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
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The Restaurant Credit Card Scam
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
Internet scams and email scams
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 The paper-based chain letters are largely gone, but have been replaced by Internet scams and email scams with far greater consequences than … [Read more...]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
The UK Market Draw Scam
Yesterday was April Fool's Day and, sure enough, someone tried to scam me with an email headline of "The UK Market Draw." The email told me that over seven million United Kingdom Pounds had been rolled over from their first of the year drawing and that, low and behold, I'd been selected to receive it because I patronized an unnamed web host .The sender even included an … [Read more...] about The UK Market Draw Scam
Last Mysterious Galaxy event of the year
Tonight, Mysterious Galaxy will be holding its last author event of the year. While it's sad that there won't be anything else happening for a couple of weeks, they are closing out with one of the hottest genres out there, teen-paranormal fiction authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. Why is teen paranormal fiction so popular? I'm not sure. I asked my niece, who is a fan … [Read more...] about Last Mysterious Galaxy event of the year

