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LCW Group - Scam discussions and Alerts
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Group Creator: bjantiques  View Apsense Business Center (A.B.C)
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Scams are a serious threat to all of us, especially if you are new to the Internet.
I have been asked on numerous occasions to do something on scams by someone that knows I hate them with a vengeance, and due to a recent exchange I have decided to go ahead with it.

The purpose of this group is to give members a central place to discuss scams.
Primarily those perpetrated through Email, instant messengers (such as PalTalk, Skype, Yahoo, MSN, AIM and any others you can think of), and through the private messaging system of forums and Social network sites.


The posting guidelines are as follows.

Absolutely NO advertising, referral links, or hinting at your favorite protection program in posts by telling us how well you are protected by your favorite program.

To try and keep a little order in the group so people can find things easily I have set up specific threads for the most common ones that appear daily, in some ones email or instant messengers.


I would also like to cover known proven scam programs as well.

However as I will be laying myself open to possible prosecution as the owner of this group, along side the person that initiated the post, if the program owner can prove they are not a scam, I will ask anyone that wants to post about being ripped off by a program first contact me and present your case with documented proof.

I would also ask anyone that has genuine connections to authorities bodies to come forward and assist in doing due diligence on any program that is suspect.

If there is not a thread for the particular scam you have and want to cover please ensure the title of the thread contains the name of the Program it affects.


Last but not least please ensure you are on my contacts list in case I need to communicate privately with you about a particular thread.
You can ask anyone that is on my contact list already and they will confirm I never send ads through the messaging system just as I don't accept ads through it.

Recent Discussions

 An Identity theft attempt.  
Posted By bjantiques | Comments:10 | Date:Feb 22 2008 14:53
 Here we have a typical Identity theft attempt trying to use egold as the excuse. The email has been forwarded to egold and then deleted from my system, without reply. I am leaving the perpetrators email intact and I seriously hope that the spa...Read More
IRS tax refund phishing scheme  
Posted By ppl_cheryl63 | Comments:0 | Date:Jan 22 2008 09:25
I received this in my e-mail today. Being that it is tax season, you should be aware of these phishing schemes. I removed the link, but be aware that if you scroll over it it does say irs.gov delete this or report it as a phishing scheme. Intern...Read More
Social network scammers  
Posted By ppl_cheryl63 | Comments:5 | Date:Jan 20 2008 09:23
Just a note, scammers are on the social networks and interacting with us. Please keep an I out for this one. Miss batter Edward. From: batter edward View Profile Date: 03:41:09.5300000 Miss batter Edward. Avenue 5 Lot 172 Cocody Qua...Read More
419 scam (commonly know as The Nigerian Scam ) Alerts  
Posted By bjantiques | Comments:5 | Date:Jan 18 2008 08:00
 Please feel free to post any 419 scam alerts here What to do with 419 scams. If I get a 419 through an Instant Messenger system I report it to the support of that system. I do have to say that PalTalk live support must be the worst that th...Read More
City Bank Scam 2 in the same day  
Posted By bjantiques | Comments:4 | Date:Jan 2 2008 11:17
 Watch out the scammers are renewing their efferts with the City Bank Phishing emails. I received 2 within a couple of hours of each other. they both lead to different urls but the string of characters at the end were identical. They are eas...Read More
Security "upgrade" scam  
Posted By ppl_cheryl63 | Comments:4 | Date:Jan 1 2008 14:12
There was recently a warning issued by the Texas Attorney General on Credit union Security upgrade scams. Credit union members are receiving emails telling them that the credit union has upgraded security to protect it's members against Identity the...Read More
RAC scam  
Posted By san | Comments:2 | Date:Jan 1 2008 11:58
 Why do I get these on days when Apsense is not working properly? AAGGGHHH! Anyway, I recieved this about 10 minutes ago. Have tried contacting the RAC (of which I'm a member) but obviously i'ts new year so no answer on phone. I have sent them a co...Read More
New Instant messenger Scam  
Posted By bjantiques | Comments:2 | Date:Dec 27 2007 01:12
 Well we have a new instant messenger scam. I got this one on PalTalk. As you can see from the exchange this moron is trying to play people on greed and the fact that the said Kim Woo Choong has been convicted of major fraud which would suggest ...Read More
PayPal email scam alerts  
Posted By bjantiques | Comments:3 | Date:Dec 16 2007 03:13
 What to do if you get a fake email. If you get a phishing email claiming to be from PayPal Never click on anything in the email. No matter how innocent it looks Forward the email to spoof@paypal.com As soon as you have done that dele...Read More
Lotto Email Scam Alerts  
Posted By bjantiques | Comments:3 | Date:Dec 12 2007 04:46
 Please feel free to post any Lotto scam alerts here I will edit this intro shortly This is just to get it started. I will add the standard procedures you should do if you get one asap...Read More

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