Scammers and Phishers

This scam was sent to me by a US reader.  It contains a fake email address – hmrc@ tax-revenue.uk.  This is not the address of the Inland Revenue’s website – the real website address is www.hmrc.gov. uk

If you really are due to get a refund from the Inland Revenue you will receive a letter from them, not an email – a badly written email that can’t even decide how much of a refund you are [Continue reading Tax Refund]

This scam was fordwarded to me by a reader.  Another “take” on the usual scam requiring financial representatives.  Yes -it is a scam.  The giveaway?  Mr Ruffer claims he lives in the UK, yet he says he “majored in art in high school” – a totally American phrase.

Mr Ruffer doesn’t want anyone to handle his financial dealings, he’s a scammer – he’s hoping you will start sending him money.  If you make the mistake of [Continue reading Merschmann Ruffer]

Mr Danny Blind writes to tell me I’ve won a non-existent cyber draw.  Why would he tell me that?  Because he’s a scammer and he hopes I might think I really have won$2.5m for no reason at all.  If I make the mistake of falling for this fake win, Mr Blind will start trying to take money from me by charging me fees.

Mr Blind is a scammer.  There was no draw.  Delete the email and [Continue reading AWARD WINNING NOTICE]

This scammer claims he is an employee of HSBC in Malaysia.  He tells me it would be  ”hard for you to believe, we stand to gain 7.2 million USD between us in a matter of days.”  Strange though this may seem to him, I get emails every day telling me I am going to be sent millions of dollars.

Do I believe them.  Of course I don’t – and neither should you.  This scammer isn’t a dishonest [Continue reading Matter that needs your attention?]

For some reason “Mrs. Inna Gudavadze.” thinks it will come “as a surprise” that she tells me she is a) rich, b) widowed and c) just needs my help to move her money.  No, that’s not a surprise, it’s one of the most common scams.

Yes, it’s a scam.  ”Mrs. Inna Gudavadze.” isn’t rich, she isn’t a widow and she certainly doesn’t want to give you money.  She is hoping you will be taken in by [Continue reading Please Acknowledge!!!]

A reader sent me this gem from hoaxland.  It contains no less than THREE hoax warnings, all rolled into one email.

They contain the usual give away for hoaxes:  Forward this to every one you know, it happened a few weeks ago (no date given), shock horror language etc.

NEVER forward a scare story to ANYONE without checking it on the internet first.  They are designed to frighten people and turn you into a spammer (sending it [Continue reading Warning]

It’s been a while since I’ve been sent a hotel scam.  I posted a selection in November last year on my original spam blog (before this one started).  The scam works like this:

You reply to the scammer saying you have rooms available.  They reply with some complicated story along the lines of  - they have the credit card numbers from their guests but they don’t have a POS machine.  So, would you just send them [Continue reading Reservation]

I’ve read this one three times and I still don’t understand it!  Whatever it means, it’s a scam.  I’m sure that if you make the mistake of phoning “Liz Monteroso” you will find yourself being asked for money.  If it isn’t a scam, it’s certainly spam.

[Edit]  It’s definitely a scam.  I just received the same email again, but this time from “Robert Sexton
Dir/Business Development, SPN Solutions,Phone: 800.481.2979, ext 2001″

Hello,

I represent a company [Continue reading Courier services (7/27/2009)]