Category: scams
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Sextortion emails from fraudsters “Security alert… password must be changed”
Recently there’s been a massive spate of “Sextortion” emails sent to millions of email accounts asking for a ransom not to publish information about your personal life. What has worried so many people in this hack is that people have been told their valid passwords as part of the extortion email. Here’s an example of…
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How To Spot A SCAM
How to spot an investment SCAM. Sadly, I see more and more people losing their life savings with scams online. The current big fakes are usually based around a very plausible story e.g. Forex investing, professional poker playing, gold mining, binary options trading and even recently a plastics recycling opportunity. Any website that offers you…
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The Windows R Scam – how it works and how to avoid it
“Microsoft Tech Support” also known as the “Windows R” Scam and how to avoid it…. Have you ever received a call from someone with a heavy Indian accent from Microsoft saying your computer had errors or viruses? The purpose of these calls is to get an easy $299 (or whatever amount they choose) by scaring…
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OZ Robot Scam? My Genuine Review
OZrobot.com Scam Review Someone emailed me a link to take a look at Oz Robot.com. I’ve seen many Binary option robots over the last few years. But I have yet to see one that actually works that can be independently verified.