Archive for the 'Scams' Category

I was looking at a lens I created on Squidoo to make sure it had published correctly.
I saw this job ad.
This town is a county seat town in a Southern County. A Saturn plant is nearby. But do you really think there are “$100 per hour jobs with benefits” anywhere or in any number?
They only […]

We knew professional spammers were self serving vermin, but this sort of proves it beyond much doubt. It’s sad that the innocent were taken in his last act of self centered evil! A teen aged girl survived despite wounds to run for help.
‘Spam King’ Shoots Wife, Daughter in Apparent Murder-Suicide
The bodies of “Spam King” […]

On Today’s “Stump Markus”! program at noon, Markus will talk live about some of the top so-called “Guru’s” who had one motto - “Fake it till you make it!”
Here’s what he plans to talk about in his own words:
Out of curiosity, I tried searching Google for the phrase, “Fake it ’til you make it”…
… To […]

The background and growth of the illegal “Debt Elimination” scams flooding the market is worth reading. It’s from Jon Christian Ryter
These scams aren’t to be confused with legitimate strategies for debt elimination which are basically telling you to pay off your debts in a systematic and tax favored way if possible.
The one’s he’s after are […]

Watch out for this spam/scam email.
Congratulations as we bring to your notice, Officially of the senate
house federal Repuplic of Nigeria has chosen you by the board committe
onappropriation and finance as one of the final recipients of this new
yearcontract and inheritance file to celebrate the fiscal 2008 an ATM
CARD hasbeen issued out $5,500,000.00 to 2 lucky […]

Here’s another reason to be careful about the websites you’re visiting… even if you were referred there by Google. The problem is that an otherwise innocent site with good search ratings for a popular term might be hacked and send visitors to another site completely to have their data stolen.
From the San Francisco Chronicle
Hackers have […]

I posted about the Craigslist hoax that cost a man most of his possessions. Police have now busted the perpetrators.
Amber Herbert, 28, of Medford, and her husband, Brandon Herbert, 29, were arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit burglary and conspiracy to commit a computer crime.
Police searched a computer that they owned and found […]

Scammers filed taxes online in a man’s name and had the illegal refund deposited in their account in another state.
A Woodbridge Road man received a check for $5,666.10 from H&R Block on March 18, but hadn’t even filed his taxes with the company, according to a police report.
Upon contacting H&R Block, he discovered that the […]

These are signs that more people will be trying to enter the work at home and business opportunity market and, in the process, easy prey for scam artists.
A UK paper announces we’re in a “Great Depression” because so many Americans are on food stamps - 28 million to be exact.
Independent truckers likely agree, many of […]

Here’s the email I received today.
Unsolicited of course.
Safely Earn 30% Interest Per Month + Advertise Your Program Big Time !!!
This will help build your affiliate business big time !! You can put in whatever you can afford from $10 & up. I put in $1,000 into my advertising campaign and am earning $300 per month […]