Category Archives: Scams

Ryanair “Low-Cost Bus” not low-cost at all

Posted on 6 April 2013 by

When booking a ticket for a flight with Ryanair, they will try to sell you health insurance, suitcases, ski equipment and text messages, all of them at an extra charge of course. The booking process is tedious (which other company … Continue reading →

Posted in Lithuania, Scams, Travel | Tagged , , | 9 Comments

What did Jérôme Kerviel do wrong?

Posted on 24 October 2012 by

Today, an Appeals Court in France upheld the conviction of Jérôme Kerviel, a former trader with the French bank Société Générale, sentenced him to serve time in prison and ordered him – rather symbolically I assume – to pay 4.9 billion … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, France, Law, Scams | Tagged , | 5 Comments

Scammers are getting lazy

Posted on 26 July 2012 by

What is happening with the scammers? They used to be creative, posing as Nigerian princesses, lawyers of deposed dictators or US soldiers who stumbled across Saddam Hussein’s treasure of gold. But now they seem to have become rather lazy, as … Continue reading →

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How to spot fake immigration advice

Posted on 4 March 2012 by

Immigration advice is a big business. Millions of people want to emigrate every year and seek out lawyers, attorneys and other immigration advisers. How can you tell a competent adviser from a fake one? I will have more on that … Continue reading →

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This scammer watched “Three Kings” too often.

Posted on 11 April 2011 by

Scammers seem to be shifting from Africa to the Middle East. After I was recently contacted by “the attorney of Hosni Mubarak”, I received the following, purportedly from Iraq: From: “SGT DALE KING” Sent: Mo, 28.03.2011, 23:13 Subject: From; Sgt. … Continue reading →

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Auch Scammer sehen Nachrichten.

Posted on 15 February 2011 by

Auch Scammer und Spammer verfolgen die aktuellen Entwicklungen im Nahen Osten offenbar genaustens. Nur wenige Tage nach dem Sturz Hosni Mubaraks in Ägypten erhielt ich heute diese e-mail: From: Herr Omar Sam [vincenteelena@aim.com] Sent: 15 February 2011 07:11 Subject: Dringend … Continue reading →

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