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Is this a scam: HotRussianBrides.com

Is this a Scam

HotScam.com search and reports the hottest scam, news, videos and reports on the internet - lottery scam, inheritance scam, pet scam, lover scam, phishing scam, commercial scam, job scam and more scams

Are You A Forum Spammer?

Spam

One of the most successful kind of websites for social interaction among people with common interests is a forum. There are forums for every interest in the world and many are used by industry leaders in business as well as celebrities. From sports

Chain Emails, Hate’em!

New To The Internet

This week I received for the hundredth time a chain email that's appallingly stupid. This one announces the closing of Hotmail.com, the popular free email service. As it explains, the user must send the chain email to all of his/her friends in order

Lottery Scam: UK Lottery End of Year Winner

Lottery Scam

This is a SCAM:-----Attached----REF No: UK/9420X2/68 BATCH No: 074/05/ZY369 We wish to inform you that your Email Address has won an Award sum of a total cash prize of £1,000,000 (One Million Pounds) inthis category.You can stake your cla

North Cyprus Property – Is it Safe to Buy ?

World Affairs

Property in North Cyprus is relatively low cost and is some 40% cheaper than equivalent property in Southern Cyprus, and around half the price of property in Spain. The reason for this is the fact that Cyprus is a divided island. The South is refer

Pet Scam: Free Husky Puppies

Pet Scams

HotScam.com search and reports the hottest scam, news, videos and reports on the internet - lottery scam, inheritance scam, pet scam, lover scam, phishing scam, commercial scam, job scam and more scams

Putting Your Web Site on the Internet

New To The Internet

You need a web server to put your web site on the internet. Sometimes, owning and maintaining a web server can cost money and it requires someone who knows what they are doing to maintain the server and the web-site. However, you do not need to own

419 Scam: Bank UBS AG Zurich $232million *Cough* Wow!

419 Scams

A scammer impersonating as a consultant working with the Swiss Bank claims that he has found $232million during one of his audit. So he wrote,"Sometimes a person will open a bank account, deposit money, and then disappear into the tin (thin) air. Banks are not always...

Scam Targeting Housing Renters

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Scam Targeting Housing Renters on Craiglist

Dealing with Complaints

Blog Posts

Recently one of our customers happen to get his money ($10,000) back from vendor which we would not mention here. This was after a complaint report was posted, and after about 6 months, the vendor decided to return the cash. There was no explanation by the vendor to...

Scam: Fake Steve Jobs Charitable Foundation

Charity Scam

If you received an email from "Steve Jobs Charitable Foundation", it is a scam. The email, written in poor English, asked for donation to help young webcoders. There is no such "charity". Other scams in the past 2 - 3 weeks after his death includes a advertisement...

Man are cheaters too

Various Scams

HotScam.com search and reports the hottest scam, news, videos and reports on the internet - lottery scam, inheritance scam, pet scam, lover scam, phishing scam, commercial scam, job scam and more scams

Kind words for anti-scam effort

Blog Posts

We would like to post some kind words from visitors of our site, who have also contributed by sending us scam mails that they have received. While we try to post as many scam mails within the shortest possible time, some of these mails may be posted at a later date...

Money Can Corrupt A Good Person

Blog Posts, Ethics, Knowledge Sharing

A leprechaun frolicked from under the magnificent rainbow that caressed the once heavily laden rain soaked valley. A pot of gold lay beneath his feet and a smile paraded from his lips as a man tried with all of his might to catch the lively elf. Hi

My Dear, I have $5.5million dollars for you

419 Scams

My mother died when I was just 6 years old . Since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my father on August 12 2006 in a private hospital , he secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum (US$ 5,500,000 ,FIVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) which was deposited at the suspence account in a local bank here in Abidjan,that he used my name as his only Daughter and the person who will inherit the deposit fund incase if he is no more.

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