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Since you don't have a PayPal account you are probably safe as long as you don't click any links or provide information. This is either a phishing attempt or a wrong number. You should just do routine …

This is most assuredly a scam. You should stop contact with this person and you should not spend any money on the website. You are being set up for fraud or theft. Some thoughts on how this scam works …

Short answer - yes this is a scam. Trust your instincts and steer clear. Long answer - It's very aggressive advertising and maybe a scam because such advertisers rarely sell good products when they ar …

The other sign of the scam is that you're doing some sort of work. I don't know what that is, contracting, art, selling squirrel tails, whatever... None of that work is banking or money transfers is i …

A good blogger and author with information about how the scams work, how they make money for crooks, and how mules are left out to dry is Brian Krebs. Check out his "reshipping scams" tag. …

pessimistic view is that: Your brother is being asked to list and sell something that he doesn't understand There are listing fees or shipping fees that the seller wants to foist off on your brother Many scams …

Use your time for something fun like reading about different scams at Money.SE. The way this scam works is: A cover story is given to lure in helpful or greedy people. …

If I were to purchase using a credit card, would I have protection from my credit card provider? This blogger has some general rules and the answer seems to be no: Types of purchases often excluded …

Your risk here is roughly the same as receiving a paper check or wire transfer that you did not expect. The least-bad thing that will happen is that it was a genuine mistake, the sender will detect th …

They're probably talking about flipping houses. The conventional wisdom when flipping is to purchase the property with a mortgage or other loan on day-0. Do the work to rehabilitate it. Get it listed …

Skim the scams tag and you'll see many of the scams or fraud are trying to get access to accounts to act as mules or launderers. …

Some common scams for selling goods online are: Sending an overpayment from a bogus or stolen account then asking for the extra money to be sent somewhere else. …

Hanlons Razor - Never attribute to malice which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Pre-approved offers are advertising junk mail anyway, someones mailing list got goofed up or a prior resident …

This is an advanced fee scam: you do not have any money in a foreign account, nor will paying any taxes or fees get that money. A clue is that the Constitution of the United Kingdom has no mention of …

This is common enough that it has a name, a "brushing scam". Newsweek quotes the USDA: The USDA said in a statement: "At this time, we don't have any evidence indicating this is something other than …