I was recently alerted about another Chess Scam to steal people’s money. This scam uses my name, and SPICE. It offers people the opportunity to make $25 million dollars for being an Ambassador for SPICE for 1 year. But...
Chess SCAM on the Internet Alert!
A scammer created a fake online chess learning website (http://polgarchessacademy.devhub.com) using my name, bio, and pictures and linked it to a legitimate Chess Academy in Australia. I alerted that Australian company and the owner confirmed to me that he...
IMPORTANT: Scam Alert!
I just found out that someone created the www.SusanPolgar.org website to promote an event by the name Susan Polgar Junior International. This event is supposed to take place on October 9-12, 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts. There is NO such...
Beware of chess scam
New scam targets chess coachesWritten by FM Eric Schiller1 Sept 2008 I would like to warn our chess community that there is a new scam going around trying to defraud chess coaches. Recently I received an e-mail that seemed...
A hard lesson learned, hopefully
Chess scam happened because schools failed to check out the tutor Administrators in the Christina and Appoquinimink school districts have an embarrassing problem on their hands. They are lucky it isn’t something more sinister. They allowed an unknown man...
Beware of chess scam!
Chess scam hits Deleware schoolsTeacher a no-show for $63.50 classesBy JENNIFER PRICE• The News Journal• April 9, 2008 More than 57 Delaware families were scammed by a man who promised to teach their children chess after school then didn’t...