Archive for January 31st 2010

Video Pick: Fake Check Scam Targets Craig's List Sellers

Did you receive a check with your name on it for thousands of dollars? If you didn't sell anything, then don't get too excited yet, as it could turn out to be a scam. But if you sell something for $500 and you get an excited buyer sending you a $3...

Video Pick: BBC expose Zebra acting & modelling scam

Modelling Scam
Catwalk career or a scam? Watch this documentary report where several scammed victims were interviewed and talked about their story. These scammed victims were made to pay and pay for the portfolio, and more. Well after being exposed on BBC Inside...

Ireland: Reports on Marriage of Convenience Scam

This is quite a news to share with some background information. Latvian police contacted gardai last year after they received reports that young women from the country, who had come here for arranged marriages of convenience to young men from Paki...

UM Student News: Employee scammed by call from fake police

Another distress scam is reported by the university student news site.  The lesson here is that, no matter who claims to be calling you and how urgent the matter is. One way of replying could be this, "Hold on, let me call the police dept/official...

419 Scam: Fake KITTI & ASSOCIATE CHAMBERS

We are not sure if the real organisation existed, but we are very sure that this scam mail is from someone else claiming who they are. This scammer called him/herself "DR, KITTI N. A", claiming to be the personal attorney to a dead rich men. He is...

419 Scam: Prof Michael Ikemefuna

This scammer is using a Japanese email address, but his location could be anywhere. This is one crappy scam mail thinks everybody is an idiot.  ----- Attached ----- 新しいメールアドレス: all2mic884848474748383929292020@yahoo.co.jpAttn:It was Resolved and Ag...

419 Scam: Scammer quoting Gome Electrical Appliances Holding Limited

This scammer impersonates as a "former employee" of Gome Electrical Appliances Holding Limited (HK). The story in this email is fake and whatever is offered has nothing to do with the real company. The name used in this scam mail is also fake. Sca...

Virus Scam: You've received a postcard

These dinosaur-era virus-in-attachment mail are still making its round today (did someone forget to switch off that spam server?). In this particular mail, the virus is is detected via a heuristic detection method Packed.Generic.265 The possible v...

Virus Warning: DHL Express Services. Please get your parcel NR.XXXX

The following email is a scam and the Zip file contains a trojan virus. Note that we may not publish all versions of the same type of virus scam mail within a close period. All emails with the similar but not exactly the same content, but with an ...