Category: Email Scams

  • New Vista’s just a load of spam (Scam)

    New Vista’s just a load of spam (Scam) A new email scam is purporting to offer cheap copies of Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows Vista.The consumer versions of Vista aren’t scheduled to be launched in Australia until January 30, but spammers are claiming to offer the …

  • Email Lottery Scams – International Lottery Scam Information

    Email Lottery Scams – International Lottery Scam Information Information and examples about email lottery scams.

  • Possible Scam Targeting Authors

    What they are doing is a more personalized version of the “Nigerian Banker Email Scam“. They expected to give me a check that included their purchase from me plus an amount that they needed to pay their shipper. WritersWeekly.com – http://www.writersweekly.com/

  • 2007 – Spam is Back with a Bang

    2007 – Spam is Back with a Bang By mkatz While our intelligent email engine blocks out most of this spam so that it is … The first is the stock pump-and-dump scam. While this scam has been … name to millions of people in an email inevitably drives up the stock’s price, … Adventures […]

  • New UK Report on Mass-Marketed Scams

    New UK Report on Mass-Marketed Scams By Jon Rusch Today, the United Kingdom Office of Fair Trading (OFT) issued a study on the impact of mass-marketed scams (ie, scams using direct mail, telemarketing, email, and the Internet) on UK consumers. Here are some of the OFT’s more intriguing … Dipping Through Geometries – http://cybercrimelaw.blogspot.com Your […]

  • Phishing goes local

    Two new email Phishing scams are targeting WSECU members. The email appears to come from WSECU. In fact, it comes from an fraudulent source shown as (Inbonline@wastatecu.org). John G Bell’s Blog – http://blog.arlecchino.org

  • Another Data Entry Scam?

    I received this link in my email and I wanted to share it with the forum: http://www.easyjobworks.com/ I am not joining because I have become WhyDoWork.com – http://www.whydowork.com/forums/

  • How does the Nigerian Scam Work?

    How does the Nigerian Scam Work? One of the most common email crimes committed today is called the Nigerian Scam, also known as the Nigerian Letter or 419 fraud. Although the Nigerian Scam derives its name from the country of Nigeria, forms of the Nigerian Scam have … wiseGEEK: Learn Something New Everyday – http://www.wisegeek.com/