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  • Bj aka Bill Brown Magnate I   Hosting and Backup Service provider

    What currency is your payment prosessor using?
    What currency is your payment prosessor using? You will find many people telling you to do your  Due Diligence when considering  joi...
    Cheryl Baumgartner  There's a reason Greed is one of the seven deadly sins. That's all it takes to make people's brains turn to mush. And what is truly sad is I'll just...
    Oct 2nd 14:51
    Sue Tamani  I wonder if I can post the name of a business here that I know is using TFs in place of cash. I paid for lifetime membership and was kicked out with n...
    Oct 3rd 06:49
    Bj aka Bill Brown  @Sue accept my contact request and send me the info privately first then i will see if its appropriate to post it, and if so where to post it...
    Oct 3rd 10:05
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  • Bj aka Bill Brown Magnate I   Hosting and Backup Service provider

    An Identity theft attempt.
    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...
    Jan Meyntjes  Hi Bj Also received the same one but picked it up for what it was . What amazes me always about these fraudsters, is the amount of detail they go into...
    Jan 15th 22:13
    Rosalind Archer  scary, you really have to be careful these days :)
    Jan 17th 14:18
    Hewitt Malone  Hello: It has been a long time since I have been on this system; ApSense. I have also gotten these scam notices, one thing that has tripped up the...
    Feb 22nd 14:53
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  • Cheryl Baumgartner Professional Premium   Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance

    IRS tax refund phishing scheme
    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...
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  • Cheryl Baumgartner Professional Premium   Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance

    Social network scammers
    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: batt...
    Lisa Lomas  Oh dear, not here now. Goodness more time wasters, lovely ain't it!!! We just have to stick together they won't get through with us talking to each ...
    Jan 19th 15:20
    Jean DAndrea  These scammers never seem to get their facts straight, do they? And yet there are always those who fall for the pathetic requests........
    Jan 19th 15:38
    Cheryl Baumgartner  Well Lisa until they get an APSense profile you are safe, this was on another network.
    Jan 19th 21:00
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  • Bj aka Bill Brown Magnate I   Hosting and Backup Service provider

    419 scam (commonly know as The Nigerian Scam ) Alerts
    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 t...
    Bj aka Bill Brown  Hi Cheryl, Haven had that version for some time now, but if you have got one very recently then it means they are staring the rounds again. Bes...
    Jan 16th 11:32
    Cheryl Baumgartner  The name doesn't even sound like a real one, This is the first time I have seen one coming from "The law offices of....." which at first glance coul...
    Jan 16th 12:49
    Cheryl Baumgartner  ATTN: SIR/MADAM, Direct line +27-83 330 89 17. Email address :christopher_dube@hotmail.com My name is John Mark Lottos, the first son of the late D...
    Jan 18th 08:00
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  • Bj aka Bill Brown Magnate I   Hosting and Backup Service provider

    City Bank Scam 2 in the same day
    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 bot...
    Jean DAndrea  I regularly get those emails here in Australia, purporting to be from Citibank. Since I'm not a customer, they're always deleted on sight. Haven't...
    Jan 1st 22:27
    Arthur Webster  Hi, Bj, I dn't think that there is a single bank or financial institution that does not get used for these spoof emails - hopefully people receive ...
    Jan 2nd 11:08
    Bj aka Bill Brown  Hi Arthur, I never reply to them. But very good advice for anyone tempted to. I just check a box in my mail washer and they are automatically r...
    Jan 2nd 11:17
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  • Cheryl Baumgartner Professional Premium   Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance

    Security "upgrade" scam
    There was recently a warning issued by the Texas Attorney General on Credit union Security upgrade scams.  Credit union members are receiving ema...
    Cheryl Baumgartner  You are welcome. This one will probably get a lot of people in the US since this Red Flag rule has gone into effect. Many people will think it's bec...
    Jan 1st 10:54
    Arthur Webster  One of the things about this scam is that it sent out to people who could not possibly be affected - me for one! Many banks are the subject of simi...
    Jan 1st 12:05
    Cheryl Baumgartner  That's true Arthur, many people have caught on to the links or email issue. This is different in that it provides a phone number for "customer servic...
    Jan 1st 14:12
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  • Susan coils Senior   Web Design & Marketing Services for Small Business

    RAC scam
    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 R...
    Cheryl Baumgartner  This sounds like a classic "money laundering" scheme. Not just a scam but a potential jail term if you get involved. It sounds like an attempt to av...
    Jan 1st 11:20
    Arthur Webster  This type of scam is very popular at the moment. The scammers always use a legitimate business to give a sense of trustworthiness to the poor sap w...
    Jan 1st 11:58
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  • Bj aka Bill Brown Magnate I   Hosting and Backup Service provider

    New Instant messenger Scam
    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 gree...
    Susan coils  Crikey, didn't know they bothered with thsi stuff on IM as well. Bad enough when your email gets blocked up with it. Useful to know Bj, thanks.
    Dec 25th 04:08
    Jennifer Underwood  yes, I have had several. Lol....one woman told me she was with the UK military but lives in Kansas.....LMAO....you would think they would atleast get...
    Dec 27th 01:12
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  • Bj aka Bill Brown Magnate I   Hosting and Backup Service provider

    PayPal email scam alerts
    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 ...
    Susan coils  Please see a partial copy of a phishing mail I recieved today purporting to be from paypal. this is the 2nd one I have recieved in a little over a we...
    Dec 9th 15:32
    Bj aka Bill Brown  Hi San, Yes this is one of the favourites the scammers send out. As you point out most of the time they send it to emaill addresses that you don...
    Dec 9th 15:40
    Susan coils  Wow, am i popular with paypal phishers or what. Yet another one recieved today. "Dear Paypal Customer, This e-mail is the notification of recent...
    Dec 16th 03:13
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  • Bj aka Bill Brown Magnate I   Hosting and Backup Service provider

    Lotto Email Scam Alerts
    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 ...
    Lisa Lomas  THIS IS A COPY OF THIS SCAM I GET DAILY, THIS IS VERY TYPICAL!!! De Nederlandse Staatsloterij Paleisstraat 5 2514 JA Den Haag YOUR EMAIL HAVE WON: C...
    Dec 12th 03:27
    Susan coils  Oh, if only it were true! I've had a couple of these myself. Never in a million years could I be that lucky. But would be so nice wouldn't it? It's...
    Dec 12th 03:59
    Bj aka Bill Brown  Hi Lisa I will phone the netherlands state lottery, the real one that is, and get the official procedures for reporting this and get it publis...
    Dec 12th 04:46
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  • Bj aka Bill Brown Magnate I   Hosting and Backup Service provider

    E-Gold Security Tips
    E-gold Security. I hear so many reports of people having their e-gold accounts hacked and then they bad mouth e-gold when it is their fault. Un...
    Lisa Lomas  Great information thanks Bill. I just got paid via egold and have an account but that was as far as I have ever got. I am going to be burning your ea...
    Dec 12th 03:21
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  • Bj aka Bill Brown Magnate I   Hosting and Backup Service provider

    E-Gold email scam alerts
    What to do if you get a fake email. If you get a phishing email claiming to be from e-gold Never click on anything in the email. No matter how...
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  • Bj aka Bill Brown Magnate I   Hosting and Backup Service provider

    AlertPay email scam alerts
    Please feel free to post any AlertPay scam alerts here I will edit this intro shortly This is just to get it started.   I wi...
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