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October 2015

Email Scam: Mrs. Cassandra Chandler – FBI

This is an email received about “Mrs. Cassandra Chandler Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)” is a phishing scam and why not try to contact these people or log onto these sites and enter your data because you risk being stolen.       Mrs. Cassandra Chandler Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Federal Bureau of Investigation […]

Email Scam Example: Federal Reserve Bank of New York

This is an email received about “Federal Reserve Bank of New York” is a phishing scam and why not try to contact these people or log onto these sites and enter your data because you risk being stolen. Letter About “Federal Reserve Bank of New York” From Scammer: Atten:Beneficiary!!Payment Notification of Your $22.5m inf Head […]

Email Scam Examples: BMW Lottery Department

This is an email received about “BMW LOTTERY DEPARTMENT” is a phishing scam and why not try to contact these people or log onto these sites and enter your data because you risk being stolen. Letter : BMW LOTTERY DEPARTMENT 5070 WILSHIRE BLVD LOS ANGELES. CA 90036 NEIGHORHOOD: MID WILSHIRE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. EMAIL: michaelfennell@qq.com […]

Scam Email: Curtis Butler

My mom was the recipient of an attempted scam – luckily she asked for my help in processing a credit card and so I was able to stop it before she actually lost any real money! Curtis Butler was the name used in these scam – 2 different email addresses (see below) Here is the […]

Scam Email: Max Gardner

Dear Kathleen, This is the first email from a series from this person. It is definitely a scam. Please post his name on your site. Any further advice for how I can report this, etc… would be appreciated. Thanks, Steve Begin forwarded message: > From: Max Gardner [maxgardner402@yahoo.com] > Subject: artwork > Date: September 3, […]

Scam Email: Don Fisher

On Jul 19, 2013, at 5:30 PM, Don Fisher wrote: — Hello, These  particular artwork of yours that you have for sale, is it still available and detailed price. Don. From: Don Fisher [bestofdonfisher@gmail.com] Date: July 20, 2013 2:45:51 AM PDT Subject: Re: Payment………………. Hello, Thanks for your prompt reply. Unfortunately, Im on my way […]

Scam Email: Cindy Dickson

It’s when scammers make lame mistakes that most people get suspicious that the purchase is not actually for real. This scammer using this fake name made several mistakes, but the obvious one that tipped the scales for the artist was saying they do not use PayPal. Then the artist got suspicious. But some scammer say […]

Scam Email: Steve Wood

Yup, Tom – it’s a scam. Delete it and do not respond. Hi Kathleen, Its been 2 years since my last email about the scam I was in the middle of – and got out of with your help. I received another email yesterday from ‘Steve Wood’. The punctuation in his message is strange, and […]

Scam Email: Greg Hembree

type=”html”> This was an obvious miss on the scammer’s part but they could care less – they play a numbers game. They send out thousands of these emails seeking that small percentage that reply so that they can funnel those people closer to the heart of the scam – stealing their money by pretending to […]