eBay lookalike phishing email

ebay phishing scam July 2007

Find Rich

We have been thinking for quite some time and decided to take over the running of a new website at findrich.com, but over there we will post the opposite of what we deal here at hotscams.com. Unlike this site that deals with scams, findrich.com will be a commercial...

Scammers “Citing” HotScams.com?

We received an email from uvic.ca saying that:“Phishing E-mail citing:“Thanks for “supporting” spammers, by hosting their images!!!!”http://www.hotscams.com/content_images/bankamerica.jpg The above image was used in phishing email. We...

Scammers on Craigslist

Ilan wrote:i   advertise  in  craigslist.org  there  are  always s. africans  that  are  trying  to  take  advantage  of  the  landlords.——We wouldn’t be surprise with that. They have been ]]> targeting people in pet and job scams in other boards...

Lottery.Co.Uk

Return-path: [wno15@lycos.co.uk]Delivery-date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:14:54 -0700Received: from [212.78.202.217] (helo=lmfilto03.st1.spray.net)Received: from lmfilto03.st1.spray.net (localhost [127.0.0.1])    id BA5E418D79E; Sat, 13 Jan 2
Your DHL Courier Company

Your DHL Courier Company

A desperate scammer is sending an email with the title “YOUR DHL COURIER COMPANY”, saying that some board of director has approved a reward money of $2.5million for “your hardwork and support”. We are quite sure that no one owes you $2.5million, where even the rare...

Complains About DMOz

There are more than 50million sites in the world and only 4 million are in dmoz.org. There are some bad sites, but there are even more better sites that could have done well if they have been included in the directory. Ineffective DMOZWebmasters who

Scam Jobs?

The original email with full headers are attached below. The link on the email leads to an email address known as: "gravity.sa.info@gmail.com"Return-path: [ozwo@verizon.com]Delivery-date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:46:51 -0700Received: from [58.69.24.200] (

Lakeland: Big Bad Wolves (why?) arrested for scamming elderly folks

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

Fake Names

How many times must we educate people that names stated on scams are mostly fake names. An exception are names reported in the news that are real names, and we are not going to hide that. So if you find any names inside here belonging to anyone you know, they are not...

Earn 30% of US$9million Dollars Fast!

Return-path: <agnes_9savimbi@hotmail.com>Delivery-date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 01:48:26 -0600Received: from [65.54.246.222] (helo=bay0-omc3-s22.bay0.hotmail.com)Received: from hotmail.com ([64.4.17.33]) by bay0-omc3-s22.bay0.hotmail.com with

Concierge Imposters

Newsweek has an article about outsourced concieges serving in the mid-range hotels. These service personnel may serve as good or even better than a qualified concierge, but they are not a member of the professional association of concierges. Article

Are You to Blame for Email Spam?

Spam has been a problem for over a decade and plagues literally everyone who uses the Internet these days. From free email accounts to highly protected corporate servers, spam finds it way into our everyday lives. Spam has gotten so bad that even fre

Cyber Monday 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

Who is the Scammer?

I have been peering once a while to the google ads on my site, taking care not to click them accidentally. Then I saw this advertisement headings:"I was scammed 37 times", and a link to http://dannys-scam-review.com with a brief story about Dann

Warning: Natwest Online Banking Phishing Emails

Watch out for Natwest Online Banking phishing email. For any email, always place the mouse over and see the actual web address. What you see on the page may not be where they are sending you. Try clicking this link and see where you go: Click here to

Stupid Paypal Phishing Scam

Paypal phishing scammers seemed to be getting more and more stupid...-----Original Message-----From: Security Center [mailto:jjjndd@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 9:13 PMSubject: Account Security WarningDear valued PayPal member,It has come

Lottery Scam Report

Subject: SouthAfrician 2010 World Cup Lottery Question/Comment: I have just received the posted letter advising me that I won one million US and was asked to call a number and to send in a form that can be downlouded.  Now they even have an O

Job Scam: Fake Minthotel job offer

Subject: job scam Question: I have got a job offer from mint hotel Manchester. They have told me to contact the travel agent coleman.crystaltravel@gmail.com. I think its a scam. The previous email was from albert jones 2011employeesearch.minthotel...

419 Scam: Fake Mr Huang from Bank of Overseas

This is a scam. From: mrhuang@yahoo.com.tw Subject: BUSINESS TRANSACTION Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 21:00:53 +0800 Dear Recipient, How are you today and business in your country? I am Huang, Bank Manager of bank of Overseas,Taiwan. I would respectfully request that you...

Debate Over Root Causes Of Terrorism

Bruce Hoffman, in his book Inside Terrorism, devoted an entire chapter just to the definition of the word TERRORISM. In an attempt to formulate a workable definition he consulted everything. Part of the difficulty in defining the word, Hoffman pointe

Scams rising with an Aging Population

There are many scam news running around, but we found this one which shares the same concern as us here. Aging population vulnerable to scams “When parents are cheated out of their savings, burden often falls on adult children…”And some shocking...