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Dating & Sex
Victim of Romance Fraud Loses $35K
A 2-Yr Romance Scam of Many Parts!
– A Professional Love Scammer From Zimbabwe
– Zimbabwe Romance Scammer Strikes Again!
– Zimbabwe Scammer as Chanson Louis
Facebook Sextortion Scam
I Love You, Bail Me Out!
I Love You, Bail Me Out Again!
I Love You, Send Me Money!
Love Scammers!
My Malware Recorded You!
Online Dating Scams
– Plenty of Fish Has Plenty of Sharks
– Underage Girl Sext ScamSexting a Minor. Or So You Think.
Sextortion By Email
Sextortion By Bot?
Jobs & Hiring Scams
Amazon “Work From Home”
Bloomscope Engineering Job Scam
Car Wrap Scams on the Rise
FAKE Housing/Real Estate Corp.
Job Interviews in Google Hangouts,Telegram &Skype
Job Interviews for FAKE Businesses!
Nannies, Baby Sitters, Tutors & Dog Sitters
LOTS of Package Shipping Scams!
Patriot Housing Corp Job Scam!
Personal Asst. Employment
Secret Shoppers
Text Recruiting by CVS
Work at Home with WebMD
You’re Hired! Job Scams
Deceptive Marketing & Fake Products
Anti-Aging Face & Skin Creams
Deceptive Consumer Services
Deceptive Online Clothing Stores
Dog & Other Pet Selling Scams
Fake Consumer Surveys
Marketing Emails
Fake Stores: Specialty Liquors!
Fake Stores: Victorious Shoes & Other Online Stores
Free Airline Tickets?
Heather with Credit Card Services
RewardsConnector –Real or Fraud?
Scam Checks on Craigslist
Student Loan Scam Calls
Would You Buy a Computer From Them?
Rentals & Real Estate
Various Apartment Rental Scams described in our weekly newsletters:
– 5/29/2024 – The Week in Review
– 1/25/23 – Your Money section
– 12/21/22 – The Week in Review
2020-21 Craigslist Rental Scams
RentAdvocates – Scammer!
Fake People, Businesses, & more...
Fake Shipping Companies
Suspicious Law Firms & Attorneys
Suspicious Trademark Law Firms
Fake Businesses, e.g. Baumann Schulz Import-Export
Envestt Trust Consulting Services
MORE THAN 1965 FAKE BANKS:
– Fake Online Banks – Pg 1
– Fake Online Banks – Pg 2
Facebook Phony!
Facebook Friend Requests from Imposters
Fake Professionals
Fake Financial Advisors/Firms
SnapChat Scams
Miscellaneous Scams
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Fake Puppy Selling Websites & Services
direct reports of the "underage girl" sext scam to TDS
# of companies represented in fake job interviews via text
# of Fake Package Reshipping Companies Exposed as Fraud
Fake Banks, Investment & Financial Services
Fake Shipping Companies
# of Suspicious Trademark Service websites
Fake Cryptocurrency Investment sites & Recovery Services
2026 Newsletter Top stories
March 25: Sports Fans Heavily Targeted on Facebook by Cybercriminals
March 18: Lots of Online Shoe Stores are a Fraud!
March 11: Beware of Tax Season & Social Security Fraud
March 4: Woman Doing a Good Deed Gets Scammed >$1200
Feb 25: Fraudster’s 2nd Favorite Tool to Scam You is…
Feb 18: Man Purchasing Peptides Defrauded of $60K!
Feb 11: How Fraudsters Use Birth & Death to Scam You
Feb 4: Searching a Phone #? Results are Deceptive & Sketchy at Best!
Jan 28: Fraudulent Businesses? Or Real Businesses? Or Both?
Jan 21: A Deluge of Fake Online Stores Share 3 Things in Common
Jan 14: Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce Fans Heavily Targeted by Fraudsters!
