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Ben Ferm
ManagerHow to avoid being scammed
The Internet offers a global marketplace for consumers and businesses. But crooks also recognize the potentials of cyberspace. The same scams that ha...View - Promote - View all 1 comments » - Comment » - Mar 16th 2009 12:17
Beth Schmillen Hi Ben, Glad to see you active here at Apsense. I really like what you wrote. That is the research everyone should do before they join any business, ...
Mar 16th 22:12Ben Ferm
ManagerMalware warningView - Promote - Comment - Dec 13th 2008 03:56
Hi, just wanted you to know about this. This one may come to you in any mail system that you use. Look out for this NEW virus! There is a coup...Ben Ferm
ManagerThe Facebook Virus is back!
Koobface, aka The Facebook virus is back with new reports on widespread infections. The Facebook virus was first reported in August, and emails Fa...Ben Ferm Here is one article in Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/05/AR2008120501081.html There are more all over,...
Dec 5th 10:09
Bj aka Bill Brown Thanks Ben, Its always good to back up a report with a genuine authority source.
Dec 5th 11:02View - Promote - View all 4 comments » - Comment » - Dec 5th 2008 09:15
Cheryl Baumgartner Thanks for keeping us up to date!
Dec 5th 16:15Ben Ferm
ManagerObama
I didn't know if I was supposed to laugh or cry when I recieved this one. I decided to laugh, so ROFLMAO! Compensation From Senator Barack Obama!!!...Cheryl Baumgartner ROFLMAO! And there's probably some idiot somewhere in the middle of nowhere that will fall for it!
Oct 17th 14:43View - Promote - View all 2 comments » - Comment » - Oct 17th 2008 02:27
Mick Popp That is just another example of the classic international money laundering schemes. They come in many forms, eg, you are the only living relative of t...
Oct 24th 19:31
Surya Ws
Web MasterAnatomy of scam
Anatomy of a Scam Scammers have many methods for persuading victims to hand over their hard earned money. Here is a list of some of those methods Ex...
Nina Cleveland Hi Hearman, you are so very true, I have been scam for alot of money on the net. Font small or large. the message is still there. Just hold your contr...
Oct 6th 17:23
Jean DAndrea Have to agree with Cheryl - at first I also thought it was a link to just another scam, with a clever way of getting me there!
Oct 6th 21:35View - Promote - View all 4 comments » - Comment » - Oct 6th 2008 09:59Surya Ws You are right chery163 about my blog.... why....? Less of information may be nextime will enough and i will post some program since I joined to th...
Oct 7th 06:37Ben Ferm
ManagerNew one (Bank Thread)
Dear CashLink - Business customer, Security and confidentiality are at the heart of the Fulton Bank. Your details (and your money) is protected by ...View - Promote - View all 1 comments » - Comment » - Sep 23rd 2008 15:43Cheryl Baumgartner Another Phishing scheme to steal your identity
Sep 25th 20:40Cheryl Baumgartner
Medical Billing/Coding/InsuranceKeep an eye on this one!
First before you do anything else review this information from the US securities and Exchange Commission website. Once you have digested it chec...
Mark Hultgren Hi Cheryl, Coach and Adrianne, Most of the stuff that places like these give you can be found on my two main blogs for free! Check out the Learn ...
Aug 14th 11:45
Teodor M. That's right Mark. I know you have very good and free stuff on your sites. I have too, but depends on the subject a person is looking for. I know you ...
Aug 14th 11:49View - Promote - View all 7 comments » - Comment » - Feb 5th 2008 23:05Cheryl Baumgartner Thanks Coach and Mark for making my point for me. Both of you have free or minimal cost education available. That education does not come with the r...
Aug 14th 12:25Ben Ferm
ManagerASD Cash Generator
It has come to my attention that ASD Cash Generator has been charged as a ponzi scheme/scam site and The Country Boy Group Of Traffic Exchange...View - Promote - View all 1 comments » - Comment » - Aug 8th 2008 13:32
Adrianne Geyer Programs like this never have a long life span. When it states to never put in more than you can afford to lose, buyer beware.
Aug 14th 08:04Ben Ferm
ManagerClassic scam - example
This one goes around by mail at the moment, had it in three different inboxes: Dear TD Banknorth Treasury Management customer, Security an...Cheryl Baumgartner This is a very old phishing scam used for the purposes of identity theft. This is nothing more than a variation of the old "Your Paypal account needs...
Aug 12th 05:25View - Promote - View all 2 comments » - Comment » - Aug 12th 2008 04:23Adrianne Geyer Recently they have taken this scam to making house calls. They pretend that they are updating the database at your bank and need to verify your addres...
Aug 14th 07:57
Cheryl Baumgartner
Medical Billing/Coding/InsuranceSick or scam?
So far all of the scams presented have been so program designed to take your money, but scams come in many forms. Some scams never even ap...
Not Here Drug companies are businesses, whose first priorities are making money and staying in business! As always, be careful who you trust....
Jul 20th 14:13View - Promote - View all 2 comments » - Comment » - Jul 20th 2008 14:05Cheryl Baumgartner It's funny, when I was a little girl my grandparents had prescriptions that they took regularly, as did a lot of older folks. But unless someone was ...
Jul 20th 14:29Ben Ferm
ManagerGet Paid To Read - scams
Came over this list, please post if You are a member of ANY of them and HAVE got paid. The GPTR boycott list 1. 1-800-Mail 2...
