Archive for February 2010

Lottery Scam: Fake Mercedes Benz Promotions

All the links and emails seemed to be from mercedes, but the only way to contact is via a free email address. Promotions + free email = scam ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Mercedez Benz Automobile <info@mercedezbenz.co.de> Da...

ABC News: British Politicians Fall Victim to Twitter Scam

British politicians were among those caught up Friday in the latest Twitter-based scam which hijacks users' accounts to send out sexually explicit messages to friends and followers. The micro-blogging Web site has been hit by a wave of so-called...

ChongXianSolutions - A "Typical" Chinese Shopping Site

This one worries us, and its risky to deal with them. If you find these at ebay.com etc and not from the trade portals, its risky. 1) Domain name registered in less than a month, and its setup ready to sell with a bunch of products. 2) The "About ...

CNBC: Slideshow on Famous Celebrity Scams and Hoaxes

Some slideshow while taking a lunchbreak watching the sliding stock market. The slides include: 1) Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme 2) 3 celebrities scamed by 2 Wall Street brokerages in 1983 3) In 2009, a German trying to extort model Cindy Crawfo...

Scams Digger: Scam Reports Dugged on 24 Feb 2010

In this report:

Twitter Phishing Scams - BoingBoingNet

Craigslist Rental Scam - WYSR

Twitter Phishing Scam - New Times

Facebook Sex Scam - 19yr old Teen faces up to 50-years in prison

The Wisconsin teen convicted of using a Facebook scam to blackmail his classmates for sex acts will soon know his sentence.

Nineteen-year-old Anthony Stancl of New Berlin pleaded no contest in December to two felonies, including repeated sexual assault of a child.

He faces up to 50 years in prison when he’s sentenced Wednesday afternoon. Prosecutors have said they’ll recommend a "substantial" sentence.

Lottery Scam: Under Free Lottery Winners International

All names and lottery winnings are fake. If you are not a scam baiter or if you do not wish to be irritated by the scammers everyday, do NOT reply to the email or provide your phone number. Under Free Lottery Winners International11 G Lower Dorset...

International Puppy Scam Hits New Zealand

An international scam is targeting local pet lovers.

A Whangarei woman, who does not want to be named, alerted the Whangarei Leader after she replied to an advert for an English bulldog puppy.

The ad wanted $600 for the puppy. The only contact details were a Yahoo email address.

She emailed the seller and was told to transfer the money through Western Union because the Christchurch seller was moving to Australia and needed the money as soon as possible.

She went to the Onerahi Post Shop to make the transaction only to be told it was a scam – she was the third person wanting to transfer money for an English bulldog.

South Florida eBay scammer busted

Thanks to a complaint from a ticked-off consumer and follow-up by postal inspectors, a South Florida businessman will spend 5 1/2 years in prison for running one of the biggest eBay scams in history.

419 Scam: UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES

Another scammer faking to be UN. United Nations doesn't send out mails like this. All names used are fake.  From: mrsgrace.whitecat@gmail.com Subject: UNITED NATIONS OFFICE Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:08:33 -0800 To: UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF INTERNA...