Email

Who Cooked This!? (How did it all start?) The modern meaning of the word "spam" has nothing to do with spiced ham. In the early 1990's, a skit by…

A simple way for hackers or fraudsters to gather information about is through your email address. Many email services today offer profile sharing and…

This is an email received about “ FREELOTTO AFFILIATED OFFICE U.K ” is a phishing scam and why not try to contact these people or log onto these sites…

This is an email received about “ Money Gram Money Transfer ” is a phishing scam and why not try to contact these people or log onto these sites and…

This is an email received about “FROM MRS. DEBORAH E. PAR” is a phishing scam and why not try to contact these people or log onto these sites and…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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

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

To Kathleen or whom it may concern: I was almost caught up in this scam, until a red flag went up. The series of emails as follows: Received an…

How many years have I been doing this blog. How many personal emails have I sent for years before I started the blog. Really, this scam has changed…

Scammers are not above grabbing the names of real people online and using them for their own criminal purposes. Also notice how, in the below scam,…