Scamdex is all about scams, fraud and theft. The Internet has opened a world-wide Pandora's box of opportunities for parting people from their money. The lonely Nigerian widow who wants to share her fortune may be a member of the Russian mafia - this is how he makes his money and he's very good at it. Scamdex is a huge archive of carefully sifted email scams, categorized and analysed. The ScamBlog is commentary on the world of scams - scams which get bigger, cleverer and nastier day by day. These are our thoughts on stuff that makes us mad and costs people money.....
"Our dependence on all things cyber as a society is now inestimably irreversible and irreversibly inestimable."Yeah, I had to re-read that line a few times, too. Which is probably why I've put off posting a note here about the article from which the above quote was taken, a thought-provoking essay in the Harvard National Security Journal by Da […]
Microsoft has released a point-and-click tool to help protect Windows users from a broad class of security threats that stem from a mix of insecure default behaviors in Windows and poorly written third-party applications. […]
scamdex: RT @opendns: April is Take OpenDNS to Work Month. Have you told your IT guy/gal or network admin at work about OpenDNS yet? http://bit.l ... […]
scamdex: Uk Dell Supplies Department Center/ is a target for a Job Scam - involves check fraud (Payment Processing Scam) - Sender: Stephen J. Felice […]
The central crime branch has arrested five people in the scam. The police are now questioning the legality of the original society. ...See all stories on this topic » […]
Hoax invoices are being sent from YellowPage-NewZealand.com by mail in order to scam money. The invoice claims to be sent on behalf and in the name of ...See all stories on this topic » […]
Holding a folder with "Craigslist Scam" on the tab, she said, "This one has been national." Because the emails are written with such bad grammar and the ...See all stories on this topic » […]
Victorians who had money stolen from tax returns and government stimulus payments after it was funnelled through a fraudulent taxation agency have been ...See all stories on this topic » […]
An Australian man accused of pulling off an elaborate internet scam involving $US25,000, a convertible Mercedes-Benz sports car and a fake Google website is ...See all stories on this topic » […]
By Bonita Cornute FOX2now.com ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI-FOX2now.com) - A woman and her niece say a roofing contractor scammed them out of thousands of dollars. ...See all stories on this topic » […]
Detectives are looking into a web-based service called Tax Returns Australia, which is alleged to have stolen tax refunds from clients. ...See all stories on this topic » […]
By Jeremy P. Kelley, Staff Writer 8:20 PM Thursday, September 2, 2010 By Jeremy P. Kelley It's a scam that has been going on for years, and police, ...See all stories on this topic » […]
NORTH MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Police in Cumberland County have charged the brother of Harrisburg's mayor with scamming another man out of thousands of ...See all stories on this topic » […]
Three Pakistan cricket players faced a grilling Thursday over allegations they were involved in a betting scam, amid uncertainty over their role in the rest ...See all stories on this topic » […]
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