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Spam: Where it Came From, and How to Escape It

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 British comedy group Monty Python led to the word’s common usage. “The SPAM Skit” follows a couple struggling to order dinner from a menu consisting entirely […]

Email Scam: FREELOTTO AFFILIATED OFFICE U.K

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 and enter your data because you risk being stolen. FROM: GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY PROMOTERS. FREELOTTO AFFILIATED OFFICE U.K, 82 VICTORIA STREET VICTORIA LONDON SW1 U.K TEL:+44-7031-810-592 […]

Email Scam: Money Gram Money Transfer

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 enter your data because you risk being stolen. Welcome to Money Gram Money Transfer Send Money Worldwide office Department Of Money Gram Cotonou Benin Republic ADDRESS: 1500 Akpakpa […]

Email Scam: FROM MRS. DEBORAH

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 enter your data because you risk being stolen.   HELLO MY BELOVED IN THE LORD. MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS: mrs.deborahd@yahoo.co.za I AM MRS. DEBORAH E. PAR […]

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, 2013 4:13:18 AM […]

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: 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 […]