Tag Archives: personal information
My Client Died – Help Me Take His Money Scam
Here we have yet another clumsy attempt at conning people into falling for an online scam. As with almost all of these so-called lawyers contacting you out of the blue, this one too leaves an obvious trail behind. Russell here claims to be a lawyer in London yet when you actually read the email you [...]
American Soldier and Saddam Hussein Millions Scam
If this scam is anything it is a great fake story. Designed to sound plausible and well targeted to a certain audience, this particular scam is one you should watch out for. An American soldier has access to barrels of money found in Tikrit after the fall of Saddam Hussein and wants your help to [...]
Unsolicited Business or Work Offers From Overseas
You have all seen this but maybe you didn’t know it was a scam like so many others perpetrated over the Internet each and every day. This is the unsolicited business offer that drops into your email inbox from somebody you don’t know from overseas. With titles like From China Business Offer, or Quick Money [...]
You Know It Is An Internet Email Scam When…
You know you are dealing with an Internet email scam when the title says, “You were selected within European Countries”, and you do not even live in the European Union – or anywhere near Europe for that manner! Staying with the usual bait of the promise of big money, the scammer is hoping to get [...]
UK National Lottery Online Email Scam
We have seen this one before, and here it is again. This one must be catching people for the scammers or else they would try something new. Everyone wants to win the lottery so this one could be enticing to the unsuspecting. As with all these email borne scams there are the same clues people [...]
The Honda Car International Promotion Program Scam
This scam came to our spam email address – one that is only ever used to contact scam artists and don’t list anywhere else. So it’s pretty clear that the scammers share resources or buy lists of potential marks. But beyond that, this scam attempt contains all the usual signs of a scam without looking [...]
You Won The Lottery That You Never Entered Scam
Funny that this one came into our email inbox yesterday as we had just watched a segment on the Oprah Show about just such a scam! No sooner did the show finish when this clumsy scam came our way. What you get with this one is the usual claim that you won the lottery and [...]
Secret Memo Internet Email Scam From Nigeria
The following is clumsy yet clever attempt to get the recipient of the email to believe that they have been so lucky as to end up with a confidential email detailing the clandestine transfer of money. Which of course if they reply can have a piece of. This Internet email scam stands out because it [...]
Coca-Cola Online Promotions Million Dollar Give Away Scam
This one just in. We’ll give it to these con artists – the ability to grab a big brand name and attempt to pass yourself of as it, just does not get much bigger than the Coca-Cola brand. Like the earlier scams we wrote about this one too came in via unsolicited email – aka- [...]
Dear Friend I Have A Million Dollars Waiting For You
The following is an example of an attempt to fool an unsuspecting person to divulge their personal banking information. This particular scammer has chosen to try to fool the victim by acting as if they are friends and have prior monetary considerations. Notice some of the techniques used to further entice someone to respond. Unlike [...]