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I had a new email scam land in my inbox yesterday. it was very reminiscent of the Fashion Nova email scam. It was suggesting a collaboration and promising large payouts. The sender The email was sent from DEBORAH YEH SEPHORA The email address is: sephora.empowerment.sephora@gmail.com Did you see it’s a Gmail not at Sephora.com So you know that’s a fake […]
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My mom has an interesting piece of mail today. She was sent a scam letter. The letter was very reminiscent of the old inheritance scams from a few years back. Where people reached out to you because you had a similar last name to a person who had recently died. Then they would ask you to claim the money for
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The Bitcoin scam is back and now the scammers are targeting wesites and their contact pages.
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The Bitcoin scam is back and now it’s targeting websites Continue reading
I was checking my email through my hosting provider recently and came across this rather interesting email. I think it’s along the lines of a charity scam but I can’t be fully certain. the email The sender The email was sent from the Government of South Sudan the email was to be returned to the following address: info@rssdcgov.com. This caught
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I happened to be checking my email via my hosting provider recently and I found a very interesting possible scam email. It’s very similar to older emails that would catch the reader’s attention and may cause someone to email them back. This would initiate a conversation that would eventually ask for money or some monetary investment. The email The sender
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I had an interesting call today. It was an automated call stating there was an issue with my Google Business listing. The funny thing is that I don’t use Google business listing because Life with Pal doesn’t have a storefront location. The Caller and call The call was from the following number 928-735-3138. Which by the area code is an
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There seems to be a new scam email claiming you’re the winner of a Temu Pallet. Doesn’t that sound a little fishy to anyone else? I’ve had 3 this week alone. This is the first time I’m seeing the emails so I assume it’s a new phishing scam. The senders I’ve had 3 in total over the last week. But
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I thought I’d make a compilation of a few scam collaboration emails I’ve had over the past week or so. I know these seem silly but it’s worth sharing. So many people are getting into content creation that it’s hard to keep track of what’s real and what’s not. There are always things to consider prior to replying to the
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It seems that the lottery winner giving money away via social media is back again. Granted it never really went away but it died down. I was followed by a woman claiming to be a Mega Millions Lottery winner from Edison New Jersey. The scam Many of these profiles claim that they will send you X amount of money via
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With everyone using Social media these days you may be contacted by many folks. Every platform has messaging. Instagram has direct messaging. Well, I had an interesting DM today. I was added to a bulk message via Instagram. The thing is the person was sending out random DM’s offering a job. Job offers aren’t anything new but this offer didn’t
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Levi’s vector image source Vectorseek. Over the weekend I had a new collab request email. The email was sent to my old Reviews and Savings Pal email address. I still get a number of emails there asking for content creation or collaborations or even reviews. But this one was a bit different. It claimed to be from Levi’s.
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There seems to be a new or newer scam hitting social media. it tends to focus on the charitable side. Granted many scams on social media aren’t new but they do change or even evolve over time.
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We’ve all seen news reports or even social media posts sharing about job scams. Well, it seems they are on the rise again. I think we are all familiar with the common ones that are for secret shoppers or work-from-home offers that sound too good to be true. I was scrolling through Tiktok the other day and saw a woman’s
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We all know donations scam calls aren’t new. But lately, it seems they have gotten a bit more sophisticated. They are also using 1-800 numbers and many sound legitimate. But it’s always better to do some research before donating. If the caller is demanding or rushed ask questions about the charity. Especially if it’s not one you are familiar with.
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As we know scams via social media aren’t new. But there appears to be one that is hitting YouTube. This new scam makes it look like you are being contacted by Youtube. Again these types of scams aren’t new but this one has many people fooled. I happened to learn about it over the weekend and figured I’d share it
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Well, it looks like there are more scams claiming to give you prizes or gifts from the clothing brand Shein going around social media. I was tagged on Instagram again in one of these scams twice this week.
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It’s been busy with possible scams. I had two this week alone. I know I sound the alarm on these often but these are worth sharing. I had a possible phone charity scam and a rather authentic-looking banking phishing scam.
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It seems random tagging giveaways are back again on Instagram. These aren’t anything new but they can be a bit suspicious. If you haven’t entered a giveaway how can you win a random prize?
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I had another call from the National Police and Troopers Association today. This time it was from a California area code. Please remember that many Law Enforcement agencies don’t call asking for donations. You can always contact your local police or sheriff’s department and ask about these types of calls.
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I had a rather authentic-looking text today. Scam texts aren’t anything new these days. But I will point out that this one did look a bit more legit than a typical scam text. This text claimed to be from Amazon and was sending out an OTP (One-time password or code). Of course, when I saw the text message I could
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I’ve had a few calls on my cellphone from a number listed as National Police and Trooper Association. I found this a bit suspicious because as far as I know, many law enforcement agencies don’t ask for donations. I had a call today from the same association but they didn’t leave a message.
