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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 so much of my time and energy trying to expose scammers. But scammers don’t care – it’s a numbers game to them… how many hundreds of thousands of emails can they send, what percentage of […]

Scam Email: Alvin Folkman

Hi Kathleen I unfortunately got my hopes up for a few minutes in these dry and difficult times that this was a genuine enquiry but no? its a scammer. Its hard to believe they will actually spend the time looking up obscure specific individual works. Here’s another name for your scammers list with email thread: […]

Scam Email: Tim Patty

Hi Kathleen, Thanks for your blog.   Below is an email I received today.  I was skeptical but pretty convinced once I got the response. From: Tim Patty [timmypatty@yahoo.com] Date: Wed, May 22, 2015 at 8:55 AM Subject: PAinter Needed To: timmypatty@yahoo.com Morning, I need your services as a decorative painter for my wife birthday in […]

Scam Email: Raymond Velluci

type=”html”>Dear Kathleen, I could not find a way to reach you through your Art Scam Blog, so I hope this is an appropriate channel. I wanted to thank you for being instrumental in helping me to prevent being scammed. When I received a $3,800 check in the mail yesterday for an $850.00 purchase, I got […]

Email Scam: Google Corporation®

This is an email received about “Google Corporation®” 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. Good day Sir/Madam. You have successfully been picked as one of our 12 Lucky Winners in this months Lottery Draw, Please […]

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 enter your data because you risk being stolen. Email Scam Examples From ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC) FOREIGN OPERATION DEPT, […]

Email Scam: PayPal Phishing Examples

This is an email received about Paypal 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 1: Dear PayPal Customer, During your regular scheduled accounts maintenance verification procedure, We have detected a slight error regarding your […]

Email Scam: PayPal Intruder Detection

This is an email received about Paypal 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.   Dear Valued Customer, Unauthorized access has been detected in your account.Unfortunately, due to this event, our security system has limited the […]

Email Scam: Account Notice (Paypal Phishing)

This is an email received about Paypal 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.     Dear Valued Customer, Unauthorized access has been detected in your account. Unfortunately, due to this event, our security system has