by admin | Nov 20, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Although it may seem as if this scam only began in earnest with the invention of email, in fact, the Nigerian email scam of today is just a variation of a scam that is more than four hundred years old when it was called “the Spanish Prisoner con. At that time,...
by admin | Jul 1, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The Nigerian letter scam by which you are promised huge amounts of money through an email under various guises, such as an inheritance from a relative you never knew existed or a public official who needs help getting money out of his country is a scam that has...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 20, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Although it may seem as if this scam only began in earnest with the invention of email, in fact, the scam itself is just a variation of a scam that is more than four hundred years old when it was called the Spanish Prisoner Con. At that time a letter was sent to the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 2, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
By now everyone is familiar with the so-called Nigerian letter scam which starts with your receiving an email from Nigerian telling you of an inheritance or some other way that you have been fortunate enough to be receiving a fortune. At first it appears that you do...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 3, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
A common scam that has come to be known as the Nigerian letter scam involves an email that you receive that initially appears to offer a large amount of money under various pretenses, such as an inheritance or a bank official who needs your help to move money. At...
