Category: Scam email

July 14, 2019

Stupidest Scam of the Week Secret Switch

The message title is “The Hidden Switch That Even Big Energy Execs Are Using”.

Sounds worth reading – but it isn’t.

It claims that recent documents have revealed the existence of a secret ‘switch’ in homes that can cut electricity consumption up to 79%.

The scam is obviously aimed at Americans but it also says that everyone in the world who is frustrated by how much they pay for electricity has the right to see this.

Now, all homes do actually have a switch that can reduce their electricity bills – it’s called the OFF switch.

Turn off your appliances, turn off the lights, turn off everything electrical and your bills will drop massively.

But that’s not the switch our scammer is talking about.

So, I’ve searched for this ‘hidden’ “secret’ switch.

Is it in the laundry basket? No

Is it in the cat’s litter tray? No.

Is it buried in the back garden? No.

Is it under the mattress in my bedroom? No.

Is it in the toilet cistern? No.

I give up. I cannot find it.

But then there is no such switch, just a criminal intent on finding the most gullible people to steal from.

Pathetic.

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July 13, 2019

Time-Wasters Update

An email from info @admunupdate.online claiming to be from my email provider. And that I must verify my account or it will be terminated. Just a dumb scammer.

An email telling me that a new discovery by a doctor will fix my blurry vision, near sightedness, glaucoma, AMD and any other eye related illness. But I must keep this secret (as the email has probably only gone out to 100 million people so far. If not kept secret then the eye care industry will take down the website offering the miracle remedy. This is pathetic in so many ways.

Oh. Gillette has selected me for a new promotional offer. I get to choose the product and it is delivered free of charge and I just tell them what I think of it. Sounds good but it’s a scam. Companies do give away product at times to the public but it’s always in a controlled situation where they or the Marketing company running the promotion have your details and you have been selected as matching the criteria they set. This kind of email is just sent out by the million by scammers and is a con – they just want your personal information to sell to other scammers.

A shipment is due to arrive today but if I’m not home then I just have to click the link and select a new date for delivery or leave instructions on where to drop off the package instead. An obvious con. The scammer relies on enough people expecting a delivery to click the link before they realise it’s a scam. Never click on any link unless you are very sure who sent you the message and that it is genuine. This one is a simple phishing attempt – if you click the link it goes a web page that will ask for your full name and address and contact details.

“Dentists baffled Patented device whitens your teeth in 9 minutes”. Nope – nothing baffling. Teeth whitening kits are basically acidic solutions that strip away the outer layers of your teeth to make them look whiter. The quicker they work – the stronger the solution must be. Better to go to a professional for teeth whitening than risk damaging your teeth permanently with a kit that contains potentially dangerous ingredients.

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July 8, 2019

Revolutionary Drones For Sale

The email is an advert for a revolutionary new drone I.e. flying device with rotors.

“Easily capture mind blowing selfies and videos with this revolutionary drone…”

What distinguishes this from all other drones is “New super foldable drone can provide you with stunning footage at just a fraction of the usual cost and size of any other drone. It’s time to take down those greedy manufacturers”.

Lots of people sell drones from an assortment of manufacturers but what sets this email out from the others as a scam is:-

The email is from diabetesawyer.bid which is obviously intended to be about diabetes and .bid means an auction site. That makes no sense. It is much more likely to be from a scammer and the lazy scammer is just reusing the email address
There is nothing revolutionary about the drone as described
Drones are used in some cases for selfies but very few are bought for that purpose
The phrase “It’s time to take-down those greedy manufacturers” is a typical scammer line and makes no sense as someone has to manufacture these so called revolutionary drones
There is no company name and no price and no warning about responsible use of drones

Always buy from a reputable seller.

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July 7, 2019

Stupidest Scam of the Week Internet Loophole

This is a very strange message titled “Your Time is Now”.

It’s an attempt to get people to click a link – probably that pays the scammer each time it is clicked.

This scammer has chosen the money for nothing approach “You will discover how you can start drawing dollars from a little-known loophole in the Internet”.

This must be wording from some other scam changed to become “a loophole in the Internet” which is a very silly idea.

Then she goes on about making $500 for a few minutes work.

The mail is from knifefasttrack.icu which sounds an unpleasant name.

There is not the slightest reason for anyone with an IQ about that of a slug to believe a single line in the message yet the scammer believes they will.

Crazy.

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July 1, 2019

The Heart Attack Warning Scam

This message is from Heart Attack Defense and that sounds worthwhile but it’s all just a trick to get people to click a link to something where the scammer gets paid by the number of clicks.

This kind of con is used everywhere as the scammers often feel they aren’t really deceiving anyone but just taking advantage of our desire to trust.

However these low level cons add up to a world of mistrust and lies online.

The message uses some facts to promote its fake message.

“The American heart Association notes that a broken heart and stress in general can lead to trouble with your heart, even if you’re otherwise healthy”.

That’s not new information. Everyone knows that emotional trauma such as a relationship breakdown can affect the person’s health.

The message goes on and on trying to worry the reader and then gets to the point “The good news is that there are four weird heart attack specific signs happen before you have a heart attack and the free presentation shows you what to look for”.

That’s to make the reader click that link.

It’s all false of course.

If you are worried about possible heart conditions then talk with your doctor or Google responsible websites for information. Do not trust email messages from unknown people.

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June 30, 2019

Stupidest Scam of the Week The Iraqi Dinar Scam

The Iraqi economy has been in a bad state for a long time and shows little sign yet of recovery.

The current exchange rate is about 1,200 Dinars to the American dollar. But the currency is basically worthless outside of Iraq so the real value on the open market is more like zero.

The scammers offer Iraqi Dinars for sale at cheap prices – “Buy now before the currency rebounds and you can become a millionaire overnight”.

A lot of Americans, in particular, have been targeted for this scam and fallen for it, despite it so obviously being fake.

No-one would sensibly buy Dinars expecting them to rise in value, but some people have suitcases full of the stuff.

The scammers even claim that Donald Trump is investing massively in buying Dinars – all lies of course.

Buying foreign currency of any kind is a risk but buying Iraqi Dinars is just dumb.

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