Jan 7: Crazy Purchases on a Hacked Amazon Account on Thanksgiving Day
July 1: Heart is Heavy as I Write This
June 24: Sunday Text Breaks an American Norm, & Starts a Job Scam
June 17: Can We Ever Trust Social Media? We Won’t & Here’s Why…
June 10: Breadcrumbs Led Us 8K Miles Away to a Versatile Scammer
June 3: Smorgasbord of Deception: Tix Sales, Help Needed, Lawyers & Shipping Co.
May 27: Free Spins! Start with a $1K on Us! Or so you think…
May 20: Home Service Industry of Confusion! What is Legit?
May 13: Texas Woman Loses $49.5K Trying to Purchase a Puppy
May 6: Has AI Become an Evil Scammer Disguised as a Helper?
April 29: Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire! Investment & Attorney Fraud…
April 22: The Social Media Cesspool….Again!
April 15: Scamming a Scammer on Social Media
April 8: Scam Targets Small Business Owners Across US
April 1: It’s Raining Cats & Fraud!
2025 Newsletter Top stories
June 25: Be Part of Our Team! Believable Invitation?
June 18: Don’t Do This If You Have a Pet!
June 11: Sexy Job Next Door?
June 4: Using Man’s Best Friend for Malicious Purposes
May 28: Massive Fraud Targets Victims as Airline/Travel Services!
May 21: Meet 2 Old Friends. Both are Scammers.
May 14: What if Your Lawyer Was a Fraud?
May 7: An Exceptionally Clever Fraud, But to What End?
April 30: Rampant Facebook Fraud Almost Had a New Victim
April 23: Attacks as Tax Emails at Tax Times is Taxing!
April 16: Search Engines Are Used to Target Victims – 2 Examples
April 9: Rob is a Victim of Identity Fraud, says a Scammer!
April 2: Is a Free Amazon Product a Fraud?
March 26: We Expose a Wide Variety of Fraud
March 19: Uncovering a Very Clever, Multi-layered Scam
March 12: How YOU Can Identify Fake Banks, Investment Services & Crypto Exchanges
March 5: A Clever Bank Scam that Failed & Succeeded
Feb 26: Imposter Fraud: Famous & Not!
Feb 19: You’ve Been Invited to a Casting Call! But is it Legitimate?
Feb 12: Fraud & Fighting Fraud, from a Banker’s Perspective
Feb 5: How AI is Used to Harm You, Including Video & Audio Scams
Jan 29: Victim Loses $7K in Jury Duty Scam
Jan 22: Richard Dietrich Strikes Again!
Jan 15: Scammers Use the Deceased to Target You!
Jan 8: Romance Victim Loses Nearly $100,000
Jan 1: Love is All Around Us, and so are Love Scams!
Dec 31: This is Where Cybercriminals Go Shopping
Dec 24: 78-year old Woman Beats Up Nigerian Scammers!
Dec 17: Foreign Actors are Targeting Americans on FB – part2
Dec 10: Almost Victimized on FB Marketplace!
Dec 3: Foreign Actors Target Americans on Facebook – BEWARE!
Nov 26: Is this Fraud or is this Legitimate? You Decide!
Nov 19: Inner Workings of 2 Job Scams – From a Scambaiter & Victim
Nov 12: Social Media Fraud Explodes & YOU are the Target!
Nov 5: Warning About Businesses Claiming to Recover Lost Funds
Oct 29: New Scammer Tricks Used to Target You
Oct 22: Can You Tell Which of These are a Fraud?
Oct 15: Lots of Fake/Junk Stores Advertising on Social Media
Oct 8: A Victim of Romance Fraud Loses $35K, Heartbroken!
Oct 1: He Thought AI Turned his $400 Investment into $79K!
Sept 24: Would You Hire These Lawyers/Solicitors? We Hope Not!
