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Seattle Times staff columnist Danny Westneat wrote an article last year about a man that died from anal sex with a horse. This story was so outlandish that it became the all time most read article in the history of the Seattle Times. According to Dan

Exploiting Trusts

by Anti-Scammer | Anti-Scam Articles, Blog Posts, Knowledge Sharing

In the past, it was known that ebay scammers used to sell many cheap items just to gain a high reputation, before ripping off buyers on a more expensive product which the seller does not own. It is basically a way of gaining high reputation with low

British National Lottery

We received this submission:Subject: find out lottery scam Question/Comment: I would appreciate if you can tell me about a winning prize received from british national lottery, but first I need to open an account with 500 pounds in habib bank and

Beware of Investment Spam

by Anti-Scammer | 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 of

The Search For More Internet Surfing Tips Searching for Cool Websites

by Anti-Scammer | New To The Internet

Web surfing? It is now considered both an art and an exact science. Millions of people are now connected through the internet. There are millions of homepages/websites that are available to a web surfer. Web sites can range from domestic, commercial

The Hamburger Trick

by Anti-Scammer | Just for Fun

japan hamburger trick

Lottery Scam: Microsoft Promotion Award Team

Lottery Scam: Microsoft Promotion Award Team

Lottery Scam: MICROSOFT INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS

by Anti-Scammer | Lottery Scam, Most Commented

Lottery Scam: MICROSOFT INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS

Is this a Scam? See this checklist

by Anti-Scammer | Is this a Scam

Is this a Scam? See this checklist

Investment Scam: Fake Christopher Osborne $2 billion bullshit

This guy is definitely using a fake name, and is not related to the many real Christopher on the web. I am Christopher Osborne, a financial consultant attached to fidelity investments international, a fund management company with over US$2,00

Google Cash Scam

by Anti-Scammer | Knowledge Sharing

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Fake Story: US Army Attache Found Money at Haifa

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Didan Kimati has US$745 million Business Proposal

419 Scam: Didan Kimati and his US$745million Bullshit

419 Scam: Can you remember me?

by Anti-Scammer | 419 Scams, Anti-Scam Articles

419 Scam: Can you remember me?

Identity Theft in Scams

We have no doubt that some of the names used by the scammers in their emails and letters are taken from real people. Lets put it this way, no scammer would use their real name in]]> a scam. So although we list the full email with the ‘fake names’ of...

Webhosting Companies

by Anti-Scammer | Blog Posts, Knowledge Sharing

In recent years, the cost of webhosting has been dropping rather quickly due to the ease of market entry. The availability of OTS(off-the-shelf) webhosting control panel that simplifies the tasks of creating webhosting accounts on the popular Linu

US$33 million Nigeria Scam Biggest Payout! Quick! Quick!

By far, this scamming offers is the best in my collection with a returns in shares of 40% of the US$33 million dollars... (wow! peed in my pants!). Not to worry, the scammer has prepared all the fake legal documents awaiting for you to be scammed.

US$1.25million from Universal Mega Lottery

universal mega lottery scam

Lottery Scam: Video about receiving a fake lottery check with your name on it

If you didn't play a lottery, then you didn't win any lottery. The check will look real, but its a fake.

News report on facebook scam also known as distress scam

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This is another case of distress scams, but was called the Facebook scam because the scammer hacks into a Facebook account, and uses that to send out distress signals. Distress scams could happen to any types of accounts, and in the past, we have reports of scammers hacking into Yahoo email account as well.

Not all MLM are scams

by Anti-Scammer | Knowledge Sharing, MLM and Ponzi Scams

Not All MLM are scams

Lots of Scams and a New Forum Spam Stopper

by Anti-Scammer | Business and Commercial Scams, Latest Scam News, Spam

It has almost been a year since I last posted. Someone just woke me up saying that there are broken links on the site. That is ok, it is meant to be broken. It just doesn't look right to be too perfect these days, its too good to be true. As ex...

