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Vehicles Of Financial Frauds: Phishing, Vishing, And Other Social Engineering Methods

Over the past few weeks, I have been getting increasing number of messages from readers about some Bank of America scam emails and related fake websites. As such, I though it would be in order to discuss some of these issues by the way of a dedicated post. Although, the content below is by […]

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The Stupid Blue Postcard - Scam, But Not Quite?

Here is a blue postcard that I received sometime back (click on the image to enlarge it):

And it came from this “Awards Verification Center” address:

Obviously, all the big words - “NEW MERCEDES, BMW, PORSCHE or $40,000 CASH” are sure indicators of a scam. But generally stupid scammers, who promise big rewards, choose email as […]

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Get Rich Quickly Using Milk Bottles And A Ball

Here is a quick and efficient money making scheme that engaged my attention for quite some time during our last trip to Sea World:

Yes, it’s about those milk bottle pyramids, stacked in a 2-1 pattern (sometimes 3-2-1 pattern), that appear so easy to knock down with a ball. OK, they are not really milk […]

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Bank Of America Scam Email - Watch Out For This Crap

I got an email yesterday, supposedly from Bank of America, notifying me that my online account access is blocked. Incidently, I was messing with some alert settings on BoA website the previous night and thought this email might be a result of that..and almost fell for it. Here is a screen shot of the […]

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