Sept 17: Another Victim Loses $7K on Day 5 in Her New Job
Sept 10: My Conversation with a Pig Butcher in Cambodia
Sept 3: Cryptoinvestment Scam Companies on the Rise
August 27: A Phishing Victim Made 2 Serious Mistakes
August 20: Think All Travel Websites are Legit? Think Again!
August 13: Zimbabwe Romance Scammer Has Another Victim!
August 6: Can You Guess Which of These Businesses is a Fraud?
July 30: Clever Phishing Lures Likely to Snag You
July 23: Using Social Media to Scam You!
July 16: Holiness is Next to Godliness, and Scammers!
July 9: Your Check for $8,992 Has Arrived! What’s Wrong with That?
July 2: Two Very Clever Scams!
2024 Newsletter Top stories
June 26: Victim Loses $3450 to BOA Text Scam
June 19: Investing Your Money!
June 12: This Popular Job Has Fooled Hundreds of People
June 5: Jeopardy TV Show & Federal Grant Invitations
May 29: Get Paid to Take a Survey
May 22: Most Clever Scam We’ve Ever Seen!
May 15: You’ve Been Invited to a Photoshoot
May 8: Celebrating Scammer Stupidity!
May 1: Could You Tell That This Store is a Scam?
April 24: Crazy Call from a US Postal Inspector!
April 17: Using Google to Find Lots of Fraud
April 10: Taxes, Banks & Money, OH MY!
April 3: What It Means To Be Targeted By Cybercriminals
March 27: Scampourri: Romance, Job & Business Scams!
March 20: Talking with a Scammer Who Doesn’t Know She is a Scammer
March 13: Cybercriminals Recently Poisoned Google to Target YOU!
March 6: Using Reverse Image Search to Reveal Fraud
Feb 28: God GRANT ME the Wisdom to Know If This is a Scam
Feb 21: Clever Malware Traps Waiting for Your Click
Feb 14: You Won Love and the Lottery!
Feb 7: Scam Law Firm? You Be the Judge!
Jan 31: Your Personal Information Online Puts You at Risk
Jan 24: This Scam is Music to Our Ears
Jan 17: Are You Funding a Multimillion Dollar Fraud? Fake Postage Stamps
Jan 10: Verizon Text Alerts Almost Result in Scamming a Man
Jan 3: Two Victims. of Poisoned Google Searches
Dec 25: A Laugh at Scammers for the Holidays! Good Cheer to All!
Dec 18: A Scam Ripple Effect with Unexpected Consequences
Dec 11: Two Lies & a Truth. But All are Scams!
Dec 4: Talk to Scammers to Tell Them What You Think of Them!
Nov 27: Meet Lillian Grace, CEO of High Rise Construction. But is she?
Nov 20: An Address Full of Scammers! A108 Adam St, NY, NY
Nov 13: Job Scam Targets the Wrong Man!
Nov 6: Click If You Enjoy a Good Drink!
Oct 30: Scary Dating Scam Just Before Haloween
Oct 23: Most Important Tool Scammers Use to Fool You is…
Oct 16: “I Considered Suicide” Says This Victim
Oct 9: Fake Ads that Steal Your Money
Oct 2: Another Victim Loses $5000+ to a Job Scam
Sept 25: Attacking America’s Democracy Through Fraud
Sept 18: Romance Scammer Tries to Extort Money from Victim
Sept 11: “I Lost Over $6100 to a Job Scam”
Sept 4: In the Life of a Scambaiter
August 28: Free Piano Giveaway
August 21: Meet Richard Dietrich, Romance Scammer!
August 14: Attack of the Killer Women!
August 7: Hundreds of Fake Bank Websites!
July 31: My Conversations with Job Scammers
July 24: What Do These Porn Stars & Lawyers Have in Common?
July 17: Political Hand Grenades – Trump/Biden Clickbait
July 10: Scamming the Scammers. And the Good Guy Wins!
July 3: Deceptive Online Clothing Stores are Successful!
