We maintain
an archive of scammers emails - broadly speaking, 99% of all email
scams fall into one of four types:
- Advance Fee Fraud: Payment is required to 'release' some much larger amount which is held by a third party. There is no 'millions', Mrs Abacha doesnt have the money either.
- Lottery
Scams: Payment is required to get your huge
unsolicited lottery
winnings transferred into your country/bank
account. There are no 'winnings'
. - Phishing: Official-looking emails from large internet banking and online services (PayPal, eBay, South Trust, US Bank etc etc) which ask you to 'confirm' some details. Always asks you to enter your credit card. The credit card details are used or sold on.
- Auction Scams: Basic scams to take either your money, or your property by subverting standard auction procedures.
Scam Email Archive
There are currently 44,000 emails in the archive, last updated November, 2007. Not sure if your email is a scam? search for it here.
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Who is Maryam Abacha (aka Mariam Abacha)?
Phishing and Identity Theft Resources
- 1. SiteAdvisor www.siteadvisor.com
- 2. Netcraft toolbar.netcraft.com
- 3. PhishTank www.phishtank.com
- 4. Federal Trade Commission: Identity Theft www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft
- 6. Wikipedia: Phishing en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing
- 7. Anti-Phishing Working Group www.antiphishing.org
- 8. Spoof Email Tutorial pages.ebay.com/education/spooftutorial
- 9. CallingID Ltd. www.callingid.com
- 10. Identity Theft Resource Center www.idtheftcenter.org
SCAM RESOURCE SITES
- Scambusters www.scambusters.org
- Snopes www.snopes.com
- Scams (in General) www.scams.com
- CREDIT CARD FRAUD http://www.creditcard-fraud.info/
- FRAUD AID http://www.fraudaid.com/
- Fraudwatch International (Site for Phishing Scam Activities) www.fraudwatchinternational.com
- Consumer Fraud Reporting www.consumerfraudreporting.org
- Cybercrimes and Scams www.quatloos.com
- Crimes of Persuasion http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/
Other Scam Links
Fraud Prevention, Information and News about Fraud Online
http://www.spoofkillers.com
SpoofKillers is an online collaboration of organizations, companies and
individuals who want to see phishing, pharming, and spoof emails and
websites go away forever.