One type of scam email that I frequently find in my spam folder is from scammers who are trying to convince me that I owe them money for the renewal of some type of service. The best option here is just to ignore this message. You will find there are hundreds of other duplicate messages out there. If you are concerned that the message you got is real, I recommend that you copy one or more paragraphs into Google and run a search. The one time I tried to click the link my firewall apps blocked me from downloading the attached file. I am leaving out the link because it leads to malware which will attempt to hack your computer, or so I have been told by experts. Your website or a website that your company hosts is infringing on a copyright-protected images owned by myself.Ĭheck out this document with the links to my images you used at my earlier publications to get the evidence of my copyrights.ĭownload it now and check this out for yourself: (link) The way this scam works is that the scammer will fill out the comment form on your website with a message like: It actually comes through your website’s contact form, but it is nevertheless a scam. The “Your website or a website that your company hosts is infringing on a copyright-protected images” Scam I have since expanded on that original post to include other scams. Note: The original inspiration for this post was a paper letter I received in 2019 from a company that was trying to convince me that I owed them $180 for the cost of hosting my website.
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Here are six different scams that have crossed my desk. I’ve seen scam emails that were almost good enough to fool me, so I have started compiling a list of scams so that everyone would know what to look for.
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While a lot of scam emails have obvious flaws, some are more subtle. Are you worried that that email you just got may be real?