Still bogus: Lottery scam emails continuing to circulate
If you receive an “official” email from a foreign lottery “representative” informing you that you’ve just won a ginormous jackpot, think first before you faint. Did you actually buy a…
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The Top 3 Car Scams You Should Know About
This guest blog post is courtesy of Autoshippers.co.uk (a car shipping company you can trust) and used with their kind permission. More information on car scams can be found on…
Another warranty scam tries a name switcheroo: Services Protection Direct morphs into Protection Direct
Click image for larger view. The never-ending proliferation of warranty scams continues. Some companies, after leaving a trail of unsatisfied customers behind them, think they can change the arrangement of…
Spammers & phishers are using online ads to get your personal information
No longer content with phishing tactics like sending random bogus emails informing you that your bank account’s password requires changing, scammers are now using online ad boards like Craigslist and…
Canadian documentary series, Scam City, now on American channel SciHD
Canadians have the jump on American TV viewers in watching Scam City, a documentary series hosted by Conor Woodman now showing on SciHD. The series, which debuted on the Canadian…
The extended warranty scam continues: this time masquerading as legitimate company, Motor Vehicle Services
Three months after receiving an ‘expiring warranty’ mailer from Automotive Professional Services, here comes another one. It looks nearly identical to the previous mailer, only with a few edits: the…
Update on “Automotive Professional Services LLC” information
In February 2013, an “employee” of Automotive Professional Services LLC attempted to defend the company thusly: I am not sure what company information that you have found, but it is…
GUEST POST: Scam artist, ALJRABLI MICHAEL, on the loose!
By Ben Zukrel A man by the name of “ALJRABLI MICHAEL” also known by the name “MIKI”, (Name in Hebrew: אלגרבלי מיכאל) has been scamming people out of hundreds of…
The Expiring Warranty mail scam from “Automotive Professional Resources LLC”
This particular scam is becoming quite popular because the perpetrators barely skirt the line between fraud and “covering their asses, legally” — or so they hope. Still, no matter how…
Text spam from 928-275-2842
Ah, just in time for the Christmas season, these spammers are once again enticing their marks with a Best Buy gift card…albeit a BOGUS one: Winner #91383 You have WON…