This fake Lotto was sent to me by a reader, who told me :
“I am a 55y/o, widow from the Philippines, I write here to make you know that I’ve just recently received a letter from Mrs. Tina Brown as you can see and read her letter that I forwarded through e-mail. Hoping you can get rid of this kind of scam.”
It seems the account of one of my Facebook friends has been hacked. It has just sent me this message: I realised instantly it wasn’t a genuine message, but clicked on the link to see where it took me. No – it wasn’t immediately “non family friendly”. This is where it took me: Look closely […]
I’ve added another video to the YouTube channel about fake Facebook giveaways. This one is about The Rewards Store – who seem to run fake giveaways for Morrisons, Arbys and Centre Parks.
From time to time I receive an email asking me to join the EU Business Register.
But what is it and is it a con?
I did some investigation and made a Youtube video
There seems to be a spate of fake store pages being set up on Facebook. In this post we’re going to look at a fake Morrisons supermarket giveaway. The theme is common – the store will give £35 plus a bag of goodies to everyone who likes and shares the post by midnight.
This email seems to have been sent to people who use an email address associated with a domain name that they own. Although this email claims to have come directly from your domain, this is the email address it was actually sent from: <fg@sosoibella.com> Your online email provider probably doesn’t care which device you use […]
This fake BT email doesn’t even bother to pretend to address you personally – it just says “Hello”.
This fake email was sent to a friend and claims to come from the UK TV Licencing authority. It claims to have been sent from info@lyfvaccines.com, which isn’t the email address of the TV Licencing.It claims your bank has declined your last payment and sweetly asks if you’d “like to pay now”.Clicking on the link […]
This was sent to my sister, from the very (un)convincing yypxwha@[telenet.be] How did I know it was a fake? Firstly, look at the email address it was sent from – that isn’t the DVLA Secondly, it doesn’t address you by name, it just uses your email address Thirdly, if you click on the link (please don’t) […]
This appeared in my inbox this morning. DO NOT click on the link. This is what it says:“software-licences.com. New profile notification. Hello Karla sent 2 unique messages https://ewufiuv.page.link/PTTw, Your profile has been updated USER ACCOUNT INFORMATION Login URL: https://software-licenses.com/ Email: myemail@email.com Password: *********** (Forgot your password?)” How do I know this is a hoax? 1. […]
Look closely at the image below. Look at the email it was sent from @cuponeria.com.br. That isn’t the real address of a UK Government agency.
This isn’t a scam, as such, more a word of caution. It was brought to my attention yesterday by a client who was nearly taken in but realised in time that he was being asked to pay for something that should be free. My client is over 70 and in the UK that means you […]
This fake domain renewal notice was posted as a comment on another post. But it seemed a shame to leave it there. After all, if you post your scam as a comment on an anti-scam blog, it must merit a post of its own, so that everyone can see that a) it’s a scam and […]
This bit of ridiculousness came from the very (un)convincing diplmissionoffice@gmail.com. Because obviously diplomats use GMail. Or maybe not???? I wonder which “diplmissionoffice” this fool thinks he might be a member of? Ignore this, this is just a scammer who wants to get his or her hands on your money. Dear Sir,The courier statutory report shown […]
A friend just received a phone call from 07683 525175. It was a recorded message, with an American accent, telling her that they were from BT and there were records of dodgy activity on their internet and phone line and they would be cut off unless they held the line to speak to someone. My […]
Oooooo look “the wealthiest organization in the world” has decided to give $1m. Only $1m — I get offered 10 times that every day by the Bank of Nigeria or the United Nations. Of course an organization that has randomly decided to send you millions is going to start their email by saying “good morning” […]
Brenda has “important information” for me. So I’ve asked her if she’s found a long lost relative of mine. I’ll let you know what she says. (As in her copy and paste reply which will totally ignore the question I asked her) Please forgive me for sending this mail without your permission. Once again, my name is […]
Ooooooo – look – I’ve won lots of money on a lottery I didn’t enter. Does that sound likely???? No, of course it doesn’t. You cannot win a lottery that you haven’t entered. This is a scammer who is after your cash. My online alter ego has replied, so I’ll let you know if s/he […]
My online alter-ego has emailed mrs fenna liam, telling her which hotel I will be staying in at Schiphol and which flight I will be on. I will let you know what her instructions are. Meanwhile – I’m sure you know as well as I do that you don’t have £2m sitting in a mysterious […]
This scammer gets straight to the point, they want $150 as their initial payment. If you are daft enough to fall for their scam, they will continue asking you for more money, for more fees. You know as well as I do that the Bank of Nigeria is not holding $10.5m in your name. Just […]
This scammer clearly failed the Level 1 Scam exam at scam school. The bit where the title and text says (Victim’s Email) is clearly intended to contain the victim’s email address. But hey – there’s nothing like telling your intended target that they are a victim. Why not just add a message saying “Hi – […]
Yet another scammer who claims to have access to your system (they don’t). Nothing in this email is true. The scammer can’t access your system, hasn’t been using your webcam, hasn’t infected your computer with malware. They don’t have access to your contacts and they can’t send a video that doesn’t exist. This scammer is […]
Another one of those nasty emails claiming that the sender has access to your computer (they don’t) and they have seen you in a compromising position (they haven’t). Then demanding you pay them in a cryptocurrency. Fortunately, most of the people that send these to me wouldn’t know how to pay in DASH or bitcoin […]
Apparently I’ve changed my name to “info”. Nobody’s “system” has detected “unusual activities on your account”. This email doesn’t even tell you who is supposed to have sent it. I’m guessing that if you click on the link you will be taken to a fake website and asked to enter your email address and password. […]
DO NOT send these scammers anything. They have no idea who you are, nor have they hacked your site. Changing your password is always a good idea – you should change it regularly – but these guys have no idea what your password is and cannot see if you change it. Even if your webcam […]
No, not an invitation to find God or Allah or another deity. This evil little threat comes courtesy of one of my clients. These bitcoin scammers make their threats sound nasty. Always telling you they have webcam footage of you in compromising, sexual, circumstances. They don’t. They don’t even know who you are. However, this […]
I received this email, allegedly from a friend, about 10 mins ago. As I’d been speaking to her just an hour ago, and as the title looked odd, I realised immediately that it was probably a scam. I’ve answered, and I’m waiting to see if I get a reply – presumably the scammer will tell […]