. Here's the body -->

We are glad to inform you of a CANCER CURE invented
by ANDOVER MEDICAL INC (ADOV), that will take
the world by storm. This new medicine, is above all other
and boosts a 80% success rate during clinical trials

Over the next few days you will hear about this in the PAPERS and on TV.
So buy shares now, while price is low, before the news hits.

ANDOVER MEDICAL INC (ADOV)
$.45

Andover has traded between $0.30 - $2.00 over 52-weeks. It closed at $0.45 on Tuesday with 0 shares traded according to Yahoo finance. The zero shares traded seems to happen often with Andover (ADOV.OB).

VGPM.PK - Vega Promotional Sys Stock Spam Has Wide Net

About 3.2 million shares have traded hands at 20 minutes til noon Eastern. Vega Promotional Sys (VGPM.PK) is up a penny or +14.29%. According to Yahoo Finance it looks like VGPM.PK does not even trade daily. Still with today's volume, there's about $300,000 worth of turnover.

Here's Vega Promotional Sys (VGPM.PK) on craiglist [Boston]

"Buy VGPM a penny stock on the move!"
Reply to: serv-411989527@craigslist.org
Date: 2007-09-02, 7:20AM EDT

Take a look at VGPM trading at .08 going to .50 That's better than a lottery ticket.

* Location: Wall Street
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/fns/411989527.html

And here I've found it on a Japanese Yahoo Groups thread:

from: idea@t....

Subject: Weekend Trade Notice

VGPM goes after subscription gaming industry.

VEGA PROMOTIONAL SYS
VGPM
$0.07

Subscription gaming hits Billion dollare mark. World of Warcraft grossed
over 471 Million alone. VGPM steps into the market to offer subscription
based games. Get ahead of the game and get on VGPM Tuesday morning.

Vega Promotional Sys VGPM.PK Pumped Up 30% in Early Tuesday Trading

Vega Promotional Sys (VGPM.PK) is up $0.02 about 29% to $0.09 as of ten minutes to 10am East. It has reached $0.10 in early trading. Volume is already over 900,000 about 9 times average. All this seems to mean the pumpers are achieving some success from their widespread stock spam campaign. Let's see what happens the rest of the day and week.

Vega Promotional Sys VGPM.PK Stock Spam Continues After Market Open

Here's the latest Vega Promotional VGPM.PK spam to arrive in my Gmail spam box, 9:50am East. -->

from: cheryle.kowalski@rogers.com
subject: Market Alert

VGPM Next Major Player In Online Gaming

VEGA PROMOTIONAL SYS, INC
V G P M
$0.07

VGPM is the new player in the market. The news wires will be humming
with reports on Tuesday. Don't miss this one, grab VGPM.