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Thursday, March 17, 2016

Scam Email: Somebody just sent you a Paypal payment.

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Here is a scam email I've been getting a lot lately. Annoying. It's not even addressed to my email but some slight variation of m...
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Saturday, February 27, 2016

Fake Locked Bank Accounts

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This scam has been running for decades but as more banks go digital and send email notifications and alerts, more customers are falling for ...
Thursday, July 17, 2014

Electronic Toll Road Collection Scam

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Here is a new twist on a common scam - trying to steal your money, or at minimum the passwords to your accounts, by faking an email invoice ...
Saturday, April 12, 2014

Scam Email: Jon Wuan

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Here's another classic Fake Buyer Scam email with a made-up name, disposable email account, and made-up story. It is simple to avoid t...
Saturday, March 1, 2014

Real Job or Scam Job?

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Can you tell if this is a real job offer or a scam job offer? Received: from [98.129.184.12] ([98.129.184.12:38165] helo=smtp18.gate.dfw1a...
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Thursday, June 20, 2013

Craigslist Apartment Scam

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You must be careful when looking for apartments to rent on Craigslist. Craigslist is FLOODED with scammers. Some pretend to be buyers and tr...
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Sunday, June 16, 2013

Fake Email Quota Limit Scam

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Here is a scam email I received this morning. Notice how the Reply-To goes to anti-spam.org. That not only makes the email seem more legitim...
Saturday, June 8, 2013

Scam Email: Janet Roberts

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Lately, I've been receiving a lot of emails from people selling Avon, Herbalife, Mary Kay, Amway, Melaleuca, Tupperware or Arbonne - the...
Thursday, May 2, 2013

Fake Work at Home Job Scam

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Here is an excellent example of a scammer job ad. It's actually well written - looks like a real job ad. Okay, the fake last name isn...
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

"Did you log into Facebook from somewhere new?" Facebook Email

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Many of my friends are receiving this email. Is it a phishing scam email or not? From: Facebook <notification+i-m5m7hi@facebookmail....
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Scam Email: Eric Anderson

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Hi Kathleen, I'm a small publisher in Sydney, Australia. I also got one from Eric Anderson, same format as all the others. My gut told ...
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Saturday, April 13, 2013

Scam Fake Email from U.S. Treasury

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It's tax time. The number of fake scam emails I'm getting that pretend to be coming from the IRS or the U.S. Treasury is astounding...
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Scam Email: Facebook Online International Lottery

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Here is a scam email that oddly uses the address of the fake FBI scam (as their email address), the use of Facebook (as the brand name to cr...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Free Kindle Books 03/12 & 03/13

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I've been working for years to help people not fall victim to Internet scams. I equate scammers to cockroaches - you can never completel...
Monday, March 11, 2013

Common Tax Scams

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It's tax season the U.S. That means scammers have a particular target this time of year, to see if they can trick more people into click...
Sunday, March 10, 2013

Beware of Fake Facebook Emails

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Lately, I've been receiving an inordinate amount of phishing emails that look like they are coming from Facebook. I have 'new Facebo...
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Top 10 Email Scams Selected Reviewer's Choice for February

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A proud moment for me. I just received notification from the Midwest Book Review that my first book, Top 10 Email Scams , was February's...
Friday, February 1, 2013

Facebook Scam: Notice of Settlement of Class Action

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This scam has a few things going for it. One is the fake email address they are using: facebookmail.com. Close enough to trick people who ar...
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Facebook Scam ALERT! Free Southwest Airline Tickets

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There is a virus spreading like wildfire on Facebook tonight. The scam offers free southwest airline tickets BUT when you click, it spreads ...

Free Signed Book Giveaway Feb 4-7, 2013

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