Latest Scam TipOff Reports| Scam Reporter | Scam Tips Received | |
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  | Anonymous Arslev, South Denmark, Denmark 2011-08-16 14:09:08 Identity Theft |  Halifax Service Message ; Halifax <onlineservices@halifax.co.uk> Scammer Information We detected irregular activity on your account on Monday 15/08/11 03:52 AM.
For your protection, we have limited access to your account until additional security measures can be completed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
To review your account and some or all of the information that Halifax used to make its decision to limit your account access, please visit the link below. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Lexington, SC, United States 2011-08-16 00:27:37 Business Venture Scam Yahoo | Sending personal information Scammer Information Here is the body of the email I recieved
Dear Friend.
Compliment of the day to you.
How are you doing? Hope you have not forgotten me; I am Rev. David Johnson., the man from Nigeria who contacted you some time ago to assist Me secure the release of some money accrued from the over invoicing of a contract/inheritance that was awarded by my government some time ago During the military regime.
Though you were not able to assist me conclude the transaction, I'm Happ… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Pamela McCall Dade City, FL, United States 2011-08-15 20:06:58 Defective Products/Services |  DealDay.com Scammer Information DealDay.com hid the membership fee charge at the bottom of their Terms and Conditions agreement. It was my fault for not seeing this. But, in my opinion it was hidden enough to become an over-site. Never used this site. Cancelled within 24 hours seeing it wasn't something I would use. I was unaware of membership fee until credit card bill came in. DealDay contacted and totally unwilling to correct charge. Non refundable. I learned a valuable lesson. Do feel I was scammed. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Biker Bob Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 2011-08-15 18:47:04 Nigerian/419 Scam | +7 DAP Distribution Claim Allowance Scammer Information Send $30.00 CAD to claim $7,750,233.99… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | No Name Davis, OK, United States 2011-08-14 20:10:50 Classified Ads Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) | +7 Buying a RV and paying the shipment Scammer Information He tyied to buy our RV from craigslist. He said he was a marine and he was buying for uncle. He said he wanted a mover to come and pick the RV up but he coldn't pay them so he asked us to pay $2,000 via western union.
He pretended to send us money through paypal.
The fake paypal e-mail address is
omoogundabede@gmail.com
and it was going to be delivered to
Name : Juan O. Cepeda
Address: 2629 Ivy Street,Houston
Texas. USA. 77026
I noticed it was a scam when I check… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Lena Sjöberg Kungsbacka, Halland County, Sweden 2011-08-13 20:16:03 Business Venture Scam Yahoo | +1 ICB Bank, Ghana Scammer Information Dr. Usman and a man called mr. Richard Smith seems to be co-operating from Ghana. Mr. Smith is a love scammer who claims that he has a huge amount of US dollars that he wants to be transferred to a personal bank account in, for example, Sweden. In order to make the transfer, a deposit will be required. When the deposit is not paid, they change tracks and wants to make a business deal with gold, also to be sent to another country and for that they need a deposit. The e-mail ad… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Madison, WI, United States 2011-08-13 15:07:16 Identity Theft | Login Scammer Information Didn't click on the link obviously, so I don't know what th scam led to. The email was from "Google" and read:
Dear Email Client,
all inactive gmail account will be closed by September.
Please click here to verify your account is active.
Thank you. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Sathish Bengaluru, Karnataka, India 2011-08-13 00:19:52 Nigerian/419 Scam | UNITED NATION FUNDS TRANSFER ACT URENTLY Scammer Information UNITED NATION FUNDS TRANSFER
Attention: Sir/Madam
Due to the petitions received by the UN, I Secretary-General Ban ki-moon from all over the continent in regards to the fraudulent activities going on in the West Africa sub-region with security's agent and diplomats who has been delaying people's funds, consignment and valuables in their custody and demand outrageous fees to get their consignment released to them.
We have been having a meeting for the passed 4 months which … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe 2011-08-12 18:52:34 Business Venture Scam | +2 joy koroma Scammer Information the person informed me that she was the daugther of major general jonny paul koroma part of charles taylor's gvt and her further had left her 2.7million in a barclays bank london acc and wanted assistance in transfering and investing it.information provided was BARCLAYS BANK PLC, LONDON.
The name of the transfer officer is Mr Morgan Brown
Bank Telephone number +447024079256
Bank Office Telephone+447024080355
Bank Email address (info.barclaysbanktransferdpt@rocketmail.com)
B… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Cavite City, Province of Cavite, Philippines 2011-08-12 14:45:39 Identity Theft | VIAGROW Scammer Information I am James Mosot and my email address is jdmosot07@yahoo.com. My name was used by a fraudster and attached it to his email address - marius_iliesh@yahoo.com. The fraudster was able to send messages without my knowledge to a lot of email addresses in my directory, promoting a sex enhancement pill. I was surprised when a friend of mine replied to the email which was sent by the fraudster and commented on the product when he clicked on the link that was provided in the email. I … Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Craig Henderson Somewhere in United States 2011-08-12 14:39:02 Classified Ads Scam Paypal (paypal.com) | +4 Craigslist Paypal WesternUnion scam Scammer Information The scam is to pretend you are buying an RV, but you're a Marine overseas and cannot pay for the shipping charges. He then asks the seller to pay the shipping fees up front via WesternUnion to release the Paypal payment. here's the western union info:
Name : Juan O. Cepeda
> Address: 2629 Ivy Street,Houston
> Texas. USA. 77026
>
and the fraudulent Paypal "customer support" email: account_fundsverifier@officeemail.net… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| jesse Seattle, WA, United States 2011-08-12 00:46:14 Nigerian/419 Scam Yahoo | people that say there the goverment Scammer Information OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
441 4th Street NW, Suite 1145S
Washington, DC 20001
Attention,
We have received instruction from the Police Department ,Home land Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) here in the United States of America to prosecute you over allegations of money laundering and terrorist ($10m usd) related activities to which there is over whelming evidence of your involvement.
