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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 to the word's common usage. "The SPAM Skit" follows a…
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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 directly from the information you provide when creating an…
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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 risk being stolen.FROM: GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED…
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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 being stolen.Welcome to Money Gram Money Transfer Send…
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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 stolen.HELLO MY BELOVED IN THE LORD. MY…
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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 Butler was the name used in these scam - 2 different…
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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… would be appreciated.Thanks, SteveBegin forwarded…
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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 Date: July 20, 2013 2:45:51 AM PDT Subject: Re:…
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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 obvious one that tipped the scales for the artist was saying…
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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 Butler was the name used in these scam - 2 different…
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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… would be appreciated.Thanks, SteveBegin forwarded…
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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 Date: July 20, 2013 2:45:51 AM PDT Subject: Re:…
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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 obvious one that tipped the scales for the artist was saying…
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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 received another email yesterday from 'Steve Wood'. The…
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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 that reply so that they can funnel those people closer…
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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 removed the name of my art piece from the subject line…
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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 email before from someone saying that they were in the…
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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 of the piece. I think it is a lovely work and i…
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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:Congratulations! Someone expressed interest in buying your work,…
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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? Because it is still working for the scammers. Because they…
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