Shrihari Sawant Thanks for the big list of such a scam site running on net and people here join them thinking they will make money wasting their time and money. Can y...
Mar 12th 12:11Ben Ferm Well, no personal experience. But, based on the few forumlines I've picked up, like; "Hey! Drumcash .... hmmmm my stats: ----------------------...
Mar 12th 16:20View - Promote - View all 3 comments » - Comment » - Mar 11th 2008 13:14Jean DAndrea Hi, Notice that Classical Mail is on the list of boycotted sites. This was one of the first things I joined as an internet newbie, ages ago. Was paid...
Apr 16th 00:35Ben Ferm
ManagerDubaiMLM
From: http://internetscamphishing.blogspot.com/2008/01/is-dubaimlm-scam.html Is DubaiMLM a Scam I have received no less then 10 emails ...Bj aka Bill Brown Hi Chris, If that were to be done and IF (note IF in capitals) by some miracle (and this is what it will take in my opinion) it was to turn out to...
Jan 28th 17:24
Chris R Yes you are right BJ, it would all depend on the wording used. There is nothing wrong with giving a warning or marking up the threads on here that gi...
Jan 28th 17:52View - Promote - View all 12 comments » - Comment » - Jan 28th 2008 02:23
Amicus Tui Thanks for this post, Ben! I have received invitations to join DubaiMLM too. And I threw them all away!
Jan 30th 04:19
MLM Scams
Ben Thanks for invite to your Group. I don't know if I'm doing this right but here goes..... You pushed just the right buttons or WRONG buttons I s...View - Promote - View all 1 comments » - Comment » - Jan 26th 2008 23:39Ben Ferm NP, MJ. Scams we all see, I dare to say on a daily bases. Those "You might already have won" letters, I know they are popular amongst many so calle...
Jan 27th 00:08Ben Ferm
ManagerPaid surveys scam $20 for your survey
This is a direct copy from the blog "The Water Bottle " by The Kid. Adress for the blog: http://gregmorales.blogspot.com/2007/08/paid-survey...
Achmad Reza I agree of you. Many of programs paid to surveys make a promise about giving the money, but we can't just belived it we must search is the company rea...
Jan 14th 09:58
keith I have done a couple of these surveys and thay all wreak of scam out of the 10 I signed up for I received a $1.oo check from one of them.....WooohOOO...
Jan 26th 12:40View - Promote - View all 3 comments » - Comment » - Jan 12th 2008 11:39Cheryl Baumgartner By the time you complete the offer, pay the interest on your credit card and sort though the BS you much closer to being in the hole than $10 ahead.
Jan 26th 13:26Cheryl Baumgartner
Medical Billing/Coding/InsuranceHere's a scam that get's lost among all the 419's and other scams
The "Romance" scam These scammers seem to be growing among social networkers. This scam is a bit hard to detect and can end up in a lot of time an...Cheryl Baumgartner Here is an example of one of these scam introductions. I have received this exact same message twice with different names and yahoo IDs but the phone...
Jan 21st 17:00
Jenny Stewart Heck Cheryl, You mean he didn't mean it??? Shucks. You mean those one's I got were only spam? Oh Boy - i am going to go and read a book. What a di...
Jan 21st 20:23View - Promote - View all 3 comments » - Comment » - Jan 20th 2008 10:44Cheryl Baumgartner LOL! This has got to be the worst pickup line ever to hit the internet though!
Jan 21st 21:53
Xthreem Inc SCAM
In Year 2006 April, there was a group of Entreprenuer surface in Singapore M Hotel on every Saturday. They would usually organise seminars on baseme...Ben Ferm Well I read Your post three times, and all I can say is; Good Luck!!! Seem to me You have a huge pile of trouble there.
Dec 12th 06:59View - Promote - View all 2 comments » - Comment » - Dec 12th 2007 02:30
Arfan Ahmadi I think only Indonesian people can cheated :(
Jan 1st 21:36Ben Ferm
ManagerMissing AuthorView - Promote - Comment - Dec 20th 2007 10:53
I recieved this as a safelist-letter and instantly wanted it here. The problem is that it was unsigned, so there is no way for me to give the credit t...Ben Ferm
ManagerSo, what IS a scam?
You read right, many of us talk about scams without giving the issue any further tought. Everything that seem suspicious become "scam" So, exactl...Jenny Stewart Hi Ben, Well as far as I am concerned - and many others too, a scam is just a word we are using on the internet - where offline we would use the word...
Dec 14th 19:59Ben Ferm Yup. That is exactly what I suspected, and what I was getting at Let us put all those red flags in here. Ask all Your buddies to tell the frauds...
Dec 14th 20:19View - Promote - View all 3 comments » - Comment » - Dec 13th 2007 09:34Jenny Stewart Hi again - this list was originally written about mlms, but can be applied to any busines, on or offline. For a business to be legitimate and sustain...
Dec 15th 11:20Ben Ferm
ManagerNumenmail
I have always been very suspicious about PTR´s that promise You hundreds of dollars simply for reading ads... I had to try one... Numenmailers are ...
Mike Hunt G`day Ben perhaps you should`ve stopped reading after about the 1000th one ... LOL ... surely you must`ve realized. How many emails to clock up t...
Dec 8th 07:21View - Promote - View all 2 comments » - Comment » - Dec 5th 2007 11:52Ben Ferm Not too many. The claim they pay You 80$ per mail, and a signup bonus for 800... Quite fun, really, in my opinion. Never have had that amount of cash ...
Dec 9th 14:04
