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419 Scam: Fake donations and cancer scam 7 Feb 2013 | 08:15 am
This is somewhat similar to the “fake cancer scam http://hotscams.com/articles/what-is-fake-cancer-scam/” reported but the twist is that the scammer is offering “money” instead of asking for it. At le...
Lottery Scam: Fake Toyota Automobile Award 2013 London-UK 7 Feb 2013 | 08:05 am
Below is the latest email received and comes with a DOC attachment with the following content. Please note that this is fake (including all names and organisations). Fortunately, there are no virus at...
Transfer Euromillion winnings – free email address – ukcharity.com 7 Feb 2013 | 05:44 am
Despite several warnings all over the web since last year, we still received this email forward and warning. It is found that “ukcharity.com” is a free email address. So the same caution should be app...
New Zealand: Art Scam Busted 6 Feb 2013 | 07:56 pm
It makes a lot of difference whether an artwork is mass produced or a limited edition. The 2 scammers try to sell artwork that are mass-produced in China and worth only a few dollars, at several times...
India: Airport Job Scam Busted 6 Feb 2013 | 07:44 pm
We are wondering if the media and newspaper could have done a part in preventing this scam by authenticating the advertiser. This is especially when they are posting an ad claiming to be from XYZ comp...
What is Fake Cancer Scam? 6 Feb 2013 | 04:51 pm
The most recent case reported in the news past years involved a couple lying that their daughter has cancer, and asked for donations to help. In fact, this happened in the course of a few years, but w...
Cold Call Virus Scam 6 Feb 2013 | 02:58 pm
What is cold call virus scam? 1) The scammer will call and tell you that your PC is infected with virus. 2) He will then ask you to run an event viewer, which is a basically a Windows 7 built-in softw...
Fake BDO Bank Business Proposition worth $30.2million 6 Feb 2013 | 10:49 am
Received this email tip-off and this is the first time we heard of this bank, but the email below is fake and not from the real organization (as you can see from the email). The scammer did not even t...
Fake 419 Inheritance and ATM Visa Card 6 Feb 2013 | 10:34 am
Below is a typical inheritance scam with a fake story saying that you are a beneficiary for fund compensation of US$2.5million. “Where on earth did this money came from?” Answer: It comes from the “bu...
Fishy emails like this: Work At Home and Make $300 a week 6 Feb 2013 | 10:24 am
We received another of such job offer emails. It is never recommended to respond to emails such as these. Perhaps there are better sites such as those micro-job sites where you can find short part-tim...
