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		<title>More Spam than Scam, but still&#8230;.</title>
		<link>https://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2017/12/more-spam-than-scam-but-still/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2017 16:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Classiified Ads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Craigslist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Email Scams]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been selling cars and motorbikes recently on CraigsList and have noticed a pattern &#8211; someone replies to the ad expressing interest and asking all the right kind of questions, but always include &#8216;Do you have a VIN report on the {vehicle}?&#8217;. A fair enough question, but when you reply in the negative, they quickly [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Scamdex Data used in Research &#8211; if only they&#8217;d asked!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mxw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2017 16:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Email Scams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phishing]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[So a routine search turned up a little Research Paper from the University of Nebraska in Omaha. Trends in Phishing Attacks: Suggestions for Future Research (2011) &#124; Ryan M. Schuetzler &#124; University of Nebraska at Omaha, rschuetzler@unomaha.edu While I&#8217;m flattered by being used as a creditable source, I am upset that they: Used the Scamdex Email [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>An Alternative to Annoying Ads (Is there one?)</title>
		<link>https://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2017/03/an-alternative-to-annoying-ads/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mxw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2017 17:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lotteries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ad-supported]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I often have brilliant ideas (for websites) while trying to get back to sleep in the early hours of the morning. If I can still remember them I do a little research, only to discover that the idea has been done, and often done to death and there is now a website listing all the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Scam Of The Week: FTC Refund Phishing Phraud</title>
		<link>https://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2016/08/1020/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mxw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2016 15:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Phishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phone scams]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Scam Of The Week: FTC Refund Phishing Phraud Warn your employees, friends and family Hi, There is a new Scam Of The Week where bad guys are trying to trick people into clicking on phishing links to receive an FTC refund, with the twist that the refund is actually real. The FTC first took action [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Voice Message Notification Email Warning Could Be Ransomware</title>
		<link>https://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2016/08/1018/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mxw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2016 15:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Email Scams]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Voice Message Notification Email Warning Could Be Ransomware Don&#8217;t play voice mail messages from suspicious sources. Xavier Mertens at the SANS Internet Storm Center: &#8220;Bad guys need to constantly find new ways to lure their victims. If billing notifications were very common for a while, not all people in a company are working with such [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Is it Polish? No &#8211; it&#8217;s a Czech Scam!</title>
		<link>https://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2016/04/is-it-polish-no-its-a-czech-scam/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mxw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2016 17:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Advance Fee Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banking]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I would say that 99% of all the scams I see are in English. A smattering of French, Russian and German, even occasionally Italian and Spanish. I have no way of identifying character-based languages (Japanese, Chinese) but I try. This is a new one for me &#8211; I first assumed it was Polish, but Google [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>100 Days of Scams &#8211; Dying Woman&#8217;s Charitable Bequest</title>
		<link>https://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2016/02/100-days-of-scams-dying-womans-charitable-bequest/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mxw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Email Scams]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A heart-rending plea from a dying woman for you to take her life savings and distribute them (keeping 30% for yourself). Uses a valid news source to provide veracity. The scam is a simple enough Advance Fee Fraud (aka AFF or 419 scam). Before you see a cent of the $20 mission, you will have [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>100 Days of Scams &#8211; Mystery Consignment Box</title>
		<link>https://www.scamdex.com/ScamBlog/2016/02/100-days-of-scams-mystery-consignment-box/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mxw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2016 19:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Advance Fee Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Email Scams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money laundering]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[So, you&#8217;ve been contacted by a senior officer at JFK about an abandoned diplomatic consignment box, containing (approx) $12.5 M, which for some unknown reason has your name on it. Unlikely as that seems, they want to send the box on to you, but there&#8217;s a couple of trifling details &#8211; a &#8216;clearance&#8217; fee of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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