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According to this message, which purports to be from lottery winner John Liappas, you have been ‘chosen by God’ to receive a cash don

This story was first published on June 24, 2010 Outline: Messages circulating via Facebook, SMS and email claim that seven women have died after

Outline: Email purporting to be from DHL Express claims that the company could not deliver your parcel because the delivery address could not be

This story was first published on December 2, 2013 Outline Circulating rumours claim that the local council in the small north Queensland tow

The Classic Lotto scam email shown below claims that the recipient has won money in an international lottery. The email is an attempt to initiate

Back in 2008, I published an article about an  email hoax that falsely claimed  that “Brutus”, a military K9, was awarded the “

Hoaxes tend to mutate as they make their way around the interwebs. And, often, some helpful prankster will combine two or more previous hoaxes in

If you sell on Amazon, keep an eye out for a fraudulent email that claims that there is a balance due on your Amazon seller account.   (a

This story was first published on December 19, 2006 According to a message that began circulating  via email more than a decade ago, a young man

Outline: Message warns that a person named Christopher Butterfield is a hacker and that simply accepting a friend request from him will allow him