Scammers and Phishers

This very (un)convincing bit of ridiculous rubbish arrived in my inbox a couple of days ago.  Somehow I think I might regret asking what the writer meant by saying “you have been flog the dummy”. If you do happen to own bitcoin – p...

This scam warning was posted on a Facebook group that I belong to.  I have the poster’s permission to reproduce it here. Gumtree is a hotbed for scammers.  Anyone can post and anyone can answer.  Do some serious research before parting with...

(The web address on “click here” is http://www.excitingtweet.com/domain/yourdomain.com, which if you click on it takes you to http://maximdomains.com) This domain has not “recently become available”, it has never been registe...

Not many scams make me laugh so hard that I spit my tea, but this one did!   Nice try sunny Jim. Unfortunately bitcoin wallet addresses are virtually anonymous, so there is no way of catching this idiot by trying to find where he is asking for mone...

I’m often amazed at how many people will blindly “like and share” a fake giveaway on Facebook.  They rarely even read the original post let alone the legions of comments where people are trying to warn that the post is a scam. Ther...

This glorious bit of ridiculous rubbish landed in my inbox yesterday.  All I have to do is send money to the scammer’s bitcoin account.  Yeah, right. The email claims they will send proof to 5 of my contacts if I reply, so in the interests of...

What a load of old rubbish.  Don’t open the attached file – it contains a virus. Your “Vehicle registration number” hasn’t been “(protected for your security)”.  This scammer has no idea who you are or what...