by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 9, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
I want to share with you as today’s “scam of the day” a scam email that was sent to me a couple of days ago. It is the latest variation of the Nigerian letter scam. We are all familiar with the Nigerian letter scam in which under various pretexts...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 21, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
We are all familiar with the variations of the Nigerian letter scam which has been with us for years and, in fact, owes its origin to a similar scam that was being done in the 1500s when it was called the Spanish Prisoner Scam. Generally, the scam starts with an...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 3, 2013 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Not all Nigerian letters come from Nigeria, some of them appear to come from Libya, although merely because the email refers to a particular country does not mean that the email actually originated in that country. What we call the Nigerian email scam did not even...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 21, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Emails seeking your help in getting access to large amounts of money are not just coming from your friends and relatives in Nigeria. A new scam, similar in nature, has surfaced recently by way of an email that appears to come from an American soldier who is seeking...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 17, 2012 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Even though he has only been dead for a short time, former Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi lives on in the world of scams. An email making the rounds that appears in form to be quite similar to the common Nigerian Letter scam is now being found in an email presently...
