The US Federal Trade Commission, FTC, recently reported that they have cracked down on the Google Money Tree pyramid scam as a part of Operation Shortchange. Great news!
From the category archives:
iScams @en
Summer and winter are the haydays for various scammers. Here’s a fresh one. ”Governor James Ibori” wants a partner, but doesn’t seem to even know my e-mail address (since the mail is sent to a non-disclosed email list). Just another scam, and of course worthy of a mention here at Nikke’s Index…
The Windsor Star has an interesting article about a 419 scam. John Rempel, Leamington John Rempel from Leamington has fallen hard for one of these scams and I quite admire his courage for coming out publicly to talk about how he was scammed. And I do feel with him. We need some examples like this so that people actually understand that some of these scams are actually carried through.
Wow! It’s not everyday you receive such a classic and truly typical 419 scam in your inbox! Miss Maryrose Adam claims to have deposited a ridiculously large sum in a bank in the US, and she needs someone to help her claim them….
If you aren’t a scammer, and want to hook up with people for a legitimate business proposition, I have a few pointers to give you, like using a legitimate e-mail address, addressing people directly and not through an undisclosed email recipiant list. David Adams has done the oposite in this mail that just landed in my inbox…
