Pat Gaudette

‘Scams & Spam’

A few days ago I wrote about the email I received from “Amazon.com” regarding an order placed with them. Of course the email wasn’t really from Amazon although I’ve ordered from them in the past month. Today this email came in, cancelling my order: Read more »

Like millions of other online shoppers, I buy from Amazon.com. So, receiving an email confirming an order doesn’t set off any red flags… except when the email is sent to an email address that I don’t use for online shopping. Read more »

Who thinks these scams up?! Really! Do I even need to say that the attachment that came with this email was deleted by my anti-virus program? Read more »

First of all, who in the U.S. has ever heard of a “Tax Commissar”? And, secondly, who in the U.S., in the past couple of years, has actually made enough money to move to a higher tax bracket?

So far today, I’ve received three of these emails. The link (which I’ve left out of the email), goes to the domain “rep073or.kr” or a variation thereof. Read more »

I just got this email from “VISA” regarding my VISA card: Read more »

Every year I get  Directory Listing Order Form “invoices” in the mail that, if I was working in a large corporation’s accounting office, might get paid if I didn’t take the time to read the fine print. The mailings appear to be billings for my current yellow pages listing. They are frauds or what I term “spam scams”. Read more »

Let’s see… she is dying, bedridden, and has scheming family members monitoring her every move yet she is able to send me a lengthy email and stay in daily contact with her lawyer, the man I should immediately contact and develop a “confidential and Cordial relationship” with? Sounds legitimate to me!

Dearly Beloved,

I am Lady Ruth Davies suffering from cancerous ailment. I am married to Sir William Davies,a shipping tycoon notable for his great wealth, influential extended family, and charitable activities all his life before his death. Our life together as man and wife lasted for three decades without child. My husband died after a protracted illness in April 17, 2007. Read more »

This is the first email I’ve received regarding my AOL IM account — which I don’t have. No doubt plenty of people will be clicking through the bogus link in the email.

Dear AOL Instant Messenger user,

Your AIM account is flagged as inactive. Within the following 72 hours it’ll be deleted from the system.

If you plan to use this account in the future, you have to download and launch the latest update for the AIM. This update is critical.

In order to install the update use the following link. This link is generated exclusively for your account and is available within a certain period of time. As soon as this link is not available anymore you will get another letter.

Thank you,
AIM Service Team

This e-mail has been sent from an e-mail address that is not monitored. Please do not reply to this message. We are unable to respond to any replies.

The link in the email goes to the domain oijeazxcom.pl not AOL.