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ALL the lotteries, draws, compensation schemes, inheritances, payment agent or mystery shopper jobs and business proposals offering huge sums of money are SCAMS. You CAN'T WIN a lottery or prize draw you HAVEN'T ENTERED. Please don't post comments asking if the SCAMS you have received are real. PLEASE DON'T LEAVE YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS IN A COMMENT ASKING SCAMMERS TO CONTACT YOU (yes, people really do this regularly!)

Your Brand Name

A reader forwarded me this scam.  This scammer is hoping you will panic and reply asking him to register the domain name for you – at a hugely inflated price.  Goodness knows if the registration company that they use will be legitimate.

There is no “applicant” wanting to register the domain, just a scammer hoping to take your money.

Dear Reader’s Name,

Thanks for your support!

We informed [Continue reading Your Brand Name]

Crying for help

I’m sure that if “Miss Suzanne Robert” reads this she will be crying – probably not for help, though.

This scammer tells me the usual story of loads of money left by her father and she just needs my help to get her hands on the cash.  What a liar.  The only cash she wants to get her hands on is mine (or yours).  She’s a scammer, who wants to take your money by [Continue reading Crying for help]

PLEASE I NEED YOUR URGENT REPLY

Yet another scammer claiming to be a dishonest banker with access to millions of dollars – and who just needs my help to move the stash of cash.

Ignore this scammer – if you reply he will start asking you to send money for fees etc.

From The Desk of Dr.Hamza Hamed Audits & Accounts Dept Bank of Africa Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso,

Dear Friend

I am Dr Hamza Hamed [Continue reading PLEASE I NEED YOUR URGENT REPLY]

PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP

The only thing about this scam that is true is its subject – “I need your help”.  This scammer certainly needs help – the sort that being arrested by the Police and throw in jail would provide.  Help to start leading an honest life.  A concept that is currently beyond this scammer, who thinks that making up rubbish stories and stealing your money is a good way to live.

Ignore this lowlife – who [Continue reading PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP]

HONEST SOMEONE

I love the title of this scam – “honest someone”.  Clearly not a title that applies to the writer of this ridiculous scam – who then goes on to tell me the usual story of wicked goings on and millions of dollars.  It’s all a load of rubbish.  The only dollars this scammer wants are yours – if you make the mistake of replying  you will find this scammer starts asking you for money.

[Continue reading HONEST SOMEONE]

Från Mr.Owen Kurt.

For some strange reason, “Owen Kurt” has written to me in Swedish to tell me he works for a bank in London.  How likely does that sound??  Not very.  Then he goes on to tell me the usual scam story about a deceased client and millions of pounds.  Of course, if this scammer really was an employee of the bank, the very fact that he has sent out thousands of random emails about this [Continue reading Från Mr.Owen Kurt.]

Global Conference Invitation

Oh look – another invitation to another fake conference.  I have no idea what the “Global Symposium of Peaceful Nations” is supposed to be!

If you make the mistake of replying, you will find this scammer asking you to send money.  This scammer didn’t “pick” your email address from “an N.G.O`s website” – he or she bought a large list of thousands (or even millions) of random email addresses in the hope of finding [Continue reading Global Conference Invitation]

THIS IS FOR CHARITY SUPPORT

“Mrs Steward” isn’t 69, she isn’t a British citizen, she isn’t in a care home, she isn’t dying and she certainly doesn’t want you to set up a “Steward foundation”.

She’s a scammer.  What she really wants is to get her hands on your money.  If you make the mistake of replying you will find that she will start asking you to send money.  Ignore her.

FOR CHARTIY Dear Friend, As you [Continue reading THIS IS FOR CHARITY SUPPORT]

Second Notice,

Like many scammers, “Anthony Martin” seems to be having an identity crisis.  His email came from “Anthony Smith & Co” and he tells me to reply to “clivefullerton33″.  After that he tells me the usual rubbish story about having millions of pounds that were left to someone with the same surname as me – or you – or any of the other thousands of people who received this email.  Of course, he has no [Continue reading Second Notice,]

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This scammer is deluded – I don’t even have an HSBC account.

NEVER click on a link in a bank email – even if it appears to come from your own bank. ALWAYS enter the address of your bank website directly into your browser.

This is a scammer who is after your bank account details.

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