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Mark Madsen of LA Clippers Gets Scammed for $110,000

By KVNPark | Published: August 7, 2009

Mark Madsen, the “Mad Dog” who got traded to the Clippers recently, was apparently scammed buying the domain p2p.com from a thief.
Madsen bought the domain on eBay from Daniel Goncalves for $110,000. The problem was Goncalves was not the owner of the domain. He snatched it off GoDaddy.com. Reports indicate that this was the first arrest made for a domain theft in US.
It seems… Continue reading

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99% of Russian Brides Fake

By KVNPark | Published: August 5, 2009

Yesterday, I wrote about the two Russian students being jailed for Russian brides scam. And as promised, here’s more about this fraud in general.
According to Elena Petrova, the founder of Russian Brides Cyber Guide… Continue reading, only 1 in 100 Russian brides are real. The rest are hoaxes designed by professional internet criminals.
Many of these criminals use custom built spam software to contact thousands

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Two Russian Brides Jailed for Internet Marriage Fraud

By KVNPark | Published: August 4, 2009

Two Russian students, in city of Yekaterinburg, have been jailed for committing matrimonial fraud with foreigners over the Internet.
One of the two fake brides, a 28-year-old, sent her pictures to various international matrimonial agencies and exchanged letters with several men from the US, Canada, and UK. The woman asked the men for money to arrange the trip to meet them in person. Once she had… Continue reading

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Small City Residents Lose $80,000 to Online Scams

By KVNPark | Published: August 3, 2009

25 Residents in Brantford, ON Canada (a city of 90,000) collectively lost CAD$80,000 to online scams. Well, it’s certain not in the same league as our British postman here… Continue reading who lost £130,000 to his friend on MySpace.
The most common scams involve vehicle sales online. It’s quite simple. The victim finds a car listed for cheap. Thinking he/she found a good deal agrees to purchase the

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British Man Lost £130,000 to Nigerian Scam on MySpace

By KVNPark | Published: August 1, 2009

I hate to laugh at a serious incident like this, and the story is a little dated, but … Here’s a story of a man who got scammed over and over again.

A postman in UK met an American friend, Angela Gates, on MySpace. She started asking for money to pay for her mother’s funeral and medical expenses, then she asked for some more to free… Continue reading

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