Email Scams Examples

Email Scam: SURROGATE COURT OVER-DUE PAYMENT RELEASED

This is an email received about “ SURROGATE COURT OVER-DUE PAYMENT RELEASED ” is a phishing scam and why not try to contact these people or log onto these sites…

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Email Scam: ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC)

This is an email received about "ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC)" is a phishing scam and why not try to contact these people or log onto these sites and…

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Email Scam Examples – MR. GODWIN EMEFIELE, EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)

This is a fraudulent email from a theme "MR. GODWIN EMEFIELE, EXECUTIVE…

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Email Scam: ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC)

This is an email received about "ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC)"…

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Email Scams Examples: Mr. James B. Comey Jr The FBI Director

This is a fraudulent email from a theme "Mr. James B. Comey…

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Email Scam Examples: FROM MRS. MICHELLE OBAMA

MRS. MICHELLE OBAMA, LAST NOTICE  from: Mrs Michelle Obama <Michelle@eos.ocn.ne.jp> reply-to: Mrs…

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Email Scam Examples: International Cricket Council ( ICC )

This is a fraudulent email from a theme "International Cricket Council (…

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Email Scam: UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION

This is an email received about “ UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION ” is…

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Email Scam: Mr. William C. Dudley (Federal Reserve Bank New York USA)

This is an email received about “Mr. William C. Dudley (Federal Reserve…

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Email Scam: UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA

This is an email received about “ UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA ” is a…

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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.…

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Scam Email: James Chavez

type="html">Yes, even someone who hosts a blog and Facebook page about scammers, warning people how not to fall victim, receives…

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Scam Email: Paul Newman

type="html">The use of a famous name like Paul Newman doesn't make this any less of a scam. Kathleen, Thank you…

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Scam Email: Frank Bernard

type="html">Here is the text of yet another scammer with another fake name and disposable email account:Hi Cheryl,Good to hear back…

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Scam Email: Carolyn Jovanni

To Kathleen or whom it may concern: I was almost caught up in this scam, until a red flag went…

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Scam Email: Steve Borgatti

How many years have I been doing this blog. How many personal emails have I sent for years before I…

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Scam Email: Luiza Kwiatkowska

Scammers are not above grabbing the names of real people online and using them for their own criminal purposes. Also…

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Scam Email: Thanh Nguyen

hello i wish i had come across your site earlier! ive been working on an art sale with  a "thanh…

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Scam Email: Adrian Hermes

Here is a scam that is so telling - sent to an "undisclosed list of recipients" (aka huge spam list)…

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Scam Email: Andrew Hembree

Hi Kathleen, Thank you for doing this.  I received a similar email back in August which is what made me…

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Scam Email: Rebecca Wallace

Hi Kathleen, I was wondering if you might have heard of this person Rebecca Wallace from Guernsey UK. At first…

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Scam Email: Corbett Bonilla

Below is an example of how scammers are using skype. Skype doesn't make them any more legitimate. In fact, you…

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Scam Email: Alex Starks

Pretty classic scam email below. So many scammers seem lately to be saying they have a store in Finland. Not…

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Scam Email: Simeon Ducroux

  Thanks for your Art Scam blog. My partner, Liz, received one of these emails yesterday. Your blog helped us…

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Scam Email: Linda Monreal

Kathleen, You are a life saver. Below is my correspondence with one of your known scam artists. I felt like…

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Scam Email: Cynthia Roberts

Hi Kathleen Thank goodness I found your website! I had a bad feeling about this whole situation and I was…

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Scam Email: Lesley Donna

Odds are that I, too, am going to receive scam emails directly to my email account, even as I spend…

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Scam Email: Alvin Folkman

Hi Kathleen I unfortunately got my hopes up for a few minutes in these dry and difficult times that this…

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Scam Email: Tim Patty

Hi Kathleen, Thanks for your blog.   Below is an email I received today.  I was skeptical but pretty convinced once…

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2015 BUSINESS EMAIL: No Longer Safe

This is an announcement with features on how to produce business for fraud based emails made by FBI. This Public…

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