Welcome The place to start to learn about AFI.
Welcome - How AFI works
Read the stickies first please.
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Is this a scam?
Got a strange e-mail? Post it here and our expert team will look it over for you.
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General Information
Information related to scams.
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General Scam formats
What they look like. Compare it with your e-mail.
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Alerts!
These are important!
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History of internet fraud
How it started, how it worked
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Useful Things
Good things to have on your computer and good things to know about.
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Questions or Technical Problems
We will have them. if you have one, post it here.
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Thank You!
We do get thanks, sometimes,
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Scam Mail Depot If it's here it's a scam.
Adoption scams
There is no child to adopt. These are scam emails.
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Airport inspectors
No, they don't work in an airport and there's no trunk box full of money
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Animal Scams
Scam emails about pets and animals, not scam for animals. Down, C.S.
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ATM Card Scams
No, you did not obtain an ATM card from anyone. You got a scam email.
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Banking scams
Dodgy email? It's a criminal. It's not a banker.
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Business Scams
A scammer does not want your business but he does want your money.
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Central Bank of Nigeria scams
Yes there is a CBN and no, you did NOT receive an email from them.
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Church and Charity scams
You did not receive a donation from a church or charity. You got a scam e-mail.
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Commodity Scams
Whatever it is you can't buy it or sell it because it doesn't exist.
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Compensation Scams
Did your business partner offer you some compensation money? That's a scam!
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Conference scams
It's not a real conference invitation. It's a scam
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Debt collection scams
Don't send your credit card number to these people.
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Delivery Company scams
No you don't have a package with a delivery company but you do have a scam email
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Diplomat scams
No, that person is NOT a diplomat, and this isn't what diplomats do
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Dying persons
No one is dying. You got a scam email
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Electronics and Phone Scams
You could pay a lot of money and get nothing because these are scam emails and forum posts.
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Employment scams
Sorry, it's not a real job offer. It's a scam email.
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Extortion scams
Just your money, not your life.
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Former Public Officials
They have had that job once but not any more.
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Funeral notice scams
No one died and do NOT click on that link.
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Government scams
No, that person is not from a government. It's a scam email.
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Internet Sales scam
If it looks to good to be true it IS too good to be true.
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Legal counsel scams
No it is not a collection job, it's a email from a criminal.
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Legal notice scams
No it is NOT real. Just delete it and don't open that zip file
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Loan Scams
If it's here, it's a scam. It is not a real loan offer.
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Lottery Scams
No, you did NOT win a lottery. You got a scam email.
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Military scams
Scammers pretending to be military personnel. It's a scam email.
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Miscellaneous
Examples of other kinds of scam e-mails.
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Money Transfer Scams
You are not dealing with W.U. or M.G. You got an email from a criminal
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Mystery Shopper
Sorry it isn't real. It's a fake check scam format.
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Next of Kin
Not related? You can't be the next of kin no matter what.
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Orphans
No you did not get an email from some poor orphan kid. You got a scam mail
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Phishing
It's a phishing mail. Please don't click on links or open attachments.
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Product purchase scams
They aren't interested in buying anything from you. It's a scam email
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Real Estate scams
It's still a fake check even if it's in escrow...
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Recovery scams
No, they will not recover money that you may have lost.
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Refugee scams
Examples of scam e-mails from orphans, etc. living in refugee camps.
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Representative (fake check) Scams
Scammers are not looking for a representative in your country. They just want to send you a fake check.
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Romance Scammers
Don't you just love them? NOT! Yes, they are scam emails.
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Scammer 2 Scammer
What scammers talk about with each other.
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Spellcaster Scams
Magic will not solve your problems and neither will these scammers
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Stranded Traveler Scams
No one travelled and you can't help
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Widows
Nope. Not an email from a widow. It's an email from a criminal.
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The Little (Photo)Shop of Horrors Pictures and documents that scammers use.
Name that Scammer!
Look mom! I'm a scammer. This is my new home!
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419 means jail time
These folks played the game. They lost.
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Photos used by scammers
They use them, but the photos are not the real scammer.
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Miscellaneous photos
Scammers use these photos to steal your money.
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Name that Spammer!
They want to spam here so we'll give them some fame
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News of the (Scam) World! All the news that fits, and media resources.
Asian scam news
News items from Asia
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African scam news
News items from Africa.
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North American scam news
News items from the U.S. and Canada.
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Latin American scam news
News items from Latin America.
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Pacific scam news
News items from Australia, New Zealand, etc.
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General scam news
News items that don't fit anywhere else.
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Fake! Fake! Fake! Fake businesses and banks.
Fake Companies and Banks
For known fake companies and banks.
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Host server fake websites
Servers hosting fake websites
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Fight Back! You don't have to take it from the scammers!
Tell your story!
Been scammed? Want to tell how it happened? This is the place.
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Audio and video
People fight back against the scammers with publicity.
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Miscellaneous
Some other things you can do to fight back.
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Fun and Games It's not all serious business. When you need a laugh, this is a good place.
Anything goes
Off topic fun here. Keep it nice please.
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日本語 Japanese
Русски Russian
Это жульничество?
Место для информации о жульничестве форматирует и для Вас, чтобы объявить письмо жульничества, если Вы не уверены
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Скажите вашу историю
Место, чтобы сообщить вашу историю если вас были жертвой жульничества
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Новости
Новости и информация.
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Полезные ресурсы
другие вебсайты Вы можете пойти в для помощи или помощи
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العربي Arabic
مرحبـا
الرئيسي: مرحبـا Welcome!
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هل هذا غش؟
مكان للحصول على معلومات عن أشكال الغش ولمن يـريـد إرسال رسالة غش إذا ليسوا متأكدين Is this a scam?
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عينه من بريد
مغشوش Sample scam mail
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الصوت والصورة
الصوت والصورة Audio and video
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!مزورة! مزورة! مزو
!مزورة! مزورة! مزورة! Fake! Fake! Fake!
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الأخبار
أي أخبار غش جيدة أو سيئة ، ولا سيما بالعربية Scam news, good or bad. We hope they are good.
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الموارد
( مـواقع أخرى يمكن للناس الذهاب إليها المساعدة أو الإحـاطـة. Other websites you can go to for help or assistance
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한국어 Korean
Español Foros en Español
Es esto una estafa?
Un sitio de información acerca de las clases de estafadores y para que usted pueda pegar una carta si no esta seguro si es o no una estafa.
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Noticias
Cualquier noticia de nuevas estafas
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Defiendete!
Cosas que puedes hacer para defenderte de los estafadores.
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Français
Est-ce que c'est un scam ?
Un endroit pour des informations sur des formats de scams. Vous pouvez signaler un email de scam si vous n'êtes pas certain.
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Nouvelles
Toutes histoires de nouvelles de scam.
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Português
É este um fraude?
Um lugar para a informação sobre formatos do scam e para que você afixe uma letra do scam se você não for certo.
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Notícias
Algum histórias da notÃcia do scam.
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Deutsch
Ist es Betrug?
Hier können Sie E-mails posten, über deren Bedeutung Sie sich nicht sicher sind.
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Nachrichten
Hier können aktuelle Meldungen über Internetbetrug veröffentlicht werden
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Polski
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Nederlands
Is dit oplichting? Een e-mail zwendel?
Een plaats waar je informatie kunt krijgen over zwendel e-mail en je deze e-mails kunt posten
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Italiano
Scammer Centrale
I campioni di truffa e-mail che riceviamo
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News
News a proposito di truffe, buono o cattivo
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