Category: Scams
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Beware of Facebook Phishing scam based on ‘Local’ news
This particular phishing scam is currently in circulation on Facebook. An account will post a clickbait news story, relevant to your local area, designed to cause panic – a child abducted, for example. (I’ve obfuscated the name / photo of this, as it’s likely the account was a compromised account – probably from a similar…
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Registration Form Used To Send Spam Via Welcome Email
While reviewing a client site, I recently noticed a small number of accounts had registered with spurious firstName and lastName values such as: firstName:You have 5 new messages from Patty: lastName: http://www.nsbe.org/impakredirect.aspx?url=http://project1200995.tilda.ws After some digging, it appeared these customers had legitimate email addresses, however had placed no orders, nor had they interacted with our site.…
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Charged £0.50p to print my own Farnborough Air Show 2014 tickets!
Today, I purchased tickets for the Farnborough Air Show 2014, at a cost of £48 each. As if that wasn’t bad enough, there was a £0.50p charge to print my tickets at home! The charge was the same for collecting from the Box Office. For convenience, I printed the tickets at home, but feel this…
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Link buying spam from Discover Media
I received a spam email earlier this week from a guy claiming to be John from Discover Media, asking to place an article on my blog, with a link to his ‘client’ site.His email address was john@discovermedia.co.uk Hi,I work for a company called Discover Media, acting on behalf of a casino client who like to…
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Scam Warning – Email with subject ACTION REQUIRED: A document has arrived for your review/approval (Document Flow Manager)
Received this email earlier this week… After some googling, I have determined that it’s a scam, and there’s usually a zip file attached. GMail had removed this zip file though I think. This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in…
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Another Domain Name Appraisal Scam – thedomaininvestors.com
Back in October, I wrote about a domain name appraisal scam. It appears this is still doing the rounds, but has changed wording slightly. Below is the transcript of messages: Make no mistake, THIS IS A SCAM From: coddington@thedomaininvestors.com Sent: 18 March 2010 07:54 To: Alex James Brown Subject: ukcabs.net (sent 03/18/10) Hello, We…
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Domain Name Appraisal Scam – NameSaleShop.com
I recently listed a domain for sale – www.ukcabs.net (incidentally, it’s still for sale if anyone is legitimately interested, please feel free to contact me) It was listed on places like Sedo, I advertised it on twitter and eBay. On Saturday, 9th May, 2009, I received an email from weisberg@theonlinebrokerage.com with the subject “ukcabs.net sent…
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Fake Ed Hardy Belt On Ebay
I’m a recent fan of Ed Hardy “stuff” T-shirts, and belts mainly. As with every latest trend, these are obviously available on eBay, however a lot of items offered here are fake. I generally try to be careful when purchasing clothing on eBay. For example, I’ll always email the seller for verification that the item…
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Fake Lottery – Game Corner International
I received another fake lottery thing today, this time from Deborah Shiemke – dispatch@mailonetoday.co.cc Here’s the body of the email We congratulate you this day as you have emerged a winner in the Game Corner International Lottery Organization. See attachment for claims procedure. Thank you Yours Sincerely, Dr. Deborah Shiemke Announcer-Game Corner International, United Kingdom.…
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Email Scam – Winning coupon number 76.47.49.12
I thought this kind of email had fizzled out, but, apparently i’ve won 750m euros. Anyway, for the sake of google, the originating email address was eustakevan@virgilio.it Winning coupon number 76.47.49.12 Dear Sir/madam, We are pleased to inform you that, you have won the sum of €750,000.00 Euros from EU Lottery board held on the…
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eBay Scam – [email protected]
I’d like to take this opportunity to let others know what happened. This guy won an eBay auction I had going for my mother. He paid promptly by PayPal, and requested I post it as cheap as possible to Hungary. 3 days after i marked his item as dispatched, he filed a dispute with PayPal.…
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Another Car Scam – Thomas Freeman – [email protected]
I just received another car scam attempt: Thomas Freeman – thomas_freeman1962@yahoo.com I’ve pasted the email below, word for word, and in same font. Dear sir/MaI am responding to your advert on auto trader advert site regarding to the car you wish to sell. I am very much interested in buying your above advert subject. I…
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Selling Car Fraud
I’ve started this category to make people aware of various means of scamming car owners, when selling their vehicles. The general idea is this: Someone will contact you, after seeing your advert. They will seem interested, and sometimes ask for more pictures etc… After some “haggling” they will aggree to buy your car at your…