| Scam Reporter | Scam Tips Received | |
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![]() | Kathy Oakland, CA, United States 2015-02-13 21:11:52 Wills/Probate Scam Yahoo | Scammer Information I received an e-mail from this john chambers in the past week telling me this Marium was dieng and she picked my e-mail address randomly for her last will,and would I be the trustee?I wrote him stating this is a scam and he wrote back sting this is real and wanted my bank account number LMAO ya right.Any way they are playing with people who may not understand certain things and they need to be stopped right NOW,before someone looses there bank account.There are others on thi… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous La Vergne, TN, United States 2015-02-13 20:31:22 Job Scam Other Job Site | Scammer Information I had got on Sittercity looking for a part time babysitting/ care taking job. The initial message from the person as follows:
"Good morning
I hope this message meets you in great spirit. My name is Sarah G.i teach in a disability school of deaf and dumb because i am deaf also. My sister Christiana. She will be coming To your residential state for an art exhibit.and she will be moving in by this week. She is 36 Years of age. 140lbs and 5.8ft. She speaks English fluently. We re… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela 2015-02-13 15:15:12 Wills/Probate Scam | Scammer Information Thanks for your email. I want you to know that my reason for contacting you is very important. Please take this
seriously. All I want is a Honest business transaction with you. I will start by introducing my self. My name
is Mr Homound Cham, I am an Accountant with Samba Bank Group Plc. I have been working with the Samba Bank Group
Plc of United Kingdom for the past 10 years. The details of my proposal and the reason why I contacted you is very
important. I am the per… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Allison Brooklyn, NY, United States 2015-02-13 14:06:21 Nanny/Au pair Scam Other Job Site | Scammer Information I saw an ad placed on sittercity.com by a Courtney S. searching for someone to take care of her ill sister who was coming to town. Naturally I thought that since the site required its sitters to undergo background checks and other security measures, it would do the same for its clients. I was wrong. After sending in an application I was met with this email:
"Good morning
I hope this message meets you in great spirit. My name is Courtney Stern i teach in a disability school … Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2015-02-13 13:02:59 Classified Ads Scam Cars.com | Scammer Information Contacted when selling a car. Thankfully had a bad feeling and found details on your site. Have posted the emails received in the hope of stopping these scammers.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa 2015-02-13 09:07:36 Classified Ads Scam Other Classifieds Site | Scammer Information How would one even think is being scammed when they are the one who called.I initially paid R7200 for an iphone 6 and R2950 on "import duties and clearance".This guys are good. undeniable offers. I was asked to pay the 7200 in to an fnb account and delivery is within 24 hours of payment confirmation becasue their office was in Bloemfontein "98 kellner street" and this is actually a real street address in bloemfontein.The following day emailed me that a payment of R2950 is nee… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2015-02-13 03:34:44 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Scammer Information I had a gumtree ad selling furniture. I had already been contacted by Kathy Smith and found this scam detail on this site. Days later contacted by Elizabeth Peralta via text with no phone number available asking me to contact via email. The email read exactly the same as that from Kathy Smith.
BEWARE: I rang the bank on the first encounter with Kathy Smith - they are just truing to get all your personal details.... ..
… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Riverview, FL, United States 2015-02-13 02:10:13 Lottery Scam Google Checkout | Scammer Information Dear Winner.
This Email is to inform you that your email account has just won you ($750, 000.00 USD) from the Google Gmail Promotion. Online email lottery Power by Google
A random email balloting of 80 million addresses of the people that are active online, among the people that subscribed to GOOGLE MAIL customers worldwide.
We have selected 7 winners from 80 million emails, without the winner applying. We are congratulating you for being one the lucky email beneficiary of th… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2015-02-13 00:50:05 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Scammer Information Selling my camper van on eBay and I get a text asking to email me with best price and condition of van. Receive this reply:
Hi thanks for mailing back,am OK with the price and the condition,am buying it for my vacation,because I'll be coming soon from our rig as am a petroleum project engineer on a rig offshore,i won't be able to come for the inspection due to the nature of my work,i would have love to call in person but we have call restriction due to bad weather condition … Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Star, ID, United States 2015-02-12 15:20:32 Lottery Scam Google Checkout | Scammer Information
Gmail email
William Boyce
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of your winning sum of $500,000.00 USD with an Apple laptop by Gmail Corporation, in conjunction with Microsoft Windows 8. We collect all the email addresses of the people that are active online; among the people that subscribed to Gmail and various Microsoft Windows users. We only select five people as our winners, without the winner applying and we are also congratulating you for being one of them.
