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There is a recent scam that targets those in the Dreamers program. A friend of mine recently received a very intimidating voicemail from someone claiming to be

There is a recent scam that targets those in the Dreamers program. A friend of mine recently received a very intimidating voicemail from someone claiming to be from the FBI. Shortly after an email followed. He figured out it was a scam after he called back and caught the scammer off guard. Then we googled the email content and saw many people reporting the same scam.

joering2 9y ago
Nigerian scam is nothing new; in fact it is based on "Spanish prisoner" scam scheme from 18th century. It is interesting, however, how the new scams are created in the age of internet. The recent one is called "AirBnB scam". Basically you flood a message board, such as Craiglist, with phony non-existing apartment rental offers by non-existing individuals for 60% of the market value. You blast New York Craigslist with beautiful photos of rentals at $650 when normal price for average spot is $1,500. Once a gullible person answers, you auto-reply to them via human looking response (bot in reality) that tells them the place has been rented but they should check AirBnB website where more are posted... Its a classical scam of information phising with criminal conduct of false advertising (could be Federal offense if crosses state line) and few other statues. PG is very lucky they whole company is not facing jail time, but I think they stop it many years ago and usually statue of limitation is 5 years. Here is more info on spammy history (including FBI most wanted list) of AirBNB founder, Mr. Blecharczyk. http://gawker.com/5853754/the-seedy-spammy-past-of-airbnbs-co-founder http://gawker.com/5853754/the-seedy-spammy-past-of-airbnbs-c...
joquarky 9y ago
There is another scam where the attacker gains access to a business email account and then uses the existing relationship to trick the recipient into sending money to an alternate account. The attacker waits for a legitimate invoice to go out, then follows that email with a forged email specially written to convince the recipient that the payment should be sent to another account. They duplicate the name, style, and tone of the person sending the invoice by reading the archived email conversations so that they can sound more trustworthy when making an excuse for the payment change.
- razakel 9y ago
  CEO fraud. Some companies have lost millions that way, including Ubiquiti.

joering2 9y ago

Nigerian scam is nothing new; in fact it is based on "Spanish prisoner" scam scheme from 18th century. It is interesting, however, how the new scams are created in the age of internet. The recent one is called "AirBnB scam". Basically you flood a message board, such as Craiglist, with phony non-existing apartment rental offers by non-existing individuals for 60% of the market value. You blast New York Craigslist with beautiful photos of rentals at $650 when normal price for average spot is $1,500. Once a gullible person answers, you auto-reply to them via human looking response (bot in reality) that tells them the place has been rented but they should check AirBnB website where more are posted... Its a classical scam of information phising with criminal conduct of false advertising (could be Federal offense if crosses state line) and few other statues. PG is very lucky they whole company is not facing jail time, but I think they stop it many years ago and usually statue of limitation is 5 years. Here is more info on spammy history (including FBI most wanted list) of AirBNB founder, Mr. Blecharczyk. http://gawker.com/5853754/the-seedy-spammy-past-of-airbnbs-co-founder http://gawker.com/5853754/the-seedy-spammy-past-of-airbnbs-c...

joquarky 9y ago

There is another scam where the attacker gains access to a business email account and then uses the existing relationship to trick the recipient into sending money to an alternate account. The attacker waits for a legitimate invoice to go out, then follows that email with a forged email specially written to convince the recipient that the payment should be sent to another account. They duplicate the name, style, and tone of the person sending the invoice by reading the archived email conversations so that they can sound more trustworthy when making an excuse for the payment change.

razakel 9y ago
CEO fraud. Some companies have lost millions that way, including Ubiquiti.