Email Scams
Articles on e-mail frauds and scams.
Scam Alert: Beware of Fake IRS Email
As folks around the country await their stimulus checks, an email scam has been circulating with an email purporting to be from the IRS…don’t open it!
Nigerian Email Scams: Nigerian 419 Advanced Fee Fraud
419 Scams, better known as Nigerian Scams, have been the bane of Internet communication and transactions since long. Here are some details about Nigerian Email Scams.
FBI Alerts Public About E-Mail Scam
If you get an e-mail letter from FBI Director Robert S. Mueller that promises to pay you for responding and threatens to give you some trouble if you don’t, you should file it in your Trash mailbox. He didn’t write the letter, there’s no payout for responding, and you’ll avoid trouble by ignoring it.
On A Million Ducats
Someone came straight out and offered me a million gold ducats. Well, 20 million dollars with eagle pictures on them anyway.
Botnets and the email of doom
The pump and dump scam is the latest email scam presently inundating mail boxes across the planet and it has security experts worried.
Email Scams – Ten Simple Steps To Protecting Your Online Finances
Do you know how to protect yourself from email scams? With more than 75 million phishing emails being sent every day it's only a matter of time before you receive one.
Exposing the Miracle Cure
Offered a great deal on a miracle cure? This article takes apart the sales pitch and exposes the techniques that are used to get you to buy that "miracle in a can."
Amazon moves to tackle alleged email fraudsters
Amazon is seeking millions of dollars in damages against 11 email marketing companies for allegedly using its identity to send spam emails.
Fraudsters Bring Email Chaos
Fastest-spreading computer virus ever may have been launched by spammers, IT experts say. Criminals and fraudsters are being blamed for the worldwide wave of emails unleashed by a new computer virus.
Email fraud targets 2m UK online customers
Customers of eBay, the biggest e-commerce website in Britain, have been targeted with a sophisticated new email fraud designed to trick users into disclosing their bank details.
Russia's bogus 'email brides' break the hearts - and wallets - of Western men
Experts say the vast majority of 'email brides' are scams designed to lure Western men into parting with cash. Nick Paton Walsh reports.
The pump and dump scam is the latest email scam presently inundating mail boxes across the planet and it has security experts worried.
Email Scams – Ten Simple Steps To Protecting Your Online Finances
Do you know how to protect yourself from email scams? With more than 75 million phishing emails being sent every day it's only a matter of time before you receive one.
Exposing the Miracle Cure
Offered a great deal on a miracle cure? This article takes apart the sales pitch and exposes the techniques that are used to get you to buy that "miracle in a can."
Amazon moves to tackle alleged email fraudsters
Amazon is seeking millions of dollars in damages against 11 email marketing companies for allegedly using its identity to send spam emails.
Fraudsters Bring Email Chaos
Fastest-spreading computer virus ever may have been launched by spammers, IT experts say. Criminals and fraudsters are being blamed for the worldwide wave of emails unleashed by a new computer virus.
Email fraud targets 2m UK online customers
Customers of eBay, the biggest e-commerce website in Britain, have been targeted with a sophisticated new email fraud designed to trick users into disclosing their bank details.
Russia's bogus 'email brides' break the hearts - and wallets - of Western men
Experts say the vast majority of 'email brides' are scams designed to lure Western men into parting with cash. Nick Paton Walsh reports.