Scams and Recession

by | Blog Posts

The frequency of Scams tend to rise during a recession, mainly because there is a growing new group of people who are short of money and dreaming of making quick bucks. There will be more online scams including the usual 419 scams, lottery and love scams. On the other...

US$11.4 million and 25kg of Gold

by | 419 Scams

Compliments of the day.With truth and sencerity I write you this letter hoping that you will be of good assistance to me and my family. For the pupose of introduction, I am MRS.HELEN JASSOMA TOMO, a Sierra Leone and the wife of late Dr. JASSOMA TOMO My late husband was the Managing Director of the Sierra Leonian Gold and Diamond Mine in Kenema,eastern Sierra Leone but was killed during begining of the civil war in my country.

Top Myspace Layout Site Review

by | New To The Internet

OK. I admit it. I am a Myspace junkie. But, not in the classic sense. I have always been fascinated by the development of social networking and related functions (ie. Myspace versus Digg versus Stumbledupon). But, regardless of what has occurred

Regional Security and Governance

by | World Affairs

The events after the Cold War have focused attention on the enormous problems for the Organization for the Security and Cooperation (OSCE) in Europe. The Bosnia and Kosovo conflicts tested in the OSCE as a regional security organization. The ethnic c

Key To Success-Right Framework

by | New To The Internet

That's right, before we start having any ideas of making money, easy money or fast money the lazy way, we need a plan. You will need to sit down, write down what is your objective. Are you in this business for fun, for a living hood or for the challe

Forex Fraud: How to protect yourself?

by | Forex Fraud

Fraud has always been a cloud of contention against arguments that propose forex as the new realm of the successful financial speculator. Surely nobody wants to have his dreams of success and prosperity crushed by a crook. Yet a forex trader is not defenseless against...

The Future of Scams

by | Blog Posts

This has been a rough year for me and updates have been slow. However, we are slowly changing from our posting of traditional “419 scams” to other scams. Yes, 419 scams are probably the most widespread scam known. The value of money lost in all 419 scams...

Warning – Fake Paypal Email Scam

by | Phishing Scam

Attached below is the fake paypal email. Those who are not familiar with such scams could easily fall in the trap because the layout and theme is similar to PayPal. Always remember: 1. Never click on any link in an email to update an account containi

US$6.1million South African Scam

by | 419 Scams

This is a brave attempt to imitate government officials' names in a scam... the hot christmas turkey must have gone into their head and clogged those vessels.----------Return-path: [s_u_s_a_nshabangu3@hotmail.com]Delivery-date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 00:

Scammed 37 and 38 times… omg

by | Just for Fun

The other day I mentioned about the guy who was scammed 37 times, now there is another gullible guy who is slightly worse. He has 38 times and as usual, he recommends 2 (TWO) that is supposed to work. The following are some screen captures of the "

RSS Feeds Syndication for the Web

by | New To The Internet

An RSS (Real Simple Syndication) feed for a site owner is a two sided consideration. Site owners can use the feeds to syndicate their own content to other sites or users, or they can subscribe to RSS feeds that provide rich content streams to their

China Business Scams

by | Anti-Scam Articles

The following is an example of a probable scenario on doing business in China (in the past).  Something like this probably happened.Employee walks in to the office of the CEO, forgetting to knock due to all the excitement.Employee:  &n

Christmas Gift Shopping Online

by | New To The Internet

Have you begun to make out your Christmas shopping list yet? it is early yet you say? True, but it is never too early to begin shopping for your loved ones. Do you have a fisherman in your family? A scrap booker? A quilter? Children to shop for?

HotScams is Back!!!

by | Blog Posts

Sorry guys, I was sent to China for the past months and it has been a hectic time at work. Anyway, it’s time to get back working on this site now. Are there any scams in China? Ofcourse, there are scams everywhere, so China(though a great country) is not spared...

Work Less and Earn Money Online

by | New To The Internet

A popular thing that many people have taken up over the past couple of years is to make money online. They do this in the form of blogging or making a website. This is a great way to make money online because it gets your service or products out into

Personal Leadership Makes Trust Possible

by | Ethics

The probability that he will go to jail for what he did is almost zero. His lack of personal leadership resulted in thousands of people feeling violated, cheated and betrayed. If his patrons trusted him before, his impersonal approach to leadership s

Investment Spam is Dangerous

by | Spam

Since the year 2004, there has been a sharp increase in the amount of investment spam we are receiving in our inbox. I personally receive up to 10 emails per day containing offers or lures to invest in various scams. It is estimated that millions o

Information Scammer

by | Submit Reports

Received this from a visitor and her comments are somewhere in our posts. By the way, the names used by scammers are often not their real name. Do not assume that the real person with that name is involved. As we always warn people that everything in a scam is fake...

Buy This Domain Fast or Else…

by | Domain Name Scam

We didn't know that domain name scam still existed today. Check this out:"The OFT received complaints that Swansea-based Internet Registrations Bureau Limited, trading as Euro Web Designs, was contacting firms and claiming an unnamed third party wa

419 Scam: Chun Wing Business Proposal

by | 419 Scams, Anti-Scam Articles

Before the U.S and Iraqi war our client General Mohammed Motasfa who was with the Iraqi forces and also business man made a numbered fixed deposit for 18 calendar months, with a value of Nineteen millions Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only in my branch. Upon maturity several notice was sent to him, even during the war early this year. Again after the war another notification was sent and still no response came from him. We later find out that the general and his family had been killed during the war in bomb blast that hit their home.

Heaven and Hell

by | Blog Posts

As we know, most mainstream religions would tell us that we go to heaven if we do good deeds, sacrifice ourselves for good purpose, etc. On the other hand, those who continue to sin in their life is destined for eternal torture in hell. When it comes to scam, scammers...

Visitors to HotScams.com

by | Blog Posts

We managed to get a screenshot of the visitors to our site here at hotscams.com over the past one month. Though we are considered a smaller site as compared to some of the anti-scam giants out there, we are quite please with the geographical coverage and reach....