The Skeptical Community

For example:

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It's really Alan Hibben.

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Subject line of email sent to an account not associated with a Facebook page.
Not even a low info profile friendless lurker Facebook page (such as...

Well, sorta.

Handy to know.

So this is a new one, to me at least.

One of my sisters just called me because she got a fishy seeming phone call alleging to be from Microsoft Tech...

For some insane reason, memories of this infomercial arose in my brain. Can't remember how long ago I saw it.

Sure enough, found it on YouTube. Just...

Pickpockets tend to hang out near ‘beware of pickpockets’ signs, because the first thing people do when they read it is check they still have their...

I see this sort of thing cropping up more and more recently and apparently the mainstream media either is not wise to it or they don't care because...

Usually I never even see, but this one got through:

From: Susan Joseph sj17853@gmail.com

I wish to inform you that Mrs. Aisha Ahmed Hamza who is...

Zero Point
According to quantum physics, the material universe is a very dense form of energy. Tachyonized™ materials offer direct access to the...

Obviously there is an evil conspiracy afoot.

A mom of two young children is wondering: What's in ice cream sandwiches these days?

Christie...

So I keep getting these flyers from the electric company urging me to buy insurance to cover the costs of repairs to the weatherhead and stuff the...

The shirt that claims to protect you from electromagnetic radiation . Looks like there is good money to be made in the fear biz these days.

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Not an illegal scam mind you. A perfectly legal way to part fools and their money:

Attention Suckers: Please Send Us Your Money

“Those almost...

You might want to sit down: It turns out that the guy who said he killed Bigfoot after luring it with Walmart pork ribs was lying. Again.

Thank...

Please I know this may come to you by surprise,because you do not know
me, I need your assistance that is why I am writing you,it is my
desire of...

Barrel of laughs.

And it looks remarkably like a dowsing rod!
So science! Such miracle!

CAIRO – Egypt's military leaders have come under ridicule after the chief...

Story:

I guess this 'imminent' revaluation has been imminent for several years now.

Renowned Japanese Composer Admits Fraud

TOKYO — He was celebrated as a prolific musical genius whose compositions appeared everywhere from popular...

Turns out that I am the long lost heir to estates in London and Lanarkshire. Isn't that awesome?

ACR Solicitors LLP
Suite 53
London Fruit Exchange...

Found on her site .

World renowned spiritual teacher, psychic icon, author, and lecturer Sylvia Celeste Browne passed away at 7:10am this morning...

Is it only me that is outraged by this? For those who may not be aware of the full story, i'll try and give a brief run down of the general details....

By Matthew Day, Warsaw
11:37AM BST 25 Oct 2013

Poland’s most senior Catholic cleric has been forced into an embarrassing denial after it emerged...

Applied to equipment used to send credit card validation requests, then crook goes into store to buy stuff using bad credit cards. Store owner tries...

Seriously. :lmao:

Cracking cards: Multimillion-dollar ATM scam celebrated in rap songs
Chicago Sun Times

When federal authorities busted...

Tommy! Henry! Take care of this. Today. Today.

My First Job: I Bought Illegal Cigarettes for City Police

I don't know if you're heard the Wounded Warrior Project commercials on TV but there are a lot of them, mostly on the cable channels.

It's a charity...

Or simple scam + weird coincidence

A couple of weeks ago I ordered some gaming stuff from an online retailer and shipping was supposed to take 7-10...

Pregnant women across the country have taken to Craigslist to sell positive pregnancy tests for about $25 a pop.

Some ads suggest buyers use the...

...Or at least there appears to be.

I'm finally getting around to clearing out all of Tio Jr.'s baby stuff, and posted a couple ads on Craigslist....

Good news everyone! I just got an email from MoneyGram telling me I have been received the money . And I wasn't even expecting a wire transfer. All I...

Yeah, well, not so much.

Got one of these letters from Gifts by Monet purporting to gimme an Android tablet just for taking a survey.

Checked it...

With tattoos and a certificate of authenticity that was all wrinkled and stuff.

Sent him on his way.

Sorry to make him cry.

So today I saw a rather amusing bit of spam on Facebook promising a cell phone recharge from an Internet link. At least I think that's what they were...

Reported a scam artist. Received this reply:

Hello,

Thank you for your message. The account responsible for this abuse has been permanently...

The good news is I won the lottery! WAHOO! I'm rich! I'm wealthy! I'm independent! I'm socially secure! I was informed of it today! All they want is...

Have you noticed this annoying trend in web ads?

Almost as annoying as those 1 Weird Tip ads.

Here's the latest one I saw:
Language Professors...

“No, Diederik, this is ridiculous,” he told himself at last. “You really need to give it up.”

The sad tale of a brilliant tragedy.

Ooh, a blog:

This is best put in frauds scams and myths :D

These are the words of Jesus, not some Ray Manzeric wannabe. No interpretation, direct quotes from the...

The title of an email in my spam folder. It has an attachment, so I haven't opened up the email.

Try a little harder, spammer. Unless you're trying...

This dude is one of a long list of Ponzi scheme artists to come out of the woodwork over the last few years. The show American Greed will have a...

Got an interesting offer yesterday. It was a piece of junk mail purporting to be from a bank. It seems I have been pre-approved for a credit card....

You should recognize the US heading down the same fraudulent path.

Washington continues to have faith in government expenditure correcting the...

'Screams of agony': Anthony Robbins devotees burnt in fire walk

At least 21 people have been treated for burns after attendees of an event by...

Your Email have been selected by the UN for a Humanitarian Development Cash Grant
program to enhance and develop the standard of living geared...