Category Archives: Classiified Ads

‘Stop Art Scams’ blog

A California artist, Katie Moe, who describes herself as an ‘Artist and Anti-Scam Samurai’ has a blog devoted to informing fellow artists and other people about a common emailtype scam, the ‘Art Scam’. A spam email will ask to buy … Continue reading

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Spoof websites bilk Caledonia man out of $30K

A man in Caledonia, Wisconsin thought he was buying a car from a reputable website (autotrader.com) and paying for it using a reputable financial site (amazonpayments.com). Turned out that both sites were so-called ‘spoof sites’ – Identical copies of valid … Continue reading

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WORK FROM HOME!!! (yep, it’s yet another scam)

Anyone online or offline has seen the ads by now – Money Motivated Pros | Team Leaders Needed | Looking for Recruiters | Professionals Needed | Remote Agents Needed | Top Guns Only | Business Development | Marketing Reps | … Continue reading

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Mystery Shopper Scam – How and Why it works

Here’s a little email I receive quite often – I assumed these were scams, but never got round to ionvestigating them until now.  from a Javier Hines [otakvenezi@webvis.net] email address, but wants replies to Michael Bernard [michael.bernard55@gmail.com]. Irvine, CA 92604-3703 … Continue reading

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Been Scammed on CraigsList? – See this Blog

Scamdex has found a blog devoted to outing the huge population of scammers to whom Craigslist is a God-given opportunity to rip off people the world over. As the recent seller of a laptop, I can attest to the fact … Continue reading

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