Browsing all posts tagged with scam.
Saturday, January 21st, 2012, in
Random ThoughtsBefore I dive into this… you should read this Wired article from a couple years ago about Yelp and some “fraud allegations.” Article Here Very short version is that Yelp was being accused (by many) of strong-arming small businesses into paying up to bury negative reviews and “favorite” positive ones to get a better overall review on the service. Those are some pretty serious allegations for a site that is supposed to be user driven [...]
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010, in
Random ThoughtsSorry, I just don’t consider any sort of scammer (Nigerian or otherwise) an actual organism… but they are evolving none-the-less. Not too long ago I reported about just another sad attempt of someone trying to scam me out of something on Craigslist. It was a quite sad and pathetic attempt (to me) – though I feel like there are many that would likely follow through with it and lose out… Anyway, I was again the [...]
Friday, May 21st, 2010, in
Nerdy ThingsGot this in my spam box: ACCEPT MY APOLOGIES AND HELP ME. My Dear One, I am LINDA LEVIS, 22 years old and I have lost my parents. Please help me to invest the money my late father left for me and also help me come over to your country to continue my education. The money is $6,500,000.00 USD and it is still in the bank. I promise to give you 15% if you can [...]
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010, in
Random ThoughtsCraigslist scammers. Fucking scammers. It used to be pretty easy to tell if it was a scammer – they’d come right out and ask if you would ship it to their brother or sister in Africa working with the Red Cross. Riiiight. DELETED! Then they changed a little. They would send an email and ask if you still have something because they’re interested. Of course you’re going to reply b/c it could be totally legit. [...]
