Posted on May 17, 2008 by gariell
I must say that this is probably the ultimate in scum from the bottom feeders I have seen recently,not only is the bottom feeder trying to scam me, but he is offering to deliver the “proceeds” in person. As if I wanted the scum bag to show up at my door!
Get a load of [...]
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Posted on May 14, 2008 by gariell
As previous posts have reported United Kingdom Scam and The Peter Taylor Scam among others; the usual signs of a scam are all present.
The most evident being the addressed to “undisclosed-recipients” and the odd spelling mistake
“forword”.
From: “ONLINE BRITISH LOTTERY AWARD 2008″
Reply-To: nlclaimboard@hotmail.com
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: CONGRATULATION………DEAR WINNER
Date: Wed 05/07/08 03:42 AM
ONLINE PROMO [...]
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Posted on May 14, 2008 by gariell
This is one more example to add to the endless list of Yahoo lottery scams. The fact is that Yahoo does not have any lotteries and has never held any such promotions.
This example has added a nice touch. They post a few pictures of people holding up checks and claim that these are previous [...]
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Posted on May 14, 2008 by gariell
Haven’t seen the good old dying widow billionaire scam for a while. I love the way she goes on to explain “I am married to (Eng Mr.Pius johnson) from united kingdom(U.K) who has an appointment in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso” Then goes on to say he is Dead, seems you can still work when you [...]
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Posted on May 4, 2008 by gariell
Stories like this one just break my heart and motivate me to continue this site. If only one person can be forewarned about a scam, it is worth my time and effort. These low life bottom feeders merit nothing less than the worst that life has to offer and then some.
The BBC published the [...]
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Posted on May 2, 2008 by gariell
This scam has been reported on in the past; however, it is back on the map and Public Announcements Service provides a detailed report on this scam and well worth a read.
Here is an excerpt :
“Please note the Big Lottery Fund does NOT run a lottery. They make payments to causes from money raised by [...]
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Posted on May 1, 2008 by gariell
Whow! Ex president’s wife wants to do business with me! Of course we will have to keep this secret, big time international and political transactions involved. Wait a minute? Could this be a Scam?
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Posted on April 30, 2008 by gariell
This guy is in a hurry to give me a cool mil. Smells pretty scammy to me.
From: haji_kagome@orange.net
Subject: VERY URGENT IS NEEDED PLEASE 226 76 938 132
Date: April 28, 2008 10:26:02 AM EDT (CA)
To: hadji_kagome@orange.net
Reply-To: haji_kagome@orange.net
Good Day My good friend,
Let me start by introducing myself, I am mr [...]
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by gariell
Now there is dumb and dumber, this one is in the dumber category. Mr. Godwin Emefiele asks “We need to confirm from you if it’s really true that you are dead and If we did not hear from you it automatically means that you are actually dead”. LoL, Wonder if this is a scam?
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Posted on April 27, 2008 by gariell
This scam is old as the hills. Apply for a loan and the scammers will ask for a fee in order to “process” your loan. Send the fee and you will never see your so called loan.
The scammers may also ask for personal information in order to steal your identity, this was the case [...]
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