Category: Scams

I get sent SO many different styles of scam email, some are the same old thing recycled, some are bloody clever and others sit somewhere in the middle. All of them are devious and sneaky though, this one being no exception! Sender; From: “department_amazon” <amazon@account-department.com> Date: 4 Oct 2015 01:39 Subject: noreply [notice number [1707302085] […]

This was a very new style of scam, one guaranteed to fool any parent or concerned human! It was sent from; ———- Forwarded message ———- From: “kids Iive-safe.” <contact@xfpbma8p.millioncoupon.co> Date: 3 Oct 2015 13:53 Subject: family Safety- alert [S.no:23803]. And the email looks like this; It comes across very genuine and real,  but when you […]

Scams that promise millions of monies are not new, they have been around as long as the internet – but I do find it interesting how these scams evolve and try to embrace more modern *things* to make their scam more believable. Had this one recently; From: Mrs. Rachael Adams. <marketing@yuanlai01.com> Date: 5 August 2015 […]

I blogged before about a scam that was riding off the back of a lottery win here in the UK. Richard and Angela Maxwell won over £53 million on the lottery, and it didn’t take long before the scammers jumped on this huge win and tried to use it to blag people via email. My […]