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TD Banknorth Phisher

Below is an actual email letter. It’s short & sweet and aimed to trap an unwitting person into responding to a website other than a bank’s actual website. We haven’t gone there, but are willing to believe that the phisher … Continue reading

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More on Webloyalty

Here’s some more things we found on the Web about complaints and actions taken against WebLoyalty along with links to the various sources. Remember, they cannot scam you without the help and support of either unknowing or uncaring co-scammers, the … Continue reading

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Does Dhl Courier deliver company have my parkage?

There seems to be no end to these spam YANL emails. Here’s yet another one from my Befactorial, MIKEBEAN or Mr Frank Bello in Poland, Mexico or Benin. Read it and laugh, but learn…it ain’t real – he just wants … Continue reading

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DEAD BANK CUSTOMER: Free Money for ME!

FREE — FREE — FREE!!! Too good to be true, too good to be kept secret and too bad to ever be believed! If we were to write back to him I’d say something like this: Dear behekesibanda: Get real. … Continue reading

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YANL-2

Here’s YANL from Feb 21, 2008. Oh what fun I would have with all that money, if it weren’t such an obvious fraud & scam. When will these people ever stop? I guess that as long as there is at … Continue reading

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YANL- Yet Another Nigerian Letter

How’s this for timeliness. Fast on the heels of the letter of Feb 19, comes the following missive apparently from a “World Class” Banker in Nigeria with lots of money to “give” away! (Give me a break-it was not even … Continue reading

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The Nigerian Letter and Email

“This is a five billion dollar worldwide scam which has run since at least 1989 under successive Governments of Nigeria. It is also referred to as “Advance Fee Fraud” and “419 Fraud” after the relevant section of the Criminal Code … Continue reading

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