BAD DEAL: INTERNET DOLLAR LOSS REACHES ALL TIME HIGH

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Internet provides benefits to a lot of people. Nowadays, it specially provides benefits to crooks, scammers, and spammers. They use email technology to deliver millions of phishing emails to obtain your personal information and your account information.
According to the 2007 Internet Crime Report, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) recieved 206,884 complaints of crimes [...]

LATEST SCAM EMAIL FROM ANGOLA

 
 
 
 
 
 
The son of an Angola rebel wants to share with you his late father’s wealth. There are $80,0000,000 millions in savings to be shared. The latter is the catch. This is a scam. You should not believe in the below email’s content and it is extremely important that you don’t follow on his request to [...]

STEPS TO MINIMIZE YOUR RISK OF BEING A VICTIM OF IDENTITY THEFT

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NEW SPAM EMAIL: INVOLVES THE MILITARY

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
It is what it is. Spam emails are not going to disappear. The only thing we can do is be prepared to recognize them and forward them to Spam@uce.gov. 
The FBI continues to receive complaints of spam e-mails which claim to be from an official of the U.S. military sent on behalf of American soldiers stationed [...]

HOW TO AVOID CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION SCHEMES

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unanticipated natural disasters bring pain and suffering to many people. People tend to take for granted our unpredictable natural environment. Furthermore, the pain and suffering do not apply to all. There are few people who take the theory of evolution to heart and believe that the misfortunes of others are fortunes to them. Therefore, they [...]

BEWARE: FAKE CHECK SCAMS

Nowadays, transactions can be made through the Internet, in person or by the telephone. Therefore, you should be aware of the scams that involve payments for services or goods. One very important scam is the one involving checks. For example , you sell an item on the internet and the buyer sends you a check. [...]

ANOTHER SCAM EMAIL: PEPSI CAN’T ESCAPE!

The following is another email scam from my inbox for everyone to see and be aware of. These scammers don’t have any restrains. They would even used Mother Theresa, if she were to be alive. On the other hand, I have to say that these scams must be profitable. If they weren’t profitable, they would [...]

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ANOTHER SCAM EMAIL CIRCULATING THE INTERNET

The following is the most recent spam email circulating the Internet. It calls for you to respond in order to obtain a total sum of Four million six hundred thousand British pounds as the beneficiary of an unknown deceased person who happens to have the same last name as you do. 
Here is the exact email: 
Mr Jacob Harford
20 [...]

NEW CREDIT CARD SCAM