2023 Newsletter Top stories
June 21: Scamming a Scammer – Are You Free?
June 14: Does Google Share Blame for This Scam?
June 7: He Was Targeted By the Same Scammers for Years!
May 31: What Do Gourmet Food, Gambling, Phishing & Skin Products Have in Common?
May 24: Photos & Voice Messages Are Used to Target YOU
May 17: Sextortion on the Rise, Especially Against Teens
May 10: Think You Know Where These Links Send You? You’re Wrong!
May 3: Scams & Threats Disguised as Love & Sex
April 26: Would You Trust This Norton Agent?
April 19: Love At First Bite?
April 12: Read This If You Writes Checks!
April 5: How a Car Crash Became a $10K Check Fraud
March 29: Using LinkedIn to Target Job Seekers
March 22: Let’s Celebrate Taking Down the Scammers!
March 15: Package Delivery Notices Not to be Trusted!
March 8: Scammers Pretend to be Victims in Ukraine
March 1: I Got Your Dog (Pin Scam)
Feb 22: Can Superfoods Harm You? This One Can!
Feb 15: Suspicious Contractor & Construction Companies?
Feb 8: Too Bad These Jobs are Scams
Feb 1: Interested in Tix on Craigslist? Buyer Beware!Jan 25: Avoid These “Friends”
Jan 18: I’ll Kill Your Mom If You Don’t Pay Me Now!
Jan 11: Victim of a Scam Shares Her Story
Jan 4: How Legitimate Companies Can Scam You: Dark Patterns
Dec 27: Scammer Tricks Recently Used to Target Sellers
Dec 20: Hackers Take Over Your Computer – 3 Examples
Dec 13: Guess What Fake Website Many Scams Use?
Dec 6: Two Victims of Fake Specialty Liquor Stores
Nov 29: Woman Scammed by Instagram Ads & Fake Stores
Nov 22: Get Paid to be an Amazon Product Tester
Nov 15: Can a Friend Request Hurt You? Hell Yes!
Nov 8: WARNING – Fear the White Space!
Nov 1: Stolen Identity? 33+ Identical Photos with Different Names
Oct 25: Woman Loses $6650 to a Puppy-Selling Scam
Oct 18: Romance Scammer Targets a Canadian Woman
Oct 11: Take Advantage of This Cybercriminal Mistake!
Oct 4: Making YOU an Accomplice to a Crime!
Sept 27: Tracking Scammers Disguised as Famous People
Sept 20: Targeting Senior Citizens Across the World
Sept 13: Do NOT Purchase Tickets at Tickets-Center.com!
Sept 6: Job Scams on the Rise
Aug 30: Can You Trust This Political Polling Service?
Aug 23: Sneaker Sales on Instagram
Aug 16: Multi-Part Scam Targets a Woman for 2 Years!
Aug 9: Can You Trust Customer Reviews of Products?
Aug 2: Apartment Rental Scam!
July 26: Would You Fall for These New Phishing Tricks?
July 19: You Are Targeted on Social Media
July 12: Enjoy a Laugh at Scammers!
July 5: Double Fraud! Medical Marjijuana & Shipping Costs
June 28: Romance Scams Targeting Men
2022 Newsletter Top stories
June 29: She Played a Scammer Like a Skilled Musician
June 22: 2 Reasons Why the Internet Favors Criminals
June 15: Four Reasons Why You Can’t Trust Amazon or Google
June 8: Can an Address Change Service Be a Scam?
June 1: Dissecting Foul Phishing Tricks
May 25: Recognizing and Honoring the Best… Or is it?
May 18: Both Sex & Love Online Are Risky in Many Ways!
May 11: This Trick Can Net a Scammer Thousands of $!
May 4: A Rose By Any Other Name…
April 27: How Do You Know This Business is FAKE?
April 20: You Can’t Trust What You Most Need
April 13: How Scammers Use Fear to Manipulate You
April 6: Romance Scammer Jason Lindvig Strikes Again!
