By: chad atw | 2007-03-27 | Finance Discussing a scam that effects hundreds. and its through pretending to be the government.This scam is sure to be a danger if people are not aware! read more
By: Thomas Ajava | 2009-09-11 | Spam If there is one agency everyone responds to, it is the IRS. Scammers know this and have developed a host of campaigns using the name of the agency to sucker taxpayers into releasing information. A new email scam uses the threat of underreported income to get consumers to download a malicious file. read more
By: Daniel Collins | 2009-01-02 | Advice In recent times, lottery scam emails have become increasingly clever, as well as a lot more common. Indeed, lottery scam emails are nothing new, but they are becoming a lot more widespread as technology progresses and an increasing number of people gain access to the internet. As it goes, emails are quite easy to forge; they can appear to come from an official sounding source, which can often lead unsuspecting recipients to appear far more trustworthy than they should be. A typical lottery scam email informs the recipient that they have won a major prize and then requests that the “winner”. read more
By: David H. Urmann | 2009-10-11 | Relationships Have you ever received unsolicited emails promising millions? Read on and find out what these are. With the horrific stories of successful scammers making millions from fraudulent activities online, efforts are now in full force to crack down the 419 scammers. An ABC documentary on the subject traced a scam to... read more
By: Nowshade Kabir | 2003-10-21 | Ecommerce Although this scam has its root from Nigeria dated a decade back, nowadays, you receive similar scam letters from many African countries, notably, Nigeria, Benin, Togo and even South Africa. The subject lines of these emails are pretty similar. Something like: Business relationship, Urgent Assistance needed, Soliciting for your assistance, A cry for help etc. Most of the emails from this scam begin in the same way. Here are two excerpts from most recent emails that we received: I am Engr Moses Ekpen a director in the budget and planning department of the Federal Ministry o... read more
By: Dave Smith | 2007-08-17 | Internet Business Ever since I started encouraging people to take out Paypal subscriptions to support my ezine, Ive had lots of questions along the lines of Can Paypal be trusted? and How do I know that they are not going to empty my account? Well, the simple answer to these questions is that Paypal are the biggest and the best in online eCommerce, and as far as I know they are completely trustworthy. read more
By: Kevin Lopez | 2008-11-27 | Internet Business Almost everyone today who has used the Internet and emails, have at least encountered the infamous email scam at least once or twice. In fact, it wouldnt be too far from the truth to say that seeing one of those email scam and spam in our inbox has almost become a routine in checking our mails. But how is it that they got our email address? Learn about some of the methods that they use. read more
By: Kaisilver | 2005-12-04 | Ecommerce Frauds and email scams on Paypal accounts have become more frequent. Our network team has put together a report on the current Paypal frauds email scams being perpetuated by fraudsters. read more
By: Kim Chambers | 2010-01-20 | Business Digital e-mail signatures can help reduce the impact of scam threats for online businesses as well as trace fraudsters who have used them. read more
By: Stephen Grisham Sr. | 2009-02-26 | Email Marketing The IRS has issued a warning about a tax refund email scam. You get an email allegedly from the IRS saying you are due a tax refund. You are told to click on a link to the IRS website. On this page, they request your social security number and other personal information, so you can gain access to your account. read more
By: Pavan Kumar | 2010-01-10 | Email Marketing Email Finder Review- Email Finder is an email address lookup and reverse email lookup site that allows users to find email addresses instantly. We review companies with email lookup and reverse lookup services that are powered by a database of over 750 million members. read more
By: Ronald Edwards | 2007-01-15 | Business They play along with their intended victim for a time and then they ask for money to cover expenses usually to get the funds released. They will say they need a certificate of good standing on the funds or some nonsense document that does not exist in the real world of banking. Rest assured they have some documents they can show you complete with stamps, seals etc – all junk they made themselves. read more
By: A. Hathaway | 2009-02-18 | International Business Nigeria private investigation industry is booming due to a come back in international fraud and scam cases. read more
By: Sanyaolu Kehinde | 2009-03-31 | Banking The incresing unemployment rate around the world is causing an increase in cyber fraud. Cyber fraudstars are getting smarter so you should also be wiser. These scam e-mails are on the rise and they sound too real to be scam. Dont fall for them. read more
By: Patrick Lowe | 2010-01-10 | Email Marketing Does the EmailFinder service website really work, or is it actually a scam site? I am sure that you are interested in using it because you want to find out the owner of an email address. Doing a reverse search on e-mails can be quite tricky and is certainly much harder than doing a reverse search for phone numbers. read more
By: Simon Birch | 2010-01-10 | International Business Scam and fraud cases in Nigeria remain at high levels. Consumers and businesses worldwide are driving up the demand for background checks and due diligence investigations in order to reduce the risk of fraud. read more
By: Leva Duell | 2008-10-19 | Business Email processing appeals to people who are looking for typing work and want to make money working from home with their computer. The email processing scams comes in several variations. They are similar to envelope stuffing scams because you get paid when placing ads and selling the same scam to others. The promises: • After paying an administrative fee, youll receive a training kit and you can become an email processor processing emails from home. • You will get paid $5 to $50 for each email you process. • You can process as many emails as you want and work when . read more
By: A. Hathaway | 2010-01-10 | International Business The private investigation business in Lagos, Nigeria is booming, and so are the number of scams. This article provides an overview of the services in this PI market. read more
By: Simon Birch | 2010-01-10 | International Business Overview of the fraud and scams in Nigeria, and how the demand for private investigators and Nigeria background checks is higher than ever. read more