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Note: I am not a lawyer and nothing here is legal advice. YOU are responsible for your online activity, but it’s easy to get fooled by scammers, so use COMMON SENSE and be safe. If it sounds too good to be true it probably is. If you found this information helpful, pass it along and help others avoid online fraud! Pay it forward!
by Robert Gillis This gem arrived in my spam folder today, and it was so perfectly, wonderfully, amazingly STUPID that I just had to share this one. Obviously, it’s fraud,…
by Robert Gillis True story: I received this email today; I have not edited it; this is what I got, errors and all: From: FREE LOTTO CLAIM OFFICER Sent: Thu,…
by Robert Gillis published in the Boston City Paper 10/2007 SCAM: You receive an email from a someone you don’t know claiming you have won a large amount of money…
by Robert Gillis published in the Foxboro Reporter, 1/2006 & 1/2007 and the Boston City Paper, 6/2006 & 1/2007. Since eBay no longer allows this ad that I have posted…
by Robert Gillis published in the Foxboro Reporter 11/2005 and Boston City Paper, 2006 SCAM: You receive an email from a “wealthy foreigner” (usually someone related to the royal family…