Archive for the 'Scams' Category

Undress4Success has a good introduction to how scams get “recycled” again and again. The names change but these 21 “themes” keep recurring. Some things though are overgeneralizations that make for good lists but might not be universally true. Take this one for example:

#2 — Send us money and . . .
We’ll send you a list [...]

This is apparently a job posting in the name of a legitimate company called “Ashley Furniture”
There is good reason to believe it to be a scam however. Some have reported it’s a scam run by a Nigerian ring.
How could you tell this from the ad? What should alert you before you respond?
One thing is [...]

If you have computer programming skills and are fluent in Mandarin, Portugese, or Russian, there may be a home based computer job waiting for you… working for hackers.  That is if you don’t happen to care that you’re creating computer viruses to steal, scam, and otherwise pillage the cybercountryside. As I said, misanthropes only need [...]

From EmergencyEmail.org
Internet Alert: St. Valentine’s Day E-Card Carries Storm Worm Virus
If you unexpectedly receive a Valentine’s Day e-card, be careful. It may not be from a secret admirer, but instead might contain the Storm Worm virus.
With the holiday approaching, be on the lookout for spam e-mails spreading the Storm Worm malicious software (malware). The e-mail [...]

This video will help you tell legitimate work at home telecommuting jobs from the scams. You can see the video here at RatRaceRebellion.
With the assistance of Scamlock Holmes™ — Rat Race Rebellion’s scam sleuth extraordinaire — our own Chris Durst investigates a company that claims to have a home-based job opening.
Watch as Chris takes [...]

Was it P.T. Barnum that said something like that about people paying good money to see bearded ladies?
It could also be applied as well today.
I thought everyone realized that supposed emails from the IRS were all bogus, but no.
A lady asked me to help her get her “online refund”.
I showed her the way to see [...]

As social networking either becomes the greatest boon for building a business online ever – or the biggest time waster depending how you use it, scammers are at work to take advantage of your desire to use the new medium. Facebook users beware.
Wired:Fraudsters Target Facebook With Phishing Scam
Some Facebook users checking their accounts Wednesday found [...]

Here’s the latest attempt to steal your PayPal information and, as a result, loot your bank accounts and max out your credit cards.
It’s a phishing email with the subject line that reads “Account Renewal Form”.
PayPal of course doesn’t need you to “renew” your account.
It is quite cleverly done because unless you read the actual html [...]

This article caught my eye but sort of peeved me too: All Business: Business Opportunity Fraud Flourishes In The New Year
Selling the promise of riches and then profiting by selling the means to those riches is still a tried-and-true formula. Today, thousands of unscrupulous operators peddle it daily under the broad guise of a “business [...]

77,000 people paid $3 million to get involved assembling “refrigerator magnets” at home. They were told they could earn $800 per week in this business.
To do that, of course, they’d have to assemble 20 magnets per hour for 40 hours per week for $1 per magnet. Since most of these refrigerator magnets don’t sell for [...]