March 30: Your Facebook & IM Accounts Were Hacked, Now What?
March 23: Meet Fraudster Dr. Albert Johnson
March 16: Your New Boss and Lover Are Liars
March 9: The Internet Favors Criminals. Meet Eldridge Engels!
March 2: When Scammers Get Lazy
Feb 23: The Keys to Your Digital Kingdom Are…
Feb 16: Warning Signs Your New Job is a Scam
Feb 9: Puppy & Dog-Selling Scam Sites
Feb 2: How Observant are YOU at Spotting Suspicious Red Flags?
Jan 26: When a Woman’s Love Floods Your Chat Service
Jan 19: This is How You’ll Be Scammed Twice!
Jan 12: A Parade of Liars
Jan 5: A Young Man’s Female “Friends”
Dec 28: People with Serious Credibility Problems!
Dec 21: Exposing a “Gun” Used by Cybercriminals
Dec 14: Interested in Global Entry Program? Don’t Do This!
Dec 7: Anatomy of a Rental Scam
Nov 30: Here’s Why You Cannot Trust Google Ads
Nov 23: Using YOUR Verification Code to Scam YOU!
Nov 16: Would you Guess These Websites are Scams?
Nov 9: The Problem is Worse Than We Thought
Nov 2: Turning Your Phone into a Self-Inflicting Bomb
Oct 26: Collateral Damage From a 4-Year-Old Scam
Oct 19: These Cute Puppy Sites Are Scams
Oct 12: Cybercriminals Are Improving Their Scams
Oct 5: For Sale? Beware of These Scammer Tricks!
Sept 28: Would You Buy From These Liquor Stores? We Hope Not!
Sept 21: Lions, Tigers and Bears, Oh My!
Sept 14: Sextortion Scams & Two Victims
Sept 7: Guilty By Association (Pet Selling Scams)
Aug 31: This Woman Was Scammed For More Than $128,000
Aug 24: You Can Prevent Friends & Relatives From Being Victimized! Here’s How…
Aug 17: Are You This Gullible?
Aug 10: They ALL Have Credibility Problems
Aug 3: A Fairy-Tale Love Story… or is it?
July 27: Targeted by a Barrage of Malicious Texts
July 20: Do YOU Have a Target on Your Back?
July 13: Would you Guess These Business Websites Are Scams?
July 6: “I Need a Favor from You” – A Scammer’s Tell!
2021 Newsletter Top stories
June 16: Explosion of Package Shipping Scams!
June 9: Craigslist Rental Scams…Again
June 2: Cryptocurrency Scams with a Nasty Twist!
May 26: My Cup Runneth Over with Amazon Phish
May 19: Package Reshipping Scammers are Relentless!
May 12: We Don’t Have ALL the Answers, But We DO Have Your Problems!
May 5: It Looks Like You! (Facebook Message)
April 28: Playing with Scammers
April 21: The Story Behind the Story – What’s Real Anymore?
April 14: Okey to Monitor Me!
Apirl 7: Can We Ever Trust Gift Card Emails Again?
March 31: World’s Best Tape Measurer or A More Insidious Message?
March 24: ICANN Favors Criminals Over Public Safety
March 17: A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words
March 10: XYZ? Let It Be!
March 3: Textplosion!
Feb 24: Why It Is Important to be Skeptical Online
Feb 17: Life Online is Not Always What It Appears to Be!
Feb 10: Its a Numbers Game: IP Addresses
Feb 3: Why Google Can No Longer Be Trusted
Jan 27: Thank You for Your Order
Jan 20: REAL from FRAUD
Jan 13: Clever Look-Alike Domains
Jan 6: A Digital Mugging
Dec 22: What it looks like to be targeted
Dec 15: One Woman’s Creepy Email
Dec 8: Underage Girl Sext Fraud Rises Again!