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I had the hardship loan phone call again this week. It seems that 2023 is still the year for this scam. For those of you who it’s a robocall stating you have been approved for a loan up to 37 thousand dollars. Doesn’t that sound odd to anyone else? I thought so too especially since I haven’t applied for any
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I had a new fake follower on Instagram today. The screen name claimed to be a charity. When I read the bio it shared that it was created by a 2019 New Jersey lottery winner. I had heard of this scam in the past. I think I may have posted about it as well. Still, it seems this needs to
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Earlier this week I had a very random direct message via one of my Instagram accounts.
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Being a content creator I tend to have a lot of emails offering me partnerships for my Youtube channel or even general affiliate or promotional advertising offers. These are all great but I’ve come to find that most are scams. How can this be? If you check the email addresses and read the emails you might find some red flags.
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A few weeks ago I shared about a fake fashion nova collaboration email making the rounds. Well, the email is back again. I’ve had 3 this week so far. The recent emails were sent from a Gmail account. fashionnovacollaboration551@gmail.com The text from the recent scam is below: We @fashionnova are launching our newest clothing brand @fashionnova. We noticed you have
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I’ve come across a few interesting posts lately via Instagram. As you all know if i suspect it’s a scam I’ll share it. That’s the case for today’s post.
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It looks like there is a possible scam making the rounds via Twitter. It involves Bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency. I don’t know if this will be trending via other social media networks but it might in the coming weeks.
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Updated 11/9/2022: include a video post featuring a few phone calls. Video added in the center of the post. Updated 8/1/2022 to add a follow-up call from Marcus. I had a very odd and somewhat fishy-sounding message left on my cellphone earlier today. It was in regards to a hardship loan. First off I have no idea why the number
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Last week I was watching a video update from Creator Insiders (YouTube creator’s info channel). So I left a comment. Well, a few hours later I had a comment from someone suggesting I DM them on Telegraph. I don’t use the Telegraph app. For those of you who don’t know what Telegraph is it’s a messaging app. So basically it’s
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It looks like gift card scams are back on Instagram. These aren’t new I’ve shared about previous scams which had similar posts. Unlike winning the latest smartphone these are usually gift cards for large amounts. The one I was tagged for stated I’d won a $750 USD gift card to Starbucks. If you encounter this take a minute to think
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There seem to be a few different types of Collaboration or Content Creation emails going around lately. I recently shared one that claimed to be the fashion brand, Fashion Nova. That being said I’m always a bit wary of these types of requests because many come from companies I’m not familiar with. Or they are from overseas companies. Some may
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I’ve shared about this a few times in the past but I never get tired of repeating this. All social media verification is free. At least from what I’ve read. You don’t need to pay hundreds or in some cases thousands of dollars to have your social media verified. Now that I’ve got that out of the way let’s get
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It looks like the iCloud scam is back again. Yes, it’s not a new scam but this time I had a new scam version. I had a text message. My previous encounters with the iCloud scam were with automated phone calls.
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UPDATE 3/9/2022: Since my original post I’ve been contacted by another IG profile sharing I’d won an iPhone again. It’s the same tactic but using a different promo profile to claim the prize. Well just like the iPhone giveaway scams have made their rounds on Facebook It looks like Instagram is the next target. I’m not surprised since they are
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All links shared in this post were found via an online search. Okay, this should be common sense but please don’t send your Paypal, Cashapp, or other peer-to-peer payment info to strangers. Yes, I know there are valid social media giveaways via Twitter where people have been gifted cash from celebrities to select peer-to-peer payment options. I know Cashapp had
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I’ve been having this spam/scam survey request pop up for the last few weeks in my email inbox. It seems to be enticing because it asks about your Pfizer treatment. The email is not from Pfizer nor is it from Moderna. There were a few of these emails but they are the same basic premise.
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For the last two days, I’ve been seeing this email scam. This may not be new but it does look very legit. I’ve had a number of these scam emails land in my inbox lately.
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For the last two days, I’ve been sent two very odd and rather suspicious emails. They are direct and sent from a generic or auto-generated email address from an email marketing service. Being that the content was a bit suspicious I thought I’d share it with all you readers.
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All links shared were found via a Google search. Sources are cited in the post. I had an interesting email today. I thought I’d share it with all of you. As we know job scams are always something to look out for. I think I had a job offer for cryptocurrency mining via an app today.
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All links provided were found via a Google search. Sources are listed near the link. I’ve noticed a rise in brands/companies direct messaging me via social media mainly on Instagram. This isn’t anything new but some of these requests can seem odd. Most ambassador requests have been direct messaged to me via someone claiming to be a brand recruiter or
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In the past, I’ve shared about social media marketing tactics and spam. Well, it seems there is a new way marketing sites are trying to get your money. You may be asking how? Well, I’ll tell you sites are charging to help you become verified on social media platforms. I will admit this isn’t a new practice but it seems
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All info shared was found via a Google search. You can visit the links provided to read more details about the topic shared in this post. I tend to have my fair share of job offers via emails. Most are from job boards I sign up for. Others are the typical spam of work with us and we’ll pay you
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Remember when I mentioned I was threatened with a lawsuit a few weeks ago? If you don’t you can read the post here. Well it looks like I was right all along. The website that harrassed to threaten me is now down. I’ve been monitoring their progress since this whole thing started. Now that the sites not available I’ll share
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