Tag Archives: Financial Scams
Warning – PayPal Scam Email
There has been a sudden upsurge in scam emails purporting to come from PayPal. These look like a receipt for a bogus payment to various named people. If you get one of these then DON’T CLICK ON THE CANCEL LINK – that’s where the phishing bit is!!!
The emails have the giveaway salutation “dear Paypal member” rather than your real name, but [...]
Thousands Hit by Tax Refund Scam
Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has issued a warning that fraudsters are sending out fake e-mails promising rebates.
An estimated five million people filed their tax returns online last month and now many of them are receiving emails which purport to come from HMRC saying there has been an error in calculating their tax and [...]
Beware – Crooks Exploiting Banking Turmoil
Internet fraudsters are exploiting the banking meltdown by attempting to trick users into handing over details of their bank accounts.
These crooks – called Phishers – set up false websites which look like the websites of real banks and send out emails trying to get people to log on to these sites and by so doing [...]
FSA Warning On New Investor Scams
Investors have been warned to beware of fraudsters targeting former customers of rogue stockbroker Pacific Continental Securities.
The UK Financial Services Authority closed down Pacific Continental Securities in June of 2007. The company had been authorised as a broker for several years but had a turbulent and contentious history. Having done little to police the matter [...]
Beware of Money Transfer Opportunity Scams
Despite having some pretty good anti-spam software hardly a day goes by without at least one spam email reaching my in box offering me a part-time job which involves transferring money through my bank account on behalf of someone else.
I’m sure you get them too, and they are also popping up on the internet under [...]
