Scrivenings

Oh My God! I'm rich! Today I received an email from Mr. Fabro Morgan of the First National Bank of South Africa telling me that I'm going to receive $10 million for doing absolutely nothing other than sending him some personal information so he can transfer the money to me. I feel terrible that a Mr. Schranner, his wife, their two kids and even their kids—all people that I've … [Read more...] about First National Bank of South Africa – Again

The story begins much like the old joke, “A guy walks into a bar…” Except, in this case, the bar is a restaurant and the guy behind the bar is a waiter or waitress that looks perfectly wholesome and trustworthy. Unfortunately, your server has a camera phone or a sniffer and a friend who steals credit card information.Option 1 - The Camera PhoneAs the server walks away … [Read more...] about The Restaurant Credit Card Scam

Once, back in the good old days of paper, a chain letter was nothing more than a nuisance. "Send this letter to 10 friends and get good luck. For every dollar you send out, you'll get back twenty." We were used to those types of things. The paper-based chain letters are largely gone, but have been replaced by Internet scams and email scams with far greater consequences than … [Read more...] about Internet scams and email scams