The lottery scam letters that have been arriving in mailboxes all across the U.S. should come to a stop, or at least slow down a bit very soon.
Canadian police have arrested two people in Pickering, Ontario, which is located near Toronto. According to police, the two individuals were involved in a scam that involved sending [...]

Savvy 86-year-old Sees Right Through “Super Seven” Scam
Kudos to the elderly lady in Ohio who received checks as part of the “Super Seven” Scan in her mail. She knew it was a scam and did not fall for it. Read the entire story here.
Kansas Scammers Target Elderly In Tornado-torn Area
A tornado destroyed the local pharmacy in [...]

Wow, the PayPal and eBay scams must be flying around the Internet like crazy lately! I got three of them just today!
The first one is a PayPal scam and it’s pretty plain-looking in comparison to the ones I usually see which have all kinds of authentic-looking graphics in them. This one is just text and [...]

Jury Duty Telephone Scam
Here’s another clever scheme that scam artists are using to obtain personal information from people and then use that information for identity theft crimes.
The scam artists call potential victims and try to scare them info providing their personal information by telling them that they had been called for jury duty and did [...]

Watch Out For Fake Attorneys
Another scam that seems to be getting more popular these days is one where the scam artist pretends to be an attorney. The phony lawyer contacts people with news that there is a buyer interested in property they have for sale or that they have won the lottery. The scam artist [...]

One of the fears I have running a site like this is that people may get the impression that I’m one of those angry old guys (and I’m not really that old since I’m still on the south side of 50!) that likes to complain about everything and is never satisfied, because that’s just not [...]

OK, I’ve got a bit of history with the Nigerian scammers since they were kind enough to be the ones to send me my very first scam e-mail message. Fortunately, I was able to see through their scheme and did not become a victim. Ever since then, I have had kind of a special place [...]

Here are some of the latest scams making the news that you should be aware of:
IRS E-Mail Scam: The IRS wants consumers to be aware of e-mail scams that have been circulating recently. The scam messages try to convince recipients that they are being investigated for tax crimes and convince them to open an e-mail [...]

What better way to kick off this new blog than with news that a major-league spamming low-life has actually been arrested. This is the kind of news that just makes my day!
Robert Alan Soloway, 27, was arrested and is being charged with sending out billions of spam e-mail messages that cost businesses a huge amount [...]

In many ways, this blog will be the “heart” of the ConsumerKarma.com web site.
Here I will post current consumer-related news and information.
Things to look for here are news alerts regarding the latest scams popping up on the internet and elsewhere, news of companies that are providing outstanding products or services, news of companies that certainly [...]