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October 2015

Email Scam: Mrs. Cassandra Chandler – FBI

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Email Scam Example: Federal Reserve Bank of New York

<p><em style&equals;”background-color&colon; white&semi; border&colon; 0px&semi; box-sizing&colon; inherit&semi; font-family&colon; Lato&comma; sans-serif&semi; font-size&colon; 18px&semi; font-stretch&colon; inherit&semi; letter-spacing&colon; 0&period;16px&semi; line-height&colon; 29&period;25px&semi; margin&colon; 0px&semi; padding&colon; 0px&semi; text-align&colon; justify&semi; vertical-align&colon; baseline&semi;”><span style&equals;”border-image-outset&colon; initial&semi; border-image-repeat&colon; initial&semi; border-image-slice&colon; initial&semi; border-image-source&colon; initial&semi; border-image-width&colon; […] Read More
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Email Scam: Mr. William C. Dudley (Federal Reserve Bank New York USA)

<p><em style&equals;”background-color&colon; white&semi; border&colon; 0px&semi; box-sizing&colon; inherit&semi; font-family&colon; Lato&comma; sans-serif&semi; font-size&colon; 18px&semi; font-stretch&colon; inherit&semi; letter-spacing&colon; 0&period;16px&semi; line-height&colon; 29&period;25px&semi; margin&colon; 0px&semi; padding&colon; 0px&semi; text-align&colon; justify&semi; vertical-align&colon; baseline&semi;”><span style&equals;”border-image-outset&colon; initial&semi; border-image-repeat&colon; initial&semi; border-image-slice&colon; initial&semi; border-image-source&colon; initial&semi; border-image-width&colon; […] Read More
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Email Scam Examples: BMW Lottery Department

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Scam Email: Max Gardner

<p>Dear Kathleen&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is the first email from a series from this person&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It is definitely a scam&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Please post his name on your site&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Any further advice for how I can report this&comma; etc… would […] Read More
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Scam Email: Don Fisher

<p>On Jul 19&comma; 2013&comma; at 5&colon;30 PM&comma; Don Fisher wrote&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8212&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Hello&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>These  particular artwork of yours that you have for sale&comma; is it still available and detailed price&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Don&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>From&colon; Don Fisher &lbrack;bestofdonfisher&commat;gmail&period;com&rsqb;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Date&colon; July 20&comma; […] Read More
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Scam Email: Steve Wood

<p>Yup&comma; Tom &&num;8211&semi; it&&num;8217&semi;s a scam&period; Delete it and do not respond&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hi Kathleen&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Its been 2 years since my last email about the scam I was in the middle of – and got out of with […] Read More
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Scam Email: Greg Hembree

<p>type&equals;&&num;8221&semi;html&&num;8221&semi;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;”tr&lowbar;bq”>This was an obvious miss on the scammer&&num;8217&semi;s part but they could care less &&num;8211&semi; they play a numbers game&period; They send out thousands of these emails seeking that small percentage that reply so […] Read More
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Scam Email: James Chavez

<p>type&equals;&&num;8221&semi;html&&num;8221&semi;>Yes&comma; even someone who hosts a blog and Facebook page about scammers&comma; warning people how not to fall victim&comma; receives these stupid emails as well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To entertain myself&comma; I removed the name of my art piece […] Read More
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Scam Email: Paul Newman

<p>type&equals;&&num;8221&semi;html&&num;8221&semi;>The use of a famous name like Paul Newman doesn&&num;8217&semi;t make this any less of a scam&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;”tr&lowbar;bq”><p>Kathleen&comma; Thank you for your post about scammers trying to buy artwork&period; I have received an email […] Read More
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Scam Email: Frank Bernard

<p>type&equals;&&num;8221&semi;html&&num;8221&semi;>Here is the text of yet another scammer with another fake name and disposable email account&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hi Cheryl&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Good to hear back from you&period;I will like to proceed with the purchase of the piece&period; I think it […] Read More
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Scam Email: Carolyn Jovanni

<p>To Kathleen or whom it may concern&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I was almost caught up in this scam&comma; until a red flag went up&period; The series of emails as follows&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Received an email yesterday reading&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Congratulations&excl; Someone expressed interest in buying […] Read More
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Scam Email: Thanh Nguyen

<p>hello<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>i wish i had come across your site earlier&excl; ive been working on an art sale with  a &&num;8220&semi;thanh nguyen&&num;8221&semi; with the email &&num;8220&semi;mrknumb&commat;gmail&period;com&&num;8221&semi; &period; i researched him&comma; his company&comma; the bank the check was […] Read More
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