Howev… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Holland, MI, United States 2015-02-12 14:58:44 Charity scam Google Checkout | Scammer Information … Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Monique Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2015-02-12 12:36:18 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Scammer Information After emailing us and asking for our firm price and the condition of the car we got this email back
Greg Chappell
7:34 PM (1 hour ago)
to me
Thanks for mailing back,am ok with the price and the condition,i work with New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) and we are presently offshore in New Zealand Taranaki Basin on kupe project.We do not have access to phone at the moment,its 15days off and 15days on and that's why I contacted you with internet messaging facility.Regarding the pa… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Carlinville, IL, United States 2015-02-12 12:30:33 Charity scam | Scammer Information I received a email from a Karen Smith, about her dying from cancer and wanting to donate 10 million to me. She states that she found my email address on a charity website. Requested my full name, full address, phone number, and occupation. The email was sent from Tammy.Taylor@loudoun.gov. and in email was told to respond to attornymichaelnewton@rogers.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous West Kilbride, North Ayrshire, United Kingdom 2015-02-12 08:39:39 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Scammer Information I received a text message from the number above in ref to my ad on gumtree selling a sit on lawnmower, from a Dave Dass - I was told he was out of the country but could Is end a paypal invoice and he would pay and the mower would be collected asap (suspicious immediately as English was not great)he was chatty and friendly so beware. I sent an invoice from my Paypal account - within a few hours I received a spam mail from a supposed PayPal account saying that payment had been… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Vendome, Loir-et-Cher, France 2015-02-12 07:10:24 Rental Scam AirBnB (airbnb.com) | Scammer Information
Hello,
I need to make a reservation at your place for 3 adults coming on vacation for 2 weeks beginning from 14th to 28th March next month. I need to know your rates for the 14 night period including tax and discount so we can send you a cheque. If you do not have availability at that time, Kindly let me know when you will have availability for 3 persons. I await your reply as soon as possible so we could proceed with the payment.
Regards,
Lambert.
… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Fenelon Falls, Ontario, Canada 2015-02-11 22:56:54 Lottery Scam | Scammer Information Text received stating my cell numbers was selected to receive $500K from Roy Cockrum… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | No Name Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 2015-02-11 22:18:58 | Scammer Information … Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | mel Altoona, PA, United States 2015-02-11 19:45:16 Wills/Probate Scam | Scammer Information
Received 2 emails same day and time both say samething as below just 2 different email addresses identified as coming from Geho, Lawrence J and
Bernie Boatwright
11th of February 2015
Greetings,
My name is Mrs. Mariam Robinson, 72 yrs old widow. I got your contact information from a Christian website. I have decided to donate what I have to you. I was diagnosed with cancer of lungs few years ago, immediately… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Tayyab Raza Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan 2015-02-11 18:39:06 Job Scam | Scammer Information First they send me an email that sorry for late responce now opening new jobs for 2015 sent me a application form and told me to submit the filled,
after i sent the form i was emailed a confirmation letter, Employee id and a contract letter
offer was 350 euros per week for online data entry project
after sending the contract letter back i was emailed a project and told to complete the project and send back on inventory software that costs 60 eur and also my first salary slip … Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Thomasville, NC, United States 2015-02-11 18:13:53 Wills/Probate Scam Other Job Site | Scammer Information Beneficiary scam of 10,000,000 payable to me by Widow Mrs. Karen Smith… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Thomasville, NC, United States 2015-02-11 18:09:51 Wills/Probate Scam Other Job Site | Scammer Information Beneficiary scam of 10,000,000 payable to me by Widow Mrs. Karen Smith… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2015-02-11 17:41:21 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | Scammer Information Sent me a text via Gumtree asking if my wedding dress was still for sale. Gut instinct told me to run a check on the email address they provided, and found this website stating other scams related to same email address. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan 2015-02-11 17:26:31 Job Scam AirBnB (airbnb.com) | Scammer Information This fake job email will led you to buy something you don't wanna buy, so be careful regarding such emails.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Somewhere in United States 2015-02-11 17:05:13 Overpayment Scam | Scammer Information I was contacted via email to purchase a large amount ($900) of Jamberry Nail products from someone identifying themselves as Abigail. Abigail claimed to represent a third party. Abigail refused to use a credit card or paypal to purchase the goods. I requested a check and she complied using US Priority Mail originating from ELVERTA, CA. Abigail requested the goods be shipped to
Abigail Mandel
5426 Bay Center Dr, Suite 700
Tampa FL, 33609.
The check received was written to … Read Full Report ⇒ |
![]() | Anonymous Bedford, Bedford, United Kingdom 2015-02-11 15:56:28 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Scammer Information This person tried to buy my bicycle over gumtree and then things got highly convoluted with Western Union being involved, etc etc… Read Full Report ⇒ |