Tag Archive: scam

Justice Prevails: Scammers Finally Get Their Comeuppance

About 2 and a half years ago, I wrote a post exposing a series of e-book scams that were plaguing the Internet. These scams all had the same claim, that a few mere grocery items would help cure various diseases. That led to a series of followup posts and email from people expressing their thanks…

eHarmony needs to be declared a terrorist state and eradicated from existence.

I know I’ve bashed eHarmony before, but this is the last and final time. Maybe. For this last attempt and latest attempt in the world of online dating, I signed up for a discount special where I “only” have to pay $20 a month for 3 months. It was cheap enough that I figured what…

Update on Natural Cures Scam (Traced to Singapore?)

A while back I dissected a series of scam sites that were touting natural cures for a variety of illnesses that involved using nothing more than grocery items. The scammer was using quite a few different aliases (male and female) and even now his real identity remains a mystery. I received an email though that…

Why is an internet radio station sending me a tax refund?

Got this in my inbox from the “IRS”: After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $93.60. Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 6-9 days in order to process it. A refund can be delayed for a variety…

A Bear of a Controversy

Last October I entered a link building contest for Pink Internet Marketing, where the winning prize was a cute, fluffy bear. Amazingly enough I won the contest, and after Danielle emailed me to let me know I won, I sent her my address, though I left my name out for the sake of privacy. After…

Update on GERD Scams

I updated my GERD, Shingles and Ulcers Scam post with some new information I received from readers. It’s amazing just how many of these sites are out there… maybe hundreds, and all being perpetrated by just one person too. There’s no way to keep track of them all, other than to just exercise some common…

Natural Cure For Shingles – Or Not

Previously, I wrote a post pointing out several suspicious sites that were offering natural cures for shingles, GERD, ulcers and genital warts, all written by the same person. It was ranking pretty well on Google for about a week or so, and then suddenly my rankings vanished. I couldn’t find it anywhere on Google, no…

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