Housing Scams in Iraq

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real estate scams in Iraq

Requesting Report on Aliexpress Scam

by Anti-Scammer | Submit Reports

We are receiving several reports on scams reported at b2b trade websites but are hesitant about posting them here. There are always 2 sides of the story in any trading or transaction, so we will take it with a pinch of salt. Recently one email came in from a Chinese...

419 Scam: Your Package is at the Airport

This is a common scam, regardless of the airport, country, location, whatever. The scammer(s) will inform you that a package containing alot of money (the bait) is waiting for your collection at the airport. You are required to reply or contact another person (custom,...

My Apologies

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...

Spyware Consequences and Defenses

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

Safety Tips for the Parisian Tourist

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As the #1 tourist destination in the world, Paris does have her share of petty crime and an aware visitor is the smartest kind of tourist. Paris is statistically one of the safest major metropolitan areas in Europe. Violent crime rates are fairly low

Lottery Scam: Free Peugeot 407 and 300k GBP

by Anti-Scammer | Lottery Scam, Most Commented

Peugeot Automobiles and 300,000 GBP 2-in-1 Lottery (Scam)

Lottery Scam: Euro Million online Sweepstakes

Lottery Scam: Euro Million online Sweepstakes

Regarding Authors and Submissions

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...

Word of Thanks from our readers

We would like to express that we are happy about what we have done here. It is not easy to update this website everyday, after a tiring day of work. But we feel great when we received many good comments: A K Naik: “I have received two emails about this. The...

Dr. Toga Hussein Delivers you Money to the JFK Airport

Dr. Toga Hussein Delivers you Money to the JFK Airport

Antique History, Democracy – Slow Boat To China

Ancient Greece lifted the souls of men of imagination and thoughts they had wanted to express for ages. But in ancient Egypt there was no time for that; all rules and thoughts of any worth were by decree by the reigning Pharaoh of Egypt. Greece was

Performing Routine Anti-Virus Scan

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...

Scam report submission with virus file attachment

Hello, someone forwarded several emails with attachments to us. In case if you are genuinely trying to help submit scam reports and mails, our advise is that you don’t have to send these “pdf or picture attachment” mails to us. We are not worried...

Rogue Agents – UK

This website reports scams related to buying, selling and improving a house. Based on real experiences, this site is worth a visit when]]> you are seeking the variations of real estate scams. Visit Rouge Agents...

What Can We Do About Spam?

by Anti-Scammer | 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

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

New Life Missions and Inheritance Scams

New Life Missions and Inheritance Scams

How to Earn What You’re Really Worth In The New Internet Economy

by Anti-Scammer | New To The Internet

These are exciting times. Every day the headlines tell us about someone else who made a fortune almost overnight in the new Internet economy. Of course, not everybody is getting rich, quite the difference. The vast majority of North Americans are ac

Harvesting The Gold At Our Feet

About a week ago, I had the opportunity to revisit my old friend Dave over the phone. He was an old train-watcher, just like me. He was also an old senior citizen, just like me. I asked him if he'd photographed any good trains lately. He replied

Greek Antiques, Ideals – How Liberal Democracy Is Embracing The World

For me, to watch a television debate of delegates of Europe,is almost as being in a Greek antiques forum to watch diplomats of various attitudes and locations speak their mind clearly and firmly, even with emotion that speaks volumes about historic d

Win US$1million from South African National Lottery Desk

Win US$1million from South African National Lottery Desk

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 Anti-Scammer | 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

Politics and the Burmese Ruby Boycott

A few years ago, my wife and I purchased from our Thai suppliers some rubies that were probably from Burma. We wondered what the conditions were under which they were mined and cut, and if owning rubies from Burma was out of alignment with our value

PlayHugeLottos.com

by Anti-Scammer | Is this a Scam

Someone asked: Hi, Would like you to do some research on this online lottery website by the name of Playhugelottos.com . The website appears to be registered in Netherlands (Alarm bells!?) and the web site looks genuine, if possible if you could p...

