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Phone Bill Scam

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ATM Machine Scam

Scam News, Various Scams

Check out this video on ATM Machine Scam. The scam is about placing a "shell" reader over the usual ATM card reader. So when a victim pushes in his card, it goes through the "shell" and before the actual reader. For more details, click on the picture

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419 Scam: Fake Ecobank

419 Scams, Anti-Scam Articles

This 419 scam uses fake Ecobank name. If you landed on this page... bingo, if you received something like below, it is a scam mail. All Caps, that is a rude, scammer. Woah, its $950k, I am going to pee in my pants... lol -----AFTER THE OFFICIAL...

DomainInvestShop Scam

Domain Name Scam, Submit Reports

Beware of this scammer using the name of "Domain Invest Inc". "We are going to purchase your domain name. Our company is in hosting and domain name business. Please email us your desired price in USD or euros for the domain name in the subject li...

“Ebay” Phishing Encounter

Phishing Scam

One day, I came back home tired, turned on the PC, and started my Microsoft Outlook. And as usual, the strings of spams, news update, etc etc started filling up the inbox. Then I came across this email from "Ebay" which uses the same colour tone,

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New To The Internet

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Proof That Cheap Doesn’t Always Pay

Ethics

After leaving school, I was quite desperate to get myself into work and took this secretarial job as a fill in. Five years on and I'm still here. I'm still churning out letters from our antiquated printer that only works if you thump it six inches in

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