Tag Archives: scams
TRUST IN THE LORD – VERSION TWO
Somebody must be falling for these poorly written scams as the Trust In The Lord scam is back. And by back I mean they barely even changed the text of the scam email. They simply replaced a few words – namely people’s names and places. The scammer didn’t even bother to check to see if [...]
TRUST IN THE LORD AND GIVE ME ALL YOUR MONEY SUCKER
If you get the following scam attempt in your email don’t reply to it as it is nothing more than a scam. Not any ordinary scam, oh no, this is a scam targeting those who believe in God. The writer pretends – poorly – to be a worshiper of God and wants you to find [...]
Standard Chartered Bank Email Scam
Here is another email-based scam making the rounds. This one, like most email-borne scams of this nature have the same tell-tale signs that you can use to keep from being scammed. The first giveaway which we always point out to our readers is the source of the email. Not only is it from someone we [...]
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 [...]
United Nations and World Bank Email Scam Letter
Online scam artists must be running out of phoney bank names and be getting tired of using corporate brand names to help shield their schemes. Below find the actual scam email letter sent to us today. If you get this email as well, remember, it is a scam. This is yet again another poor bank [...]
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 [...]