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Scammers are sending McAfee scam invoices like the one below to potential victims. The scammers aim to frighten and trick their potential victims into calling the fake Mcafee customer or technical support telephone number in the email. Therefore, recipients of the fake McAfee are asked to delete it and should not call the fake McAfee technical supp...

Scammers are using the telephone number 866-446-6319 to trick potential victims into contacting them. The scammers send out fake PayPal emails to potential victims claiming there is a fraudulent charge on their accounts and ask them to call the fake customer service telephone number for help. If contacted, the scammers will pretend to be PayPal cus...

I received the text below, which appears to have been sent from Royal Mail. The link in the text goes to the website ryml.me, which is owned by Royal Mail. But, I want to be sure that the text is not a scam. The text message came from telephone number 769256245....

It seems that the Flash Rewards system is a scam. They have promotional deals that you complete in order to get a gift card. The scam is, they say you must complete X number of deals in a specified timeframe (ie 20 days). It's fast to complete deals, but they don't credit you right away. It may take a week or more to get credited. And, you ...

There is no "Samsung Mobile Promo Draw" lottery. Therefore, the email message below, which claims that the recipients are lucky winners of the Samsung Mobile Promo Draw, is a scam that is being sent by lottery scammers to their potential victims. Therefore, recipients of the fake email message should not respond to it or follow the instru...

The International Parcel / FIPS Service text parcel notifications below are fakes. The fake messages, which claim the recipient's parcel has been stopped for unpaid customs fees, are scams created by cybercriminals to steal their potential victims' personal and financial information. Therefore, recipients of the same text messages are asked...

I received unauthorized charges of $23.99 from "VTSUP.COM*VELVET SUN - AMSTERDAM NL" and "vtsup.com CH-TE" but I never ordered anything online. I do not know who the company is and never authorized any transactions. The transactions are from adult websites, which is not my cup of tea. After doing from research I found out that v...

Beware of deceitful Facebook users who are posting pictures of sick, starving, dead and injured children, adults or animals on Facebook, to trick other Facebook users into commenting on them by typing "Amen," in order to make them popular. This type of activity is another Like-Farming scam, and the photos or videos in them are being used ...

Online users are receiving Facebook, donation, and social security and bank telephone scam calls from a 951 area code. Please see the comments below. If you have received calls from area code 951, please share experiences by leaving a comment below. Area code 951 is a toll-free area code reserved for future use in the United States and Canada, but ...

If you receive Financial Assistance Department emails like the one below asking you to call 833.890.2982, 833.877.3144, 833.877.2938, 833.877.3009, 833.877.1796, 833.877.1903, 833.877.1958, 833-877-1702, 833-616-0563, 833-286-8702, 833-714-6238, 833-528-2121, 833.652.2377, 855-536-2749, 855-816-4103, 855.931.6463, 833-674-2425, 85‎5-7‎8‎3-765‎8, 8‎...

There is no "Apple 2018 10th Anniversary Charity Gift Promotions" that is giving away thousands or millions of dollars. Therefore, the email message below, which claims that the recipients are lottery winners in the same so-called lottery or promotion, is a scam. The email message was NOT sent by Apple, but by cyber-criminals/scammers who...

I want to know if Jovic Freeman and Partners Firm (jovicfreemanllp.com) in Canada is a legit law firm or a scam. I searched for the law firm at the Canadian Bar Association's website at www.cba.org, but I did not find it. If you have any information about the newly created Jovic Freeman and Partners website, please leave it in a comment below....