From: HMRC Tax Credit Office Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 22:53:17 Reply-To: Subject: Tax Refund Notification – 2012 RECALCULATION OF YOUR TAX REFUND HMRC 2009-2013 LOCAL OFFICE No. 3819 TAX CREDIT OFFICER: Lynsey Dare TAX REFUND ID NUMBER: 029901295 REFUND AMOUNT: 810.64 GBP Dear Applicant, The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential […]
Category: Email Scams
Western Union Email Scam
Attention , We have concluded to effect your payment of $1.7Million, through western union, but the maximum amount you will be receiving each day starting from tomorrow is $4,500.00 daily until the funds is completely transferred. Kindly Contact Western union Agent: Mr.Sam Harry TEL: +229 94075588 E-mail: western_union_office9@kimo.com Though, Keita Bello sent $4,500.00 in your […]
Bogus E-mail Impersonating Delta Airlines
Internauts are suggested to neglect opening files attached to doubtful-looking scam e-mail that seems to be coming from Delta Airlines, said softpedia.com on March 6, 2013. Link to article
Email scammers using airline etickets as bait
Bogus airline emails are something to watch out for, along with those supposedly from banks and courier companies. Link to article
Top 5 Internet Scams of All Time
Internet scams have been around for as long as the internet itself, and sadly, millions have been taken in by them. Link to article
Airline Free Tickets and Vouchers
In a down economy with rising gas prices, many can’t afford to take vacations that involve air travel. For that reason, many residents of the United States were pleasantly surprised when they received a letter from US Airlines offering two free flights worth almost $1300. Link to article
Computer is Locked
Most of us use our computers every day, whether for work, to socialize or to get our daily dose of news from around the world. Yet with increased computer use there is the increased risk of being scammed by computer hackers. Link to article
Paypal scam
from: service@paypal.co.uk Subject: Errors Were Detected On Your Account (fix now) Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 05:04:16 -0500 Reply-To: Dear Valued Customer, PayPal security team is sending you this notification message because we seem to be having errors in the proper verification of your account. This might be due to one of the following reasons: […]
Email scams
Dear Beneficiary, Let me first introduce my self well to you, I am Rev.Dr.Kelvin Branco Director of security personnel’s with the World-Wide Organization in conjunction with the United Nation , International Monitory Fund , European Union ,World Banking Association e.t.c. overseeing the bounded security vault were consignments (FUNDS) are packed and kept for onward release […]
Airlines warn customers to beware of email scams
We have a theory that the day after someone first thought up using email to scam consumers, the first airline phishing email went out. Phishing, of course, is giving the appearance that an email, with its wonderful offers, came from a legitimate company offering amazing travel deals or free tickets or whatever. In fact, the […]