[scam] Forum Topics

Or just phishing. Here's the message I received from another Daniweb member. I redacted their name: > It is my pleasure to contact you discreetly as to discuss a mutually beneficial business, I will want to have your trust and to go into partnership investment with you which must be …

There has been a lot of technologies that have brought a significant change in our daily life. Because of the invention of the computer, our life has become so much easier. So here we discuss various technologies that have been kept on improving and will keep on improving.

I got a call from recently from someone claiming to be a Dell tech rep. He said my laptop was reporting multiple errors. Realizing immediately that this was a scam I let him continue while I started a Windows 7 Virtual Machine session. Because I had some free time I …

I just got off the phone. It was an interesting call. It was a technician from Microsoft calling to tell me that my computer had been sending a lot of fault data to Microsoft and that he was going to remote in to fix the problem. First he had me …

My email address, business logo and picture have been hijacked. I have been getting emails from my own email address with my business logo attached offering me a job. Most recently I recieved an email from a meetup group with my email address from a group that I am not …

Hello people! This afternoon I've recieved a phonecall on my main line, not a cell, from scammers (I think they're from Eastern Europe). I've recorded a part of this conversation in which the scammers were warning me about a nonexistant malware in my computer by having me show myself some …

I have some 'interesting' medical problems - someone told me to try homeopathy, that would cure me. Homeopathy is one of the worst scams with the most bizarre process I have ever run across (even more ridiculous than scientology): take a healthy adult and give them increasing doses of a …

Hello guys, I have a query my brother uses hotmail (email primarily). Unfortunately in recent weeks he hasn’t been able to send any email via his hotmail. When he clicks to send new messages below appears: [COLOR="Red"][B]Festive Offers May the light of the holiday season shine brightly in your heart …

Are users becoming more wary of link clicking in email? Are they getting savvy to the tricks of the email phisher? Certainly there is some evidence that the security message is starting to get through to the masses, but not nearly quickly enough to turn the phishing tide in my …