Companion post in The Snitch Read the companion story in this month's newsletter. Latest edition The Snitch—scam tips, recipes, contests, and more“You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.” Supposedly, this time-tested quote came from none other than Abraham Lincoln. The truth is, … [Read more...] about You can fool some of the people all the time
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Surveying those emails offering big bucks to complete a survey
[wpp header="Popular Scam Tips" header_start=" " header_end=" " limit="5" cat="5" stats_views="0"] Latest edition The Snitch—scam tips, recipes, contests, and moreGot opinions? Want to get paid to express them? That’s exactly what this tip is all about. Let’s call this one the Fake Survey Scam. It all starts with an email that looks something like … [Read more...] about Surveying those emails offering big bucks to complete a survey
Ebola Scareware: don’t get taken in
Ebola’s all the rage. Not because we want it to be, but because it scares the hell out of people. It triggers fear, an emotion scammers love to prey on. Let’s look at the facts before getting into the tips.The disease• Ebola symptoms include fever, headache, joint and muscle aches, weakness, diarrhea, vomiting, stomach pain, lack of appetite, and abnormal bleeding.• … [Read more...] about Ebola Scareware: don’t get taken in
Chief Craddock returns in new small-town police procedural
Samuel Craddock is back, pulled out of retirement as Chief of Police, when the town of Jarrett Creek goes bankrupt. The town’s full-time police officers walk out when they hear there’s no money for paychecks, leaving Chief Craddock with a couple of part-time officers and a murder to solve.Chief Craddock decides the first course of action is to interview all the people who … [Read more...] about Chief Craddock returns in new small-town police procedural
Tips to avoid the newspaper and magazine subscription scam
Believe it or not, there are still a lot of people who subscribe to the good, old-fashioned newspaper. In fact, there are so many who still subscribe that the scammers have taken notice. Meet the fake newspaper renewal notification as a way to rip people off. Not sure how a newspaper or magazine subscription could turn into a lucrative scam? Read on.You receive a … [Read more...] about Tips to avoid the newspaper and magazine subscription scam