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ALL the lotteries, draws, compensation schemes, inheritances, payment agent or mystery shopper jobs and business proposals offering huge sums of money are SCAMS. You CAN'T WIN a lottery or prize draw you HAVEN'T ENTERED. Please don't post comments asking if the SCAMS you have received are real. PLEASE DON'T LEAVE YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS IN A COMMENT ASKING SCAMMERS TO CONTACT YOU (yes, people really do this regularly!)

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Dear Scammer, “I have taken pains” to add your scam to this site.  I don’t have any family members in Malaysia, alive or dead.  ”With interest at today’s value” the “said investment” wouldn’t be growing in value at all.  As a member of a bank – have you not heard about the current world financial crisis?

Of course, this scammer doesn’t work for a bank.  He isn’t worried about any financial crisis – the [Continue reading ]

Good News

This scammer is certainly inventive when it comes to names.   He’s also not shy about telling you how much money he is going to take from you – $220.  If you make the mistake of replying, you will find that the demand for $220 is just the start of a series of demands for money.

Just ignore this scammer.

I am MRS ELIZBERT SMITH,

I am a US citizen, [Continue reading Good News]

You are eligible for $182,50 refund.

How did I know this tax refund was a scam?

1)  I live in the UK – I don’t pay my taxes in dollars 2) The UK Inland Revenue don’t email you to tell  you that you are due for a tax refund, they write to you

3)  My browser wouldn’t let me open the link, but I’m willing to bet the scammer asked for your credit card details.  The UK Inland Revenue don’t [Continue reading You are eligible for $182,50 refund.]

FROM: MRS PROMISE KUMBO.

Presumably, “Mrs Promise Kumbo” thinks that if she sends her scam as an attachment, I or you or our spam filters won’t realise that her email is a scam.  Sorry Mrs Kumbo, but I can spot a scam simply by the sender’s name.  And - here is that attachment.

Mrs Kumbo is the second scammer today who thinks I “might be surprised to receive this mail letter”.  Wrong.  Scammers don’t surprise me.

Just ignore Mrs [Continue reading FROM: MRS PROMISE KUMBO.]

PLEA FOR THE CHAMANGA FAMILY

I can’t imagine why “Mr David Chamanga” thinks I “maybe surprised to receive this letter”. I get emails from scammers every day. Yawn – this scammer just tells me the old, old story about how his rich father died in tragic circumstances leaving Mr Chamanga needing my help to move his millions of dollars.

Of course, what “Mr Chamanga” really wants is to get his hands on my money. He’s a scammer, who is [Continue reading PLEA FOR THE CHAMANGA FAMILY]

United Nations Liaison Office - Africa

“Mr Drake” doesn’t work for the United Nations and you aren’t really owed an oustanding payment of $450k – are you?  Of course you aren’t, neither am I.

All Mr Drake wants to do is take money from you by charging you fees.  He even has the cheek to tell you how much to send him as an initial payment.  Ignore him – otherwise you will just find a scammer who repeatedly asks you [Continue reading United Nations Liaison Office – Africa]

Can I Completely trust you

Scammers are just so unoriginal these days.  ”Miss. THERESA MGBOLI” tells me the old, old story of a rich father who died in tragic cirumstances etc, etc.  Oh yes – and he was mega rich and Ms “Mgboli” just needs me to help her move her fortune.  Or you could help her – or any one of the thousands of other potential victims who she sent the email to.

Miss Mgboli isn’t any of [Continue reading Can I Completely trust you]

Hello

Yes – you know the story of this scam.  Banker finds rich client has died along with family members in tragic accident.  You (or I, or anyone else) magically has the same last name and we can claim millions of dollars.  Not.

There is no money.  Jovan Azzie isn’t a banker, he’s a scammer.  He did get one thing right – he sent this message from Malaysia.

If you make the mistake of replying, [Continue reading Hello]

Your Urgent Response!!!!!

My reader said I should “pay close attention” to this scammer’s “handle”.  Why did she say that?  Because this scam was sent by “Outer kickjp <solomonelih4712@voila.fr>”  A very professional name for a bank official – not!!

Yes, you guessed it, Mr Elih doesn’t work for a bank in Burkina Faso, he’s a scammer who works from a computer in an internet cafe.  His only aim is to get you to send him your money. [Continue reading Your Urgent Response!!!!!]

FUND NOTICE FROM BUZON ABC & FUND CONSULTANT

How odd.  ”Mr Samaras” has written to my reader to tell  her that she has funds in Nigeria.  Strangely, though, “Mr Samaras” doesn’t seem to know my reader’s name.  He addresses her as “Hello Recipient”.  I bet he called you that too, didn’t he?  And all the rest of the millions of random people that he sent this scam email to.

My reader commented that she didn’t know that Mrs Clinton “had urges in [Continue reading FUND NOTICE FROM BUZON ABC & FUND CONSULTANT]