Archive for the 'Scams' Category

Here’s another scam designed to help identity thieves. Avoid it.
Other than the fact that I live in nowhere’s ville where the only Mandarin speakers are at the Chinese restaurant (which itself is a good clue) cashing checks checks for 10% is a classic scam. Even certified checks, if fraudulent, are no good.
Contact the US Secret […]

Because the United Nations has nothing better to do than award millions of dollars to people who’ve never applied for the money and, in any case, wouldn’t be as adept at frittering all of it away on useless projects that never accomplish anything as they seem to be, they’ve have graciously sent me this email.
I’m […]

The taxes you pay for “universal access” for telecommunications are just a cash cow for cell phone companies and evidently becoming corporate welfare of the worst kind.
These companies have slurped up the “gravy” long enough. If we’re going to keep having to pay this tax at all, let’s use it to do what rural areas […]

I guess this is “Scam Thursday” because I found this one too. I’ve warned about these in the past, but it’s always good to remind again.
From NBC-2.com
Law enforcement officials have a warning about a “work at home” check cashing scheme. Victims are not only losing their hard-earned cash, they’re also put at risk for identity […]

I hereby openly repent of believing my fellow man was too smart to keep paying to learn how to make money stuffing envelopes.
Here’s the 2nd news article in a week about all the people who lost their money believing they could earn $10 per envelope they stuffed at home.
In a world where tele-evangelists have machines […]

No, this headline is not from 1959!
Just found it today from WNDU.com in South Bend, Indiana
A get-rich-quick scheme turns out to be a scam, and one South Bend resident avoids being taken for a ride. It’s an old-fashioned scam that’s hit nearly every state in the country - including Indiana.
Shawn Andrews once worked at […]

I guess this is proof that direct mail and data mining still works really well in a very sick sort of way.
InfoUSA a merchant of direct response lists has been allegedly selling lists to scam artists who pray on the elderly.
In the wake of the allegations, it turns out that Bill Clinton has been paid […]

I guess now we know where all that United Nations money goes… to people who didn’t ask for it. Or at least that’s the impression you’d get if you believe this spam and scam phishing email.
I hope you won’t believe it! Undoubtedly someone will. I hope they won’t lose too much.
UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION
IN CONJUNCTION WITH […]

Aksimet the spam comment catcher must be down for maintenance.
I guess that because all the spam slime porn scam freak comments are coming through and I’m having to delete them by hand!
I can’t tell you how much I loathe these things because they insert their filth and junk into the viewing of people who come […]

From Entrepreneur.com on MSNBC
They contact you by phone, fax and e-mail. They’re ready with invoices for you to pay, services for you to order and P.O. boxes to collect your money. Modern scammers have thought of everything: The only thing that stands between them and your money is keen awareness on your part.
“They give two […]