Latest Scam TipOff Reports| Scam Reporter | Scam Tips Received | |
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  | Anonymous Chula Vista, CA, United States 2013-03-18 17:19:09 Auction/eBay Scam Etsy (www.etsy.com) |  +2 Elizabeth Norris, Oceanographer Scammer Information from: [me]
to: Elizabeth Norris
date: Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 10:04 AM
subject: [subject]
So Elizabeth, the order you're placing certainly sounds like a wonderful gift idea... I'd be happy to get things started! However, based on your response, it seems like a few things might need to be clarified; your language is very general "items" etc. That concerns me - I'm afraid that you're either rushed, possibly confused or running a scam. Please don'… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | No Name Somewhere in United States 2013-03-18 17:10:52 Classified Ads Scam Kijiji.com |  Untitled Classified Ads Scam on Kijiji.com, ref:8682 Scammer Information Got a response to an article for sale on Kijiji with similar wording:
Hi,i just want to make sure the ad complete and nothing to repair,i will purchase at your listed price,Payment will be sent using PayPal and i will handle the PayPal surcharge as well.I will arrange with someone to have this picked up from your location once i have paid as i am out of town at the moment.pls send me more pictures (if available) since i won't be be able to see this in person,what's the PayPa… Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Redhill, Surrey, United Kingdom 2013-03-18 16:46:33 Lottery Scam | Canadian lotto win of £480, 000.00 Scammer Information Got an email to say my email had been one of 5 lucky winners to win £480,000.00 that it had to be transferred through an electronic transfer to send my details to them. Straight away I googled the name and address of company and it confirmed it was a scam.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | No Name Vaidava, Valmiera, Latvia 2013-03-18 13:57:17 Lottery Scam Yahoo | "©2013" Scammer Information Attn: Dear Lucky Winner,
We write to acknowledge the receipt of your email regarding your winning. Once again we are pleased to announce you as one of the 5 lucky winners in the BOL Lottery Promotions. All 5 winning email ID/addresses were randomly selected from a batch of One Million international emails. Your email address emerged alongside 2 others as a 3rd category winner. Please, fill the information below and send it back to us as soon as possible.
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  | Anonymous Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2013-03-18 10:30:50 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree |   Car Buyer Scam Scammer Information I received this text message after listing my car on gumtree:
"Sent from: David
I will like to know if your car is still available and to know the
firm price, please get back to me on davmark345@gmail.com"
I searched the details and found all the other cases listed here so I just reported the number to the Australian Government scam site and didn't reply. I am in Victoria, Australia.
The car had been listed for a while but this happened straight after I edited it and bump… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Somewhere in United States 2013-03-18 10:24:12 Wills/Probate Scam | Untitled Wills/Probate Scam , ref:8678 Scammer Information Hi, i'm Vina Long, I am sick of cancer can you be my next of kin to my funds/ estate?… Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Rieupeyroux, Aveyron, France 2013-03-18 08:46:29 Defective Products/Services | purports to be microsoft engineer.says many problems with your computer and needs an online engineer to sort out the problems. m Scammer Information asks to be allowed access to your computer so that problems within your files can be corrected.
scammer purports to be a microsoft engineer with knowledge of your computer as a registered microsoft system owner.
caller will not give a phone number and gets flustered when i mentioned the police and microsoft.
this scammer is causing problems and i am sure he/she will call again to have another go.
what is alarming is we live in france not the u/k.
how did this person get ho… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | No Name Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa 2013-03-18 07:42:30 Lottery Scam | Bol 2013 Network Lottery Promotional Scammer Information Congratulations!!!
Your email ID has won £480,000.00 in the "Bol Network Promotions" held in Canada to promote the 2014 football world cup in Brazil. ....… Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia 2013-03-18 04:54:52 Job Scam | Daric Data & Labrum Software Scammer Information email from : Daric Technology Inc"
Hello,
we have received your contract, now you can start work with us,
we have send you One Day of work But its your first project so you can submit
in 3days and after that you have to submit in 24 hours,
attached are the image files of Data Sheets,
Guideline of work is attached with this Email on MS word format, kindly read carefully,
Also Guideline Tutorial is included as a Picture format
after … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Karen Jumper Chandler, AZ, United States 2013-03-18 01:32:08 Charity scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) |  http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/violet-large-gave-away-her-lottery-windfall/article2119137/. Scammer Information They got my name from "Educational Resources" website. They have a link to Global Mail (?) describing how they won a large jackpot. Then they tell you that they have chosen you to be one of 10 recipients of a $ 500,000.00 charitable donation. "just 'KINDLY' send us he information requested in order to process your cash blah-blah. Oh yeah, they are or were from Novia Scotia and Violet passed away in 2010 so Allen is only fulfilling Violet's last wishes… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Becky Davenport, FL, United States 2013-03-18 00:55:43 Lottery Scam Other Classifieds Site | Mrs.Violet Large picked your email for $2M in a lottery. Email: allenvioletlarge20@rogers.com for details. Scammer Information Från: Ewa Andersson
Skickat: den 17 mars 2013 09:52
Till: Ewa Andersson
Ämne:
Mrs.Violet Large picked your email for $2M in a lottery. Email: allenvioletlarge20@rogers.com for details.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous South Jordan, UT, United States 2013-03-17 23:44:18 Nigerian/419 Scam | Ghana Commercial Bank Scammer Information Dear Bown
