The ferrari guy from the Facebook Google Cash scam

February 28, 2009
Filed under iNews

The real identity of the guy with a Ferrari used in a Google Cash advert on Facebook has been revealed.
The Google Cash is a scam and the people behind it used a picture found on Google Images using the [me and my ferrari] key phrase. The results yielded on pole position a guy who [...]

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Could the sweepstakes programme of India Today Book Club really exist

February 21, 2009
Filed under You asked...

This question was asked by Surjit Singh
First of all, let’s shed an insight on India Today Book Club for those who don’t know what it is.
India Today is one of the greatest media networks in India. Its content — mostly news — appears on virtually every media type in India, including but not limited to [...]

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Is Google Ads Free a Scam – review and insights

February 20, 2009
Filed under Online Security

We were asked by one of our readers to shed some light on this system because he smelled it’s scam. Started our research by finding information regarding whether it is Google Ads Free a scam or not, but sincerely what we found are blogers claiming it to be a scam because of how the website [...]

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Google scams – Scams using the Google brand

February 17, 2009
Filed under Online Security

Google is one of the greatest brands of the internet, that’s an incontestable statement. If not the greatest. This greatness brings with itself publicity, however this publicity brings with itself an unwanted thing as well: scams using the Google brand.
In this article we will list some of the Google scam we are aware of; [...]

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Cyberwize – Pyramid game, scam, everything you want to avoid

February 14, 2009
Filed under Online Security

Every now and then we get emails from people who have been scammed. Usually we already know about the scam they report, but not in this case. Peter Horn, who just started to explore the internet, found a promising “work from home” offer, and since they were extremely convincing, he jumped on the band wagon [...]

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Gone Phishing – Williams and Suzan wants to give me their money?

February 13, 2009
Filed under Online Security

I got this letter yesterday night. It’s quite interesting even though some bits of it I don’t really understand, for example why the author wants to give me a fortune, or what do I have to do with a Sierra Leone Mining Company?
The purpose of the e-mail is likely to be an e-mail address harvesting [...]

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Google Cash Review and Why Google Cash is a scam?

January 27, 2009
Filed under Online Security

A while ago we published an article regarding the Google Cash Cow Scam but even now, every once in a while we get an email explaining how a user or in unfortunate case the author of the email was practically scammed by purchasing a quite expensive e-book, Google Cash by name which promised its user [...]

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How to wash laundry…ahem, money – by Dr. Roger Amar

December 31, 2008
Filed under Online Security

Dr. Roger Amara, a doc from Malaysia explained me today how his client and himself wanted to transfer money from one account to another in order, probably to loose it’s track. Only one problem appeared: his client died, and now I would be the one who’d need to continue the process. Too bad it’s a [...]

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Oh well, I got another million… by Mr. Song Li

December 31, 2008
Filed under Online Security

I have to be the most lucky guy in the world: there’s no day when I don’t inherit or win a few millions. At least that’s what the emails i get state. Like the one below:

Good Day
Compliment of the day to you, although you may be skeptical receiving this
email as we have not met before, [...]

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Confidential Spam from Ahmed Moola

December 29, 2008
Filed under Online Security

Since is extremely confidential, I’m going to publish it.
The mail arrived to me in this format, without linebreaks or any formatting whatsoever, so don’t blame me, please.
This is a scam and if you received this e-mail too, please, don’t answer it.

Mr. Ahmed Moola. CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT ABSA BANK LTD. JOHANBNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA. TELL: 27732401244 Re: to [...]

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