Scam News Update

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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

William Moris of NatWest Online Bank Offers 450k from Microsoft Promo

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This no-brainer is a great start for the new year. A reader asked if this is a scam. "This is to inform you that the verification and validation of your claims and email identity was successful. You have been approved to claim the sum of £ 450,

Tony Blair – Turkey and Iraq

by | World Affairs

The video clips of Saddam Hussein's execution on 30 December 2006 have further alienated Arab opinion towards the West, and both President Bush and Prime Minister Blair have reviewed their Iraq strategies. President Bush still argues that 'victory'

Do It Right – International Business Ethics

by | Ethics

Business ethics is not a novel idea. Its just that its one of those things that we conveniently forget when faced with tough choices. But since the Enron and WorldCom scandals of 2002, more and more people in the business world are paying attention t

National Security and Our Family Unit

by | World Affairs

Over the years, as things have changed and evolved between men and women, we have lost sight of all the ramifications of these changes. America was the leader in the world in the eyes of many other nations. Although many other societies don't necessa

Learning the Ropes to Cleaning Spyware

by | World Affairs

The widespread unawareness of computer users about spyware has resulted in nearly every computer being infected with the malicious codes unknowingly to users who then experience declines in their computer's performance and a string of pop up ads. Ev

South Africa US$1 million Lottery Scam

by | Lottery Scam

The following is the scam email header, an email using free hotmail account just like any free email addresses used for scamming. -----------Return-path: [customerservicesticket8000@hotmail.com]Delivery-date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 03:27:55 -0700Received:

Is this a Scam: Premium Financial Bank

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Someone asked: "Is there such bank in UK.  They make use of British Courier Express but unable to contact the actual office. Email use was britishcourierexpress@rocketmail.com"

ELYRIA: Another Elderly Lost $6000 to Distress Scam

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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

Free Advertising Is A Good Thing

by | New To The Internet

Free advertising is provided so that users may communicate with other visitors or post information to be accessed by others. When you do so, other visitors may collect your data as these are fully public. Free advertising is mainly availed by small c

Edgar Cayce and Future Prophecies

by | World Affairs

Edgar Cayce is well known as the biggest psychic of the twentieth century. He has even recently been featured on TV programs with the likes of Nostradamus and such. His prophecies are more exacting and are still coming true. And amazingly they wer

Hotscams Website Traffic Update

by | Blog Posts

I was browsing the web when I found this analysis of the traffic for hotscams.com. We are not quite sure if the data is accurate, but its interesting: Extracts:“This site reaches approximately 17,651 U.S. monthly uniques. The site is popular among a...

Warning! Toxic Children’s Jewelry

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There was a similar news sometime ago with products from China. In this case, the report points to Rhode Islands. The chemical is Cadmium, which is worse than lead. It is known to be a carcinogen (cancerous) as well as a neurotoxin.

419 Scam: Fake Hugh Jones and Associate

by | 419 Scams

Scam mail from some impersonators using free email address and a 33 million dollars scam story about a dead rich men. This is a typical 419 scam. All names and organisation used in this mail are not from the originator. HUGH JONES & ASSOCIATE Department Head –...

419 Scam: Fake Metropolitan Police Service

by | 419 Scams

Warning, this is a scam email: –Attached– Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 21:39:04 +0100 From: meandyou200099@yahoo.co.uk Subject: SCAM RECOVERY To: fmj.gov.nig@hotmail.com Metropolitan Police Service – Working together for a safer London The Metropolitan...

What Can We Do About Spam?

by | Spam

I receive approximately 5,000 emails containing spam each and every day. Well, maybe not that many, but it sure seems like it. Spam is spiraling out of control and shows no signs of stopping. The question is, where does spam come from, and can you do

Spyware Consequences and Defenses

by | World Affairs

Unfortunately for computer users spyware has become the primary threat when surfing the internet and as the problem continues to grow the likelihood that users can stay "spyware free" is lessened. The nuisance with spyware, aside from its annoying

Scam School: Blow Hard Scam

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We surrender to scams. Now take a break and learn how to scam from scam school. They have various levels of mastery from Beginners introductory course to a diploma. A degree or PHD (permanent head damage) is also possible at degree or diploma mills w

Regarding Authors and Submissions

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We have been receiving quite a number of scam reports but we are overwhelmed with the numbers. Some of you have even sent via Comments form in the hope that your submissions will be approved for public release. In order to shorten the time and ease our workload, we...

My Apologies

by | Blog Posts

After running through the scam mails over the months, we found dozens of scam submissions that should have been posted here at hotscams.com. We have been busy for months, and this site was down for various reasons including just some backend hiccups just hours ago. If...

Performing Routine Anti-Virus Scan

by | Blog Posts

Although I am usually careful with my mails, surfing habits, and installed the latest anti-virus + anti-spam + anti-phishing + anti-spyware + world class software firewall on my PC, that does not stop all the virus from getting inside my harddisk. During a routine...

What on earth is Pigeon Drop Scam?

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The pigeon drop scam is another "pay money to get money" scam, but slightly different from the 419 scams which started before the 90s. The basic tactic remains the same - the scammer lures the victim to part with his/her own cash, in order to receive

Reduce Online Dating Dangers

by | Love and Dating Scams

Are you still seeking your soul mate? Or are you just looking for friends with the same interests? Well, online dating is definitely a great way to widen your circle of friends. It is really fun to meet many interesting people and sometimes addicti