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Watch out for this ‘Royal Mail’ scam
This is the latest in a long line of online scams and is from ‘Royal Mail’. Here’s what it looks like and why you should avoid it I wish these didn’t come up so frequently but alas this kind of thing seems to be on the increase. The reason I put Royal Mail in quotation…
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Could you make £2,000 a month by sticking these magnetic plates onto the side of your car?
It sounds like the ideal home business opportunity – very little effort for a huge monthly payout. All you have to do is attach 8 pieces of advertising to the side of your car and you could make a guaranteed £2,000 a month… but is it too good to be true? Checking out interesting looking…
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Avoid this almost ‘perfect’ PayPal scam
Important: Why you should ignore/avoid/delete any unsolicited email from PayPal that mentions sending payments from Lucy Atashsokan (this scam is so well put together, and sickeningly slick, that I was half way through submitting my login details before I realised it was scam). Update! Please note: Sadly scammers have stolen the name of a genuine…
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Why you should steer clear of ‘The Holiday Specialist’
“I have been in touch with everyone. Fraud squad, etc. not a penny back…” It’s summer and the weather is… awful. Many of us will be thinking of trying to get away to somewhere hot. The Internet is awash with package deals and special offers and often it can be hard to know where to…
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Have you been offered a £1,500 a month job by these scamsters?
Scam Alert: Source & Resource Ltd We’re in a recession and it seems that a few enterprising scamsters have gone on the prowl hoping to trick people looking for work into accepting bogus jobs. I recently had an email from Insider’s Edge reader Michael who received an email from a company called Source & Resource…
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Yet ANOTHER Amazon email scam…
These guys just can’t get enough. Only the other week I reported on their last email scam which involved a ‘cancelled order’ email. This latest version ironically poses as a security announcement supposedly letting the user know that someone has tried to access their account from abroad. There’s a warning that if you don’t take…
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Watch out for this Amazon email scam
Amazon targeted by spamming snakes… Right, here’s another nasty email scam to watch out for. I have to say this is one of the cleverer ones I’ve uncovered on Insider’s Edge. It’s an email that appears to come from amazon.com (they’ve completely masked the ‘from’ address) and tells you that your recent order has been…
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Scam: Your video on the TOP of YouTube
Here’s another scam to watch out for – especially if you’ve got a YouTube account. I’ve had a few people specifically asking about this one. It’s an email from a sender called: YouTube Service The subject line is: YouTube Service sent you a message: Your video on the TOP of YouTube I can see why…
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Beware of this ‘Pump and Dump’ trading scam
I recently received a wave of emails about a Penny Stock that, wait for it, is about to soar. Apparently the stock in question “could explode this week” and “with the combination of recent events, a 57% profit could be peanuts to investors now…” Hmmm, really… *strokes chin sarcastically* This is an out and out…
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“They’re saying nasty things about you on Twitter”
Scam alert! It’s good to be wary of any email or direct message you receive from Twitter that invites you to click on a link. Even if appears to come from a trusted friend there’s a chance that they’ve had their account hacked. One Mac Dodgy message I came across recently had a particularly intriguing headline (specifically…