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2015

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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Scam Email: Alex Starks

<p>Pretty classic scam email below&period; So many scammers seem lately to be saying they have a store in Finland&period; Not sure what the preoccupation with Finland is about&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Begin forwarded message&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&gt&semi; From&colon; Alex Starks &lbrack;alexgreatlife&commat;aol&period;com&rsqb;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&gt&semi; […] Read More
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Scam Email: Simeon Ducroux

<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;”tr&lowbar;bq”><p>Thanks for your Art Scam blog&period; My partner&comma; Liz&comma; received one of these emails yesterday&period; Your blog helped us confirm our suspicions that it was a scam&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Thank you so much for combatting this scourge&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kind […] Read More
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Military Scammer: LT. GEN. ANDREW LESLIE

<h2>Fake-Accounts With Stolen Images From LT&period; GEN&period; ANDREW LESLIE<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<h4><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong>Disclaimer&colon; &rcy;l&iecy;&acy;&dscy;&iecy; understand th&acy;t &ucy;&ocy;u &acy;r&iecy; NOT l&ocy;&ocy;k&iukcy;ng &acy;t th&iecy; pictures &ocy;f people wh&ocy; &acy;r&iecy; &acy;&scy;tu&acy;ll&ucy; scamming you&excl; Th&iecy; people portrayed &ocy;n th&iecy;&dscy;&iecy; photos &acy;r&iecy; innocent men &acy;nd […] Read More
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Scam Email: Tim Patty

<p>Hi Kathleen&comma; Thanks for your blog&period;   Below is an email I received today&period;  I was skeptical but pretty convinced once I got the response&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>From&colon; Tim Patty &lbrack;timmypatty&commat;yahoo&period;com&rsqb;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Date&colon; Wed&comma; May 22&comma; 2015 at 8&colon;55 AM<br […] Read More
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Computer Crime: Winchester Man Pleads Guilty

<div id&equals;”parent-fieldname-text” class&equals;”plain”>&NewLine;<h2>Christopher Wood &iukcy;&dscy; jailed f&ocy;r &acy; year &iukcy;n federal prison<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>HARRISONBURG&comma; VA—A Winchester man&comma; wh&ocy; previously worked &iukcy;n th&iecy; IT department &ocy;f &acy; Winchester-based company&comma; pled guilty yesterday &iukcy;n th&iecy; United States District Court […] Read More
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Romance Scammer: Sasha Grey

<h2>FAKE-ACCOUNTS WITH STOLEN IMAGES FROM Sasha Grey<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<h4>Original Info and Description About Sasha Grey<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<div class&equals;”gen-bio-extras-row”>&NewLine;<div class&equals;”gen-bio-extras-subtitle”><span style&equals;”color&colon; &num;ff0000&semi;”>Born&colon;<&sol;span> &nbsp&semi; &nbsp&semi;March 14&comma; 1988 &lpar; age 27 &rpar;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;”gen-bio-extras-row”>&NewLine;<div class&equals;”gen-bio-extras-subtitle”><span style&equals;”color&colon; &num;ff0000&semi;”>Sign&colon;<&sol;span> &nbsp&semi; &nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;Pisces<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;”gen-bio-extras-row”>&NewLine;<div class&equals;”gen-bio-extras-subtitle”><span style&equals;”color&colon; &num;ff0000&semi;”>Real […] Read More
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Most Popular Fraud Schemes

<p><span class&equals;”blackgraphtx”>The following are some of the most common scams that the FBI investigates and tips to help prevent you from being victimized&period; Visit our <a class&equals;”internal-link” href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fbi&period;gov&sol;about-us&sol;investigate&sol;white&lowbar;collar”>White-Collar Crime<&sol;a> and <a class&equals;”internal-link” href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fbi&period;gov&sol;about-us&sol;investigate&sol;cyber”>Cyber<&sol;a> webpages for […] Read More
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Bernard Madoff in Prison

<div id&equals;”parent-fieldname-text” class&equals;”plain”>&NewLine;<p>LEV L&period; DASSIN&comma; the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York&comma; and JOSEPH M&period; DEMAREST&comma; JR&period;&comma; the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau […] Read More
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