Phishing Scam: Paypal Limited Form

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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

Lottery Scams from a Phone Call

Whether its phone, email, or a knock on the door, its a scam. HOWEVER, if you bought the MegaMillions and win the first prize, its REAL. No one will call you up because no one knows who has the winning ticket, and its up to YOU to bring the ticket to

Investment Scam: LiteForex.Org

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We received a question about this website, which we would like to seek opinions. "LiteForex offers revolutionary trading technology for beginner traders, and lets you start trading in the Forex market depositing just ONE DOLLAR! Your deposit appears

Single Women Seeking Men at Free Dating Websites

by Anti-Scammer | Love and Dating Scams

Single Women Seeking Men at Free Dating Websites

Requesting Report on Aliexpress Scam

by Anti-Scammer | Business and Commercial Scams, Submit Reports

We are receiving several reports on scams reported at b2b trade websites but are hesitant about posting them here. There are always 2 sides of the story in any trading or transaction, so we will take it with a pinch of salt.

Lottery Scam: Lottomania French Lottery Group

Someone asked about this Lottomania French Lottery Group: Would like to know if the message below and the attached documents are one of the scams that is going around?

Keywords Are The Key

by Anti-Scammer | New To The Internet

No matter what you are doing on line, no matter what system you use the one constant in getting your site out there and seen are "Keywords" and here's what that's all about. This point can not be stressed enough. Think of it this way; you are a taxi

Is this a Scam: Roolook.com

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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

Job Scammer Busted!

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

Teenage eBay Scammer Gets Jailed for Bogus Holiday Scam!

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Scams Against Senior Citizens Become Mainstream — Here’s How to Protect Yourself or Your Loved Ones

You may have heard about some of the con games criminals are playing on senior citizens. Most of the con artists are low-level thugs who know that seniors, especially widows, are easy targets. But now, trusted and legitimate businesses have jumped in

Bank of America Scam

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This phishing scam has been around for ages, just like the famous Yahooooo Awards Scam.Subject: bank of america scam Question/Comment: I have a new email address for you. It's another way to get your user name and password, this time they are saying

Beware of House Rental Scam

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Is this job offer a scam?

Is this job a scam?

Healthy Lifestyles For Darfur more Likely after Steven Spielberg Shames China

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Healthy lifestyles are not even on the horizon for millions around the earth, and nowhere is this situation worse than in Darur, Sudan, Africa. And now the world has witnessed a rare shaming of a nation as Steven Spielberg has just inflicted on Chi

Forensic Files Used To Enforce Cyber Law

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For every illegal activity that can be associated with a computer, there is a good chance that there are people who have created forensic files used to enforce a Cyber Law that will stop that illegal activity from occurring. Some of the forensic file

Nigerian Scammers are Bastards, Morons, Assholes!

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

Safe Dinar isn’t Safe

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

Illegal $30m United Nations Contract

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Illegal $30m United Nations Contract

How Blogs Keep You Updated On New Information

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For most people with the internet, the local news just doesn't cut it for us anymore. We want personal, in depth stories that most local news broadcasts aren't willing to cover. Or maybe you like knowing what's going on locally but you hate having to

Stocks Scam – More than $1million Lost

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

Evergreen Phishing Scams

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

Your Home Business Legal Points

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There are several important legal factor groups to consider when getting into running a home business. Like it or not, beyond our control, one of them is the legal field. Did you know that there are also quite a few legalities you will need to k

Shovel Scammer Strikes in US

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They started knocked on the doors of homes asking if they can help to shovel their driveway for a fee. Then the scammers turned robbers, and they would kick doors to gain entry into the house and...

Job Scam: Fake Xenex Job Offer

Job Scam: Fake Xenex Job Offer

How to shop for free!

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How to shop for free!

What to do if You Receive Counterfeit Money in a Different Country

Receiving counterfeit money while in a foreign country is something that is not expected when traveling abroad. In fact, no one thinks to look up what to do when in a foreign country in case a counterfeit bill is received. It is definitely not out of

The “West African Brewery Project”