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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 1990's, a skit by British comedy group Monty Python led…
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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 profiles on their sites…
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This is an email received about “ FREELOTTO AFFILIATED OFFICE U.K ” is a phishing scam and why not try to contact these people or log onto these sites and enter your data because you…
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This is an email received about “ Money Gram Money Transfer ” is a phishing scam and why not try to contact these people or log onto these sites and enter your data because you risk…
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This is an email received about “FROM MRS. DEBORAH E. PAR” is a phishing scam and why not try to contact these people or log onto these sites and enter your data because you risk being…
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My mom was the recipient of an attempted scam - luckily she asked for my help in processing a credit card and so I was able to stop it before she actually lost any real money!Curtis…
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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. Any further advice for how I can report this, etc……
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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 available and detailed price. Don.From: Don Fisher…
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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 made several mistakes, but the…
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My mom was the recipient of an attempted scam - luckily she asked for my help in processing a credit card and so I was able to stop it before she actually lost any real money!Curtis…
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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. Any further advice for how I can report this, etc……
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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 available and detailed price. Don.From: Don Fisher…
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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 made several mistakes, but the…
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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 I was in the middle of – and got out of with your help. I…
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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 of these emails seeking that small percentage…
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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.To entertain myself, I…
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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 trying to buy artwork. I have received an…
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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 like to proceed with the purchase…
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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 as follows:Received an email yesterday reading:…
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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 has changed VERY LITTLE since it began. Why?…
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