Yesterday I received an email from Spotify for Artists that was titled "A curator is waiting for you!"The only communication I typically receive from Spotify consists of the monthly reports and issues, as well as the occasional notification of the "your music is scheduled for release" kind.This was something new. I clicked to take a look. The content of the email read as … [Read more...]
The Musterbation-Blackmail Scam
The other day, my girlfriend received the following bullying letter from the address [email protected]. First of all, since you happen to be reading this, there is a great chance you've received the same and may be worried.Calm down. This is a 100% scam. That's crystal clear from the fourth-from-the-end paragraph. If they had some recording in reality, especially since … [Read more...]
DVLA “vehicle is no longer taxed” Phishing Scam Email
My girlfriend today received an email allegedly coming from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) of the United Kingdom. It was titled "something went wrong" and prompted to tax some untaxed vehicle.The sender's email ([email protected]), as well as the letter's general awful grammar and shabby composition, would have betrayed that it was a phishing scam if that … [Read more...]
A Scam from Benin – Scam Prank for a Good Laugh
Few things I find as amusing as a good scam baiting operation. The other day, I ran into one of the stupidest scams ever, but which turned out to be one of my funniest correspondences with scammers as well. I won't go into details about the scam itself in this introduction, as it hardly made any sense at all, but I will embed below the entire dialogue I exchanged with that … [Read more...]
