Posts Tagged ‘scam’

Firefox for only $37.95?

SiteAdvisor has an interesting article up on a scam where a site makes people pay to download Firefox. As much as $37.95!
I’ll let you all in on a little secret. For the next 30 x 6.022 x 1023 days, you can get Firefox completely FREE! No ads, no spyware, and no spam! [...]

E-mail STD Hoax… coming to your inbox soon

Why does this just seem to be asking for a hoax to be created? Do people think at all before coming up with these ideas?
I can see it now [the following simulation email is purely fictional and has not to my knowledge been used]:

Hello,
I am writing to you today from the Los Angeles County [...]