Anthony Miller

Smooth talking scam artist by the name of Anthony Miller was caught by the police last year, and a GPS tether was attached to his ankle. A few days ago, the police lost track of him after he cut off the tether, and a warning message was issued to keep a lookout for this guy.

Bernie Madoff

Although its a lot of money, only a handful of people (investors) are likely to be affected by this phishing scam.

What might happen next are 419 scammers who might make use of similar tactics to lure commoners with stories that "they have found Bernie Madoff's money, and please pay a fee to get a share". Pay money to get money scam.

This is another case of distress scams, but was called the "Facebook scam" because the scammer hacks into a Facebook account, and uses that to send out distress signals. Distress scams could happen to any types of accounts, and in the past, we have reports of scammers hacking into Yahoo email account as well.

Caught on Video

The pigeon drop scam is another "pay money to get money" scam, but slightly different from the 419 scams which started before the 90s. The basic tactic remains the same - the scammer lures the victim to part with his/her own cash, in order to receive a larger amount of cash. Just like those 419 and lottery scams.

In this report, the scammer asked the victim if she has dropped a sealed envelope. The victim said that the envelope does not belong to her. Then a man (another scammer) walked past and opened the envelope to reveal the cash inside. So they decided to split it into 3 portions, but they need to find a safe place...

The best place to buy pets are your local pet shops. Craigslist have also issued a general warning not to buy something from strangers on the internet, especially when you can't meet up with them.

Norfolk police have received a number of calls from concerned dog enthusiasts over the past few days, who fear they have been duped.

Does a match-making website run online lottery? It is not mentioned anywhere on the official website, so this is a confirmed scam.

However, there is no need to check the original site most of the time, because you should Never respond to a "lottery" winnings mail coming from a free email address.

We are opening up a new article thread for visitors to submit reports for Mar 2010, as a comment to this article below.

For further information, guidelines, etc, please check out the category where this will be filed at "Submit Reports".

Note that we will no longer be accepting reports via email, except for 419 or lottery scams.

Cases that you may like to comment include questionable websites like the Pandora, gogochin cases (disappearing ecommerce websites), or any other scams that are not included in our site yet.

Hot Scam Specifications:

Scam Type: 419 Scam (Lottery Scam)
Fake Names: Mr. Paul Lambert, Angelic Van Theiry.(Mrs)
Offer Type: Lottery Winnings
Winning Amount: ONE Million Euros
Storyline: You won a lottery which you did not join
Scammer Location: Claims to be Netherlands or Belgium (?)
Scammer Email: aol.nl, winning.com (fake)

See updated 2010 version in the additional page.

In this report:

Twitter Phishing Scams - BoingBoingNet

Craigslist Rental Scam - WYSR

Twitter Phishing Scam - New Times

A scammer impersonating as a consultant working with the Swiss Bank claims that he has found $232million during one of his audit.

So he wrote,"Sometimes a person will open a bank account, deposit money, and then disappear into the tin (thin) air. Banks are not always able to find out what has become of these silent customers, or to know whether they should follow up on requests from people who claim to be heirs to the accounts..."

He is asking for "someone" to help transfer out the money "illegally". This mail is full of lies and he is not who he claims to be.

Assuming that this is real, whatever he asked you to do is illegal. So when you lose money in this scam, it is hard for you to report to the authorities/police for "being scammed while trying to help someone do something illegal."

Its like telling the police "SIR, I was trying to impersonate a Next-of-Kin/Son of some dead rich men to STEAL $232million from the bank, and I lost $25,000 of fake legal fees to this another impostor claiming to be from the bank itself....". Ouch!

Oh!? A scammer complaining about another scammer? Its tough. Don't bite the bait and become another scammer. 

This whole scam boils down to this statement:

This is absolutely rubbish. Sometimes you just wish scammers go to hell a million times. Move on unless you have interest in reading the full attachment. If you want to hear about stories about who and what gang is doing this and that, go and try other anti-scam sites. We are not interested if they missed their breakfast this morning, all we know is scammers like this are going to hell whichever group they belong to.

And what are the reasons for this "$10.7million?

Bags of balls. I can only remember that I dream of throwing a 419 scammer out of my window from my office at the 66th floor.

About Lottery Scam

If you didn't play a lottery, then you didn't win any lottery. The check will look real, but its a fake.

Explain Phone Scam

Phone Scam is explained in this video sharing, including what to do if you are scammed.

Why is he doing this video in the snow?

"Should we go for 419 inheritance scam? Nah... Lottery scam.... no...? Maybe today its time for commercial scam... fake contract...? hmmm not too good either. AH HUH! What the heck, lets put all in, and one should work!" So here goes:

The British Prime Minister in conjunction with EUROPEEAN UNION, WORLD BANK, UNITED NATION ORGANIZATION do hereby give this irrevocable approval order with Release Code: GNC/3480/02/00 in your favour for your Inheritance /contract entitlement /award winning payment with the UNITED NATION to your nominated bank account.

This is the first time we see someone setting up a "drugstore" within her space at live.com.

This article guide is updated to match our guide in the main page. We have compiled some general guidelines to counter-scams, so that we can all help to prevent scams from happening.

As the saying goes, "rules are meant to be broken". Scammers may change and modify their tactics in scams.

So bewarned.