The Scam Alert Blog

The FBI recently has reissued an alert regarding three popular internet scams. All of the scams involve targeting victims through email.

The three scams are here.

If you do receive an email from someone you don’t know… no matter how legitimate it sounds, just delete it. Don’t let scammers separate you from your money.

One man actually profited when a scammer attempted to nail him with the your distant relative left you lots of money scam. All he had to do was bring $29,000 to England and the money was his. Turns out, the good guys got the money this time!

There is an oldie but a goodie (baddie?) online scam out there where someone buys something online and overpays for it with a check or (later to be found out, fake) money order. They then ask for the item and the difference in price (change) sent back to them. Of course, then the check or money order turn out to be bad or fake.

Someone struck again in Pocatello, Idaho

Please remember that if someone can pay you for an item, they can pay you the correct amount. If they say they already have a check or money order made out for a different amount, ask them to get a new one for the correct amount. Protect yourself from scammers like this.