Note a copy of this email have been forwarded to the UNITED STATE O… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | No Name Somewhere in Montenegro 2011-08-11 12:53:26 Identity Theft | http://www.dsltrucking.de.be Scammer Information fake company… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | charam Perth, Western Australia, Australia 2011-08-11 04:39:12 Classified Ads Scam | +1 Chinese Scammers on Classified Ads Scammer Information this is just one of the many chinese scammers trying to buy things from classifieds… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Stephen Lansdown Somewhere in Australia 2011-08-10 02:55:31 Charity scam | +4 Intentional communities scam Scammer Information This is the first contact email sent to intentional communities; eventually this leads to a request to send a fee to open a bank account to access non-existent funds:
Dear xxx,
I am interested in participating in this community.Which is why i am requesting for more information of what would be required of me.As regards my person,i am from the old school,served in the Merchant Navy, the Army and, as a practical person and international businessman. I hold myself to a high st… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Michael Davis Manassas, VA, United States 2011-08-09 20:39:14 Business Venture Scam | Re: Funds Shipment Scammer Information The exact text of the received email is shown below:
Hello,
Please I need your help. My partners and I need someone we can trust. It is oil money from Jordan. We want to transfer and move the funds to you, using Diplomatic Means. Once the funds get to you, you take 30% out and keep our own 70%.
Regards,
U.S. Army Capt. Andrew Lewis.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Jerome Asunción, Asuncion, Paraguay 2011-08-09 19:49:27 Business Venture Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) | Green Bay Associates.. Scammer Information Contacted trough Trade-Forum Go4business.com. Was interested in purchasing our products, and after more emails going and comming, closing preaty quickly our pricing, and solicitating a huge amount of products, without even having a sample yet. Finally, the scam exploded (we we're awaiting this luckily) when they told us the following:
Our bank now Request that we present an Independent Pre-inspection Report on your Company from a License Pre-inspection Company, to Enable them… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | No Name Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa 2011-08-08 08:38:41 Lottery Scam | FNB - Payment Reference 20511 Scammer Information A payment has been made to your account.To view the details of your payment please click here to log in. Please ensure that you enter the Reference number that will be send to your cell phone immediately after log in.
If you have any questions or would like more information please contact our support centre. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Pune, Maharashtra, India 2011-08-08 07:02:53 Nigerian/419 Scam | +1 Cameron-Energy Scammer Information I wanna complete detail about Cameron energy.Is it any office in India?… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Bengaluru, Karnataka, India 2011-08-08 04:07:41 Business Venture Scam | transfer $22,500,000.00 Dollars from Hong Kong Scammer Information I have contacted you because I need your assistance to transfer $22,500,000.00 Dollars from Hong Kong to to your country. I will give you MORE DETAILS about the transfer immediately I receive a positive response from you.
Kind Regards,
Mr. LEUNG Cheung… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2011-08-07 18:15:04 Classified Ads Scam Paypal (paypal.com) | Untitled Classified Ads Scam on Paypal (paypal.com), ref:829 Scammer Information requesting details of paypal account. Gives story about being offshore and not able to communicate. Same story given for other adverts in past. Repeat email this week from same "teddypender" to advert.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Lena Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2011-08-07 00:21:04 Classified Ads Scam Paypal (paypal.com) | +8 Car Buyer - paypal scam Scammer Information Wants to buy my car without viewing and wants my Paypal account details… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Betmangala, Karnataka, India 2011-08-05 12:50:50 Job Scam | camron energy Scammer Information Cameron Energy is a leading provider of flow equipment products, systems
and services to worldwide oil, gas and process industries. Leveraging its
global manufacturing, engineering and sales and service network, Cameron
works with drilling contractors, oil & gas producers, pipeline operators,
refiners and other process owners to control, direct, adjust, process,
measure and compress pressures and flows
Cameron Energy, Has immediate employment opportunities.
We intend to inv… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Carie Thompson Somewhere in United States 2011-08-05 03:56:50 Nigerian/419 Scam | DHL Courier Fedex CourierCompany Benin branch Scammer Information Attn:
This is to acknowledge the receipt of the order from the Fedex CourierCompany Benin branch, in respect with the provision act of decree 114of the 1999 constitution; I am directed to inform you that your paymentverification and confirmations is correct. Therefore, we are happy toinform you that arrangements have been concluded to effect your paymentin our bid to transparency.
It's my pleasure and honour to inform you that your ATM Card Number;4278763100030014 have been… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Aaron Johnson Folsom, CA, United States 2011-08-04 18:29:24 Identity Theft | Bank of America Alert: Your Data Protection / WebCert+ Enrollment Form Scammer Information This is an email that was forwarded to us. We are Bank of America customers, but the email contained a "fill in the blank" for the entirety of our personal identities. We DID NOT fill it out.
Subject reads: Bank of America Alert: Your Data Protection / WebCert+ Enrollment Form
This is the email below, copy and pasted:
If any customer's account is not registered for WebCert+, Online Services will be terminated in 10 business days from the date of this email.
Qu… Read Full Report ⇒ |