We probably all get them from time to time. Some maybe more so than others. Here are a few of the ones I've had in the past (first one arrived this morning)

1. Written in Dutch, "Wij zijn meneer en mevrouw Webster, we hebben een donatie voor u ter waarde van 5.000.000 miljoen dollar. we hebben de America powerball-jackpot van 316,3 miljoen dollar gewonnen, en we doneren een deel ervan aan 5 gelukkige mensen en liefdadigheidsorganisaties om God te waarderen voor onze winst."

Red flags. Webster? Likely Americans considering they've "won" the American powerball lottery. Why then write to a random hotmail account in Dutch?

For more info I should contact [email protected] - why would the Webster's have me contact them via Tammy? The original email is from a Mali based email address.

I get similar ones to the one above regularly and I never follow up Add them all up over the past 5 years and I may well have thrown > a billion away

2. Credit card company saying there's an issue with my card and "hit this link" to resolve it. Always go to your card company site but NOT via the link in the email. There's never an issue. The link is to give the sender access/information. I even get them from "companies" whose card I don't have. Never click on the link. Always go to the company site. I also forward the mail to my CC company so they can at least block the scammer and maybe even track them down and get them arrested.

3. Computer security packages that expire. Obviously, I ignore ones form McAfee as I don't have McAfee. The one I do have, I know exactly when my subscription expires so I ignore that as well

4. iCloud and other "storage in the sky" packages get full. I don't have any of them so that's not a problem

5. Banks. As with Credit cards in 2 above. Never hit the link. Always type the address in the address bar or use your own shortcut. This applies to 2 above as well. The real financial institute will always start with a Greeting line containing your name. the scammers don't. Also be wary of letters used. For instance does your bank's genuine address contain an a that is written as an ɑ in the email?

6.Others I get are from folk who have "installed malware on my computer". They know which nasty videos I've been watching and/or they have video of me being a F*r*st fan (aka a ****er) and if I don't deposit x amount of ******* into the wallet number contained in the email, they will publish all online so all my friends can see...... I'm obviously on an email address list that gets sold from time to time on the dark web. I ignore them knowing that the videos dont exist.



As I said. There are loads of scams. If you have any not covered in my post, feel free to share.