Spam: Where it Came From, and How to Escape It
Who Cooked This!? (How did it all start?) The modern meaning of the word “spam” has nothing to do with spiced ham. In the early...
Tag : Email
Email Security For Online Dating – Prevent To Be Scammed
A simple way for hackers or fraudsters to gather information about is through your email address. Many email services today offer profile sharing and create...
Scam Email: Don Fisher
On Jul 19, 2013, at 5:30 PM, Don Fisher wrote: — Hello, These particular artwork of yours that you have for sale, is it still...
Scam Email: Cindy Dickson
It’s when scammers make lame mistakes that most people get suspicious that the purchase is not actually for real. This scammer using this fake name...
Scam Email: Curtis Butler
My mom was the recipient of an attempted scam – luckily she asked for my help in processing a credit card and so I was...
Scam Email: Max Gardner
Dear Kathleen, This is the first email from a series from this person. It is definitely a scam. Please post his name on your site....
Scam Email: Don Fisher
On Jul 19, 2013, at 5:30 PM, Don Fisher wrote: — Hello, These particular artwork of yours that you have for sale, is it still...
Scam Email: Cindy Dickson
It’s when scammers make lame mistakes that most people get suspicious that the purchase is not actually for real. This scammer using this fake name...
Scam Email: Steve Wood
type=”html”>Yup, Tom – it’s a scam. Delete it and do not respond. Hi Kathleen, Its been 2 years since my last email about the scam...
Scam Email: Greg Hembree
type=”html”> This was an obvious miss on the scammer’s part but they could care less – they play a numbers game. They send out thousands...
Scam Email: James Chavez
type=”html”>Yes, even someone who hosts a blog and Facebook page about scammers, warning people how not to fall victim, receives these stupid emails as well....
Scam Email: Paul Newman
type=”html”>The use of a famous name like Paul Newman doesn’t make this any less of a scam. Kathleen, Thank you for your post about scammers...
Scam Email: Frank Bernard
type=”html”>Here is the text of yet another scammer with another fake name and disposable email account: Hi Cheryl, Good to hear back from you.I will...
Scam Email: Carolyn Jovanni
To Kathleen or whom it may concern: I was almost caught up in this scam, until a red flag went up. The series of emails...
Scam Email: Steve Borgatti
How many years have I been doing this blog. How many personal emails have I sent for years before I started the blog. Really, this...
Scam Email: Luiza Kwiatkowska
Scammers are not above grabbing the names of real people online and using them for their own criminal purposes. Also notice how, in the below...
Scam Email: Thanh Nguyen
hello i wish i had come across your site earlier! ive been working on an art sale with a “thanh nguyen” with the email “mrknumb@gmail.com”...
Scam Email: Adrian Hermes
Here is a scam that is so telling – sent to an “undisclosed list of recipients” (aka huge spam list) and apologizing upfront for not...
Scam Email: Andrew Hembree
Hi Kathleen, Thank you for doing this. I received a similar email back in August which is what made me suspicious of this one. It...
Scam Email: Rebecca Wallace
Hi Kathleen, I was wondering if you might have heard of this person Rebecca Wallace from Guernsey UK. At first I thought it was a...
Scam Email: Corbett Bonilla
Below is an example of how scammers are using skype. Skype doesn’t make them any more legitimate. In fact, you will discover scammers always some...