Email scams and exploitation 14 Articles

by Baja Raquel

While seeking investment capital on the Internet for my resort project in Mexico, I have been nailed hard by the scammers. Alibaba.com has proven to be the worst of all sites. On a daily basis I get at least five scam e-...read more

by Delbert Bryant

Just how do you spot the exploitations and schemes on-line from the genuine and legitimate opportunities and offers? ...read more

by Donna Pampalone

Recently I have received some very scary, emails. I am happy to have the opportunity to share them with you here at Helium. Please beware of authenticity of the appearance of these emails. It is often difficult to distin...read more

by Norman A. Rubin

One serious drawback of the Internet and of e-mail is that it made it quite easy for nefarious villains to steal your money and your identity. Time and time again when I coursed the mouse to my e-mail site I would find ...read more

by pixie

I was so outraged today when I opened my email and I found yet again one more internet scammer preying on the hearts and hopes of the innocent people out there. There are so many people that are out there that are just hop...read more

by Frank Ball

SUCKERS On February 1st of this year a friend of mine from myspace sent an email to my yahoo account which said I had been tagged. It was an invite to a new site she had found called tagged. Well I am not sure how new...read more

by Jessica Clay

I had received an e-mail from a person who supposedly worked for a charity in France. I even checked their web site to see if it looked legitimate. They stated that i was one of 100 lucky people that year that was select...read more

by Tsing Tao

E-Garbage, Urban Legends and Miss Information The other day I got an e-mail that was a spoof on those mass e-mailings we all get from time...read more

by Jim1307

Yup, another day has dawned, and with it one can only summarize what wonderful delights will herald the start of my new day, or week. Sometimes every day, or if lady luck would have it, once a week, my world gets hit by...read more

by Rebekah Oakley

It comes down to that point where I would rather pay my bills that write. I would rather pay off the scam that convinced me to buy years worth of magazine subscriptions than sit down at my computer and make up something. I...read more

by Gwen Ochsenbein

"Guaranteed approval" Do you know how many scams on the payday advance, cash advance, blah, blah, blah....are? I counted in my email today 86 of these such emails.I counted in my email today 86 of such emails. All right...read more

by Lesley Aeschliman

There are so many e-mail scams floating around on the internet, that it's not even funny. The biggest one, of course, would be the Nigerian scam. The best known version of this scam is when someone receives a random e-...read more

by Melissa Gaug

I have a new small wedding photography business that I am the owner of, therefore, I was thrilled to get an email stating that a bride wanted to book me for her wedding next month. I was even more thrilled when she said sh...read more

by Teri Anne

I had the pleasure of being scammed out of a lot of money. You may ask me how could I give a stranger money? I didn't give a stranger money. I was too trusting and tried to help him, as his mother was supposedly in Nigeria...read more