“This is the biggest turning point in the fight against Alzheimer’s” is a sales pitch for a supposed cure for Alzheimer’s. This is very cruel as there is currently no cure for the disease and the scammer’s email claims his cure only takes 28 days. Science has known for some time that dementia (including Alzheimer’s) causes permanent degradation of the brain and current treatments can slow the loss but not stop or reverse it. Emails claiming magic remedies for Alzheimer’s are always fake.   

“Doctors are stunned as forgotten study exposes cause of toenail fungus”. This is the usual scammers message and it goes on to claim a new magic trick can get rid of the fungus in a few seconds. However, the cause of toenail fungus is well known – it’s just a fungus that’s in the air and can get into nails and cause problems. The fungus doesn’t just sit on the nails it gets into the nails which is why it takes a lot of effort to get rid of it thoroughly. There is no magic answer – just regular treatment with anti-fungals until it eventually dissipates.

Mr. Okrapah Ajdei says he looking for manufacturing, trading or exporting companies to partner with.  He wants to sell our products to the government of Ghana. Nope – just a scammer looking to find desperate idiots as anyone who replies to his email must be that.

A quotation request arrives from Husam Al-Sanhilie. He is on the International Procurement committee – part of the Supreme Committee for Legacy and Delivery for the Qatar 2022 FIFA world cup. He wants us to tender for supply of assorted products and services for the World Cup.  This is the start of a long winded and stupid scam. The sender uses a Gmail address so is not an official of any kind – just a scammer. The whole thing is obviously rubbish.

An email arrives that says it from admin@ “the radio station” (i.e. our email address). It’s just an advert for athletic clothing but the scammer has gone to the trouble of spoofing the radio station email address i.e. changing the email header information so that it appears to be from the radio station. Most scammers use this technique to get through spam filters especially with phishing emails but this one is just a rubbish ad for gym stuff. We all have to beware of emails that appear to have come from our own organisation or someone we know, but the truth is that people can make the email sender appear to be anything they want.

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