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How to Detect Internet Scam

With online financial transactions like internet banking, online shopping, trading of stocks and payment of utility bills becoming popular, certain vital information has to be divulged, like the account number, social security number, login id and the password Itand#39;s here that the scam masters take advantage of gullible consumers Knowing the latest trends in the scamming industry can help you pro.....More on Internet Scams

Chain Letters Schemes Let You Earn Millions Every Six Months

Like all other scams which are based on deceiving the customer into believing that heand#39;ll be reaping big money by paying very little, this one is no different Everyone on the net have received at some time or the other unsolicited emails with a list of names along with the promise that all you have to do is send the email along with some money by mail to the top names on the list, then add your .....More on Internet Scams

Online Auction Sale: How to Tell a Fraud from a Genuine One

Among the many consumer fraud complaints The Federal Trade Commission receives every year, those dealing with online auction fraud account for roughly 48% In an online auction sale, sellers sell their products directly to consumers through an intermediary internet auction site which wonand#39;t take responsibility for any problems that may arise between buyers and sellers In these internet auction s.....More on Internet Scams

Top Ten Tips to Protect Your Ebay account

When buying through an online auction, in order to safe guard your personal information being misused by unknown people, payments are always made using a third-party payment service which allows you to transfer money into an online account and make payments from that account without exposing your real credit card information The most trusted of these services is PayPal owned by eBay Some tips.....More on Internet Scams

How Anti-spyware Protects You

When your system is infected by a spyware which results in displaying unwanted popup advertisements, collecting your personal information, browser settings being changed, Windows contain additional components, system performance becoming sluggish, and then itand#39;s time to download, install and run Anti-spyware software along with a suitable firewall to clean up the infected system Anti-spywares ba.....More on Internet Scams

Top 10 Dos and Donand#39;ts to Avoid Scams

1 Donand#39;t fall prey or be tempted by emails or websites offering exceedingly high rate of returns That is the primary trick used by scamsters 2 Donand#39;t entertain unsolicited emails Just simply delete and send it to the recycle bin Never encourage chain mails however interesting or important the information may seem, as most chain mails are certainly fraudulent 3 While making purchases or qu.....More on Internet Scams

Does Phishing Transmit Personal Data to Its Maste

Yes, definitely true Phishing is a deliberate attempt of sending out fake emails or spam written to appear as if they have been sent by banks or other reputable organizations like the ones that handle regular payments eg eBay and PayPal, with the intent of luring you into revealing sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, account IDs, ATM PINs or credit card details Typically, phi.....More on Internet Scams

Reduce Credit Card Fraud for Internet Merchant Account

The most likely victims of Internet credit card frauds are the merchants Here are a few practical tips on how to avoid or detect a fraud: * Donand#39;t process the order just based on the credit card number of the customer Demand the complete address and contact number of the customer Insist on some means of independent address verification of the credit card orders, just in case, the card is a sto.....More on Internet Scams

Online Credit Card Scams

With Credit Cards becoming the dominant mode for financial transactions replacing the paper currency, Credit Card scams are also on the rise In reality, itand#39;s actually much safer to enter your credit card number on a secure on-line order form than it is to give your credit card to an attender at a gas filling station Nobody will ever know, if later the attendant jotted down your credit card num.....More on Internet Scams

Nigerian Money Transfer Scam

Also multifariously known as "The Nigerian advance fee scam" or "4-1-9 fraud" this scam seems to be most prevalent and well publicized scam, which still generates about 100 telephones and about 400 mail complaints per day! The Modus operandi is quite simple Youand#39;ll receive a mail from a Nigerian saying that heand#39;s a senior diplomat in the Nigerian Government and that heand#39;s holding 47 million US Dol.....More on Internet Scams

Internet Charity Scams

Internet charity scams, like any other real world charity scams, capitalize on the generosity of the gullible masses by posing themselves as supporters of the suffering or the victims of natural calamities and then robbing them of The tricksters are so clever, to quote an example, when the recent hurricane Katrina struck the US coast, there were people who had registered their fraudulent web si.....More on Internet Scams

Protect Your Online Identity

As theft of online identity is quite rampant on the net, it becomes inevitable to take preventive measures and safeguard against your identity being accidentally disclosed to or intentionally stolen by unscrupulous people Specifically designed software packages have been developed which allows you to do anonymous surfing, encrypts transmissions to and from your computer to shield you from t.....More on Internet Scams