Do you find that on a daily basis your junk (spam) folder is full of emails offering your money from the U.K. or inheritance money from Nigeria? Perhaps your junk mail has job offers that could make you a millionaire in a very short time. The fact is that every day American consumers receive offers that sound just too good to be true.
It is sad that con artists and swindlers have found a new place to do their fraudulent work...the internet. This is happening world-wide resulting in honest, trusting people being in a position to lose money. These scammers are persistent and persuasive. Hanging up the phone or not responding to their mailings or emails oftentimes does not deter them. They are very good at giving extensive explanations and continuing to make offers that are hard for some persons to resist.
The website www.lookstogoodtobetrue.com has an article that gives pointers on how to avoid online frauds and scams. These 6 main categories of frauds and scams are important pieces of information for all persons using the internet.
Here are six scams that the above-mentioned website offers:
Pharmacy Fraud via the internet is very prevalent. The online drugstores do not necessarily keep the same standards as our neighborhood in-line pharmacies. You can lose your money, give them identity theft opportunities or possibly receive counterfeit or illegitimate drugs.
America's fastest growing crime is Identity Fraud or Theft. The website states that the internet is loaded with scheme for persons to get your private information. It is recommended that internet users learn about hacking, phishing, spoofing, spyware and other "tricks" used by these persons.
Beware when you are buying merchandise online. Carefully check out the resource and the means by which you pay for the goods. PayPal and ClickBank are reputable online banks.
If you are offered or announced as a Sweepstakes or Lottery winner, don't believe for a minute that you'd be notified by email. It is very likely to be a scam.
Have you been offered an "opportunity" to receive a money order or cashier's check, then to deposit it for them, send them most of the cash and to keep the rest for yourself? It's a scam and most likely you'll wind up owing a ton of money instead.
Beware of other financial fraud schemes such asPonzi schemes, Nigerian scams, charities fraud, romance schemes, fraudulent debt elimination...and many more schemes that scammers use to get your money.
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