I am Mr. Samuel Sarpong; I am the Deputy Managing Director In Charge Of Operations in the department of accounts division of Ghana Commercial Bank On February 27th 2006, one of our high profile patrons Mr.Richard Bown has a numbered time (fixed) deposit,for twelve calendar months in my bank branch.Upon maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. after a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract em… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2013-03-17 22:42:38 Auction/eBay Scam Gumtree | perieraj50@gmail.com Scammer Information I was contacted by text and then email wanting to buy our car off gumtree, giving us more than we asked for and not asking any further about the details of the car made us suspscious and then we noticed the time stamp on the emails they were 9 hours after our time
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:50:47 +0930
Subject: Re: Gumtree listing
From: perieraj50@gmail.com… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in United States 2013-03-17 21:53:10 Classified Ads Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) | +2 Craigs List Scammer Information Hello,
Thank you for your interest in purchasing my two 2005 Honda Rincon and trailer, I am selling them because I am in the military and my unit will be sent back to Afghanistan. I don't want them to get old in my garage. The price is low because I need to sell it before March 15st. The quads are in pristine condition, no accident history, clear title, no dents or dings and no scratches. Always adult driven and garaged, never abused or raced. If you are interested, they … Read Full Report ⇒ |
| anon Reno, NV, United States 2013-03-17 21:16:26 Charity scam | RE: URGENT MATTER!! Scammer Information Attempted phishing. Didn't respond.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Himansu Sharma Somewhere in India 2013-03-17 19:37:34 Lottery Scam Yahoo | {Spam?} :::2013 EMAIL PRIZE AWARDS::: Scammer Information Dear Email-User,
:::2013 EMAIL PRIZE AWARDS:::
We at China Shenhua Energy global office likes to officially congratulate you
for the draw that was just
held by our company
featured you as the second place winner. Our company holds promotions each
year just to promote our
global publicity and
reputations as we plan to exploit more corners of the world with our highly
valued products line. This
promotion is just on… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 2013-03-17 06:34:37 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Kapo Project Scammer Information 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 kapo 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 payment,i will be paying you through PayPal,please get back to me with your paypal details so i can process the payment,you can alternatively send… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Karrabin, Queensland, Australia 2013-03-17 05:22:23 Auction/eBay Scam Paypal (paypal.com) |  Buy a car from Gumtree australia Scammer Information I won't be able to come over with cash or mail a cheque because presently, i'm working away in Darwin on a research project but i have equally arranged the courier agent that will come for the pick up, transfer of ownership but this will be after i have made payment to you.
Kindly send me your bank details as i'm ready to transfer the money into your bank account.
Kind Regards,
Toby.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2013-03-17 02:57:01 Classified Ads Scam Gumtree | Caravan sale scam Scammer Information A day after placing my caravan for sale on Ebay and Gumtree, I received an sms from Brian Daniel wanting to buy the caravan and asking for our best price. I sent an email to him and he accepted straight away asking for my Paypal details or bank deposit details. He said he didn't need to view the caravan and would arrange for a courier agent to pick it up. It was at that stage I became suspicious as it all seemed too easy! I then went on the internet and found a similar scam i… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Lancaster, OH, United States 2013-03-16 22:44:07 Classified Ads Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) | +3 2003 Rockwood 232 ROO Scammer Information Inexpensive RV for sale on Craigslist. Contacted seller who explained it was part of a divorce settlement and she just wants to get rid of it right away. She sent us pix and then told us that it was with her in Orlando, FL, where sher moved after the divorce, but she would pay for the shipping. She was handling everything with Google Wallet so once we agreed to buy it they would ship it. We would then have 5 days to verify we wanted it at which time Google Wallet would transf… Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Somewhere in Germany 2013-03-16 21:14:55 Job Scam Other Job Site | Employment Contract of Online Part Time data entry Scammer Information Hello applicant,
your application with Ganil Data Technology Inc was approved and
we are sending you Employment Contract of Online Part Time data entry work
Home Based with this email,
kindly read and fill up the "Employment Contract" (download link at the bottom on Word file)
and after signing this contract send us back by Scan email in maximum 2 working days,
After receiving this contract we will take start to send you the work on Weekly basis,
you will be … Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Somewhere in United States 2013-03-16 20:51:02 Lottery Scam | +9 Lottery Donation Scammer Information How are you doing? I have already informed our account officer (Mrs Thelma Harvey) regarding us appointing you as our beneficiary to receive $2M. Sometimes it will be difficult for me to be on the Internet and send messages to you but do send me messages anytime and my prayer and blessings is with you and also as soon as the funds get to you please let me know and i will try to come online and send you message.
The contact details and email of the Bank is below and you… Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Wagner Ferenc HUNGARY Pécs, Baranya, Hungary 2013-03-16 19:01:27 Lottery Scam | Untitled Lottery Scam , ref:8659 Scammer Information Return-Path:
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| Wagner Ferenc HUNGARY Pécs, Baranya, Hungary 2013-03-16 19:00:53 Lottery Scam | Untitled Lottery Scam , ref:8658 Scammer Information Return-Path:
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| Anonymous Somewhere in United States 2013-03-16 15:56:23 Classified Ads Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) | John Mayes Scammer Information This guy texted me wanting to buy stuff at asking price and willing to pay a mover to ship stuff across the country. Told me to setup a google wallet account. Said he sent payment. Nothing happened, then he got short with me. Nonsense, don't waste your time. Nobody in their right mind would be that trusting with any amount of money. Stay skeptical!… Read Full Report ⇒ |