Dec 1: Best Ways to Identify Smelly Phish
Nov 24: An Investment Opportunity Not to Miss!
Nov 17: One Man’s Job Hunting Nightmare
Nov 10: Country Quiz – Scams from Around the World
Nov 3: 3 Examples of Targeted Attacks
Oct 27: Targeting the Elderly Again!
Oct 20: Fall Weather Brings Fall Scams
Oct 13: Can You Spot the World in Your Inbox?
Oct 6: Cash or Malware Offer for Your Home?
Sept 29: Would You Trust This Bank?
Sept 22: Click Tricks, Misdirection & Ad Traps
Sept 15: Popular Click Tricks!
Sept 8: A Bucket of Smelly Phish!
Sept 1: A Rose By Any Other Name…
Aug 25: Open Letter to Google About How to Do Better
Aug 18: Where Does This Fall on the Sleaz-o-Meter?
Aug 11: One Woman’s Free Money Story
Aug. 4: Do Legitimate Businesses Put Profit Before Safety?
July 28: Customer Support from Scammers
July 21: A New Twist to Sextortion
July 14: How Many Warning Signs Can You Spot?
July 7: Unlocking the Door to an Apt. Rental Scam
June 30: Is This Credible?
June 23: A. Father’s Day Gift Quiz
2020 Newsletter Top stories
June 17: One Password Can Destroy You
June 10: Questionable Texts-The Good, The Bad & Ugly
June 3: We Found An Old Check With Your Name On It
May 27: Reality Online Is Anything But Real
May 20: How Good Are You At Detecting Fraud?
May 13: Best Award-Winning Scam Story Evah!
May 6: Facebook Goes Beyond Your Account to Track You
April 29: Microsoft Outlook Has a BIG Problem
April 22: Target’s Online Spider Web
April 15: The Many Faces of Clickbait
April 8: Many Different Ways to Go Phishing
April 1: Comment Spam Landmines
March 25: A Spear-Phish Targets a School
March 18: We Share Your Pain: Comment Spam
March 11: Corona Virus Scams
March 3: How Many Red Flags Can You Count?
Feb 26: Malicious Mimics
Feb 19: Malicious Texts Target You Through Your Phone
Feb 12: Calling Customer Support
Feb 5: Blurred Lines Between Legitimate and Scam
Jan 29: You’re a Winner!
Jan 22: A Walk on the Whild Side
Jan 15: Day Old Domains
Jan 8: We Want to Believe…
Jan 1: Do You Qualify for a Settlement? Russia Thinks You Do
Dec 30: Deceit and Lies Are Too Easy Online!
Dec 23: Hacking Human Behavior
Dec 16: How Good a Detective Are You?
Dec 9: Using TDS for Malicious Purposes!
Dec 2: Murky Waters of Cam Girls?
Nov 25: A Peak into Apt./House Rental Scams
Nov 18: Job Scams
Nov 11: Stories From Our Readers
Nov 4: Medicare/Medicaid – The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Oct 28: An Ocean Full of Phish!
Oct 21: Feel My Pain!
Oct 14: Political Questionnaire or Malicious Text?
Oct 7: Sleuthing Comment Spam
Sept 30: Mi Casa NO Es Tu Casa!
Sept 23: Telltale Signs of Malicious Intent
Sept 16: Save Your Marriage
Sept 9: Jenzaa Has a Severe Problem
Sept 2: Can 2 Letters Reveal Fraud? YES!
Aug 26: Looking for Love in ALL the Wrong Places
Aug 19: Texting Mayhem!
Aug 12: Using Google Image Search to Tell Real From Fake
Aug 5: Can You Guess the Scam Site?
July 29: Dark Patterns – Revisited
July 22: Fraud at the Spa?
July 15: Deadly Phone Numbers!
July 8: Good Words Are Worth Much, and Cost Little
July 1: Fake Friend Request on FB
June 24: A Plethora of Phish!
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