Archive for the 'Scams' Category

Please beware the latest PayPal Scam. It’s almost laughable but beware anyway. If you receive such an email, forward it to spoof@paypal.com and then delete it.
PayPal doesn’t need copies of this information. They verify your personal information directly with the financial institution and when you verify the amounts deposited in your checking and/or savings accounts.
These […]

It’s a common check cashing scheme in the US. This made the Canadian news. It’s amazing that the woman says she knows”People I know [who] have done similar things and they’ve been credible…”  Really? That’s hard to believe!
From Meadow Lake Progress
Audrey East recently received a phone call she wasn’t expecting: from the Toronto Metropolitan […]

Scammers are trying to use the internet in a new way to get people’s personal information.
They’re leaving automated telemarketing messages to tell bank customers to visit a website that SOUNDS like a legitimate site. They usually add the word “cares” or something to the bank’s name to make is seem like a real site.
It only […]

It seems like we’ve seen this warning 10 million times - just this week!
People wanting to work at home should be aware that there are some legitimate costs. For example: Some home based call center firms require the applicant to pay for a background check since they’ll be taking credit card information over the phone. […]

This $45.00 handbook tells you how to make money at home stuffing envelopes selling a $45 handbook that tells other people how to make money at home stuffing envelopes selling a $45 hanbook that….Get the picture? No real service involved. 
From WINKNews.com
“Angela” answered an ad in the paper for a part time job stuffing envelopes for a […]

The Dot.Name domains are becoming a haven for Cyber Crooks because the people behind the registry are charging for whois access, unlike other domains which can be searched through public whois directories.
From Wired
The company that controls the .name registry is charging for access to domain registration information, a step that security researchers say frustrates their […]

I guess it’s not only uneducated people who get taken in by scams.  This fellow was a law student at a major Ivy League Law School! Again, the scam was posted on Craigslist! It’s worth reading the whole article.
From the Washington City Paper
An intriguing Craigslist job ad turned up on June 21 of […]

By Ken Evoy
At SiteSell, we buy some of the loudest (SBI! owners ask about them in the SBI! Forums), most convincing stuff flying around, in the name of research (thank goodness it’s tax-deductible).  They are always disappointing, ranging from outright fraud at worst, to gross exaggeration at best…
No great secret unveils itself, I’m sorry […]

Here’s another phony “Work At Home Job” posting at Craiglist.
You wonder how these companies get to leave their URL when legitimate ads for products and services for sales are axed because Craigslist calls them an affiliate link when this is nothing more than an affiliate link and the whole thing about a job and base […]

As every real estate wannabe knows, “flipping” home is supposed to be one of the tried and true techniques of the business. This report from Reuters blames “investors” and “scammers” for the demise of a once nice neighborhood.
“Flipping” though is traditionally though just taking a property bought at discount, sprucing it up and selling […]