Bitcoin Hostage Video SCAM In what appears to be a twist on the sextortion SCAMs that have been running around for a few years, you know the one where you get an email that states that they hacked your computer, turned on your webcam, and caught you surfing porn, and “entertaining” yourself (for those of… Continue reading Bitcoin Hostage Video SCAM
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Fake iPad
Fake iPad – How Cute I got this cute little scam on my work iPhone. It appears that I have a parcel that is being shipped to me and I can track it via the URL they sent. I particularly like the domain name they have selected for this scam. So being the evern so… Continue reading Fake iPad
SPAM Email – Fake Pharmacies
SPAM Email – Fake Pharmacies *** Many URL links have been removed for your protection *** Part of stopping SPAM is to understand how it works. These are two email messages that I have received this week. This looks simple enough, it is simple SPAM that somehow managed to get through my SPAM filters. If… Continue reading SPAM Email – Fake Pharmacies
Committee for Police Officers Defense
Committe For Police Officers Defense Your phone rings and you answer it, and you hear. “Oh, I’m glad you picked up. I was getting my answering machine voice ready, haha. Good morning this is Steve Savage calling for the Committee for Police Officers Defense. This Call is recorded for quality assurance Ok…Hello…..Hello” So who is the… Continue reading Committee for Police Officers Defense
Catching Money Mules
Catching Money Mules Jim Browning is the Internet alias of a London-based software engineer and YouTuber from Northern Ireland whose content primarily focuses on scambaiting and exposing scam call centers. Jim’s goal is to catch the scammers. A software engineer by trade, Browning began looking into scammers after a relative lost money to a technical… Continue reading Catching Money Mules
Phone Scammer Calls the Police
Phone Scammer Calls the Police This is Police Captain Ann Stephens at Apex North Carolina, talking to a phone scammer. The transcript of the phone call is as follows: Scammer: Can you verify me your home address? Captain Stephens: No I will not Scammer: I’m sorry no Captain Stephens: I’m not going to give you… Continue reading Phone Scammer Calls the Police
Phone Scam with Mark Rober
Phone Scam With Mark Rober If you don’t know who Mark Rober is, he is an American YouTuber, engineer, and inventor. He is known for his YouTube videos on popular science and do-it-yourself gadgets. Before YouTube, Rober was an engineer with NASA for 9 years where spending seven of those years working on the Curiosity… Continue reading Phone Scam with Mark Rober
The Anatomy of a Robocall
The Anatomy of a Robocall The ListIt all starts with a lead list, which is a list of phone numbers. This could be a list of randomly generated phone numbers, a list of sequential phone numbers, or even a list of valid phone numbers (people who actually answer the phone or buy something) that the… Continue reading The Anatomy of a Robocall
Robocall Scams – Part 4
Robocall Scams – Part 4 Your phone rings, you answer and it is Jessica from AT&T DirecTV in a very upbeat and bubbly voice, wanting to save you money on your AT&T DirecTV bill. The carefully scripted recording almost sounds like a real person and she wants to save you money. In fact, she claims… Continue reading Robocall Scams – Part 4