Anti-Theft Website

If you live in the UK and have been a victim of theft, list your stolen items at It's Been NICKED. All items listed must have been reported stolen to the Police as, for your safety, the only contact details allowed are a Police incident number and Police contact phone number.

Scam Victims

If you have been a victim of a scam, send me your story and I will add it to the Scam Victims page. I won't include any personally identifiable information.

PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE USING THIS BLOG.

ALL of the lotteries, draws, compensation schemes, inheritances, payment agent jobs, mystery shopper jobs and business proposals involving large sums of money that you receive by email ARE SCAMS. NO ORGANISATION ANYWHERE EVER holds random email draws. They are ALL SCAMS. You CANNOT WIN a lottery or prize draw that you HAVE NOT ENTERED.
Please don't post comments asking me if the scams you have received are real. I can't answer them all and you KNOW they are scams!

A victim's tale

This story has been posted as a comment by a reader.  Usually I leave the comments where they are, but I thought this was too important so I have copied it as a post.

Although the tone of this blog is lighthearted I am fully aware that these scams are serious.  My hope is that this blog will help prevent more people from falling victim to the scammers.  This is the story of a [Continue reading A victim's tale]

January 13th, 2009 | Tags: | Category: email scams | Leave a comment