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Romantic Scammers

by Alex Kashko in Issues, May 11, 2012
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The internet and World Wide Web have presented opportunities for a range of scammers: politicians, televangelists and others. The first internet scams copied old real world scams: the African Fee Scam is almost a direct copy of the Spanish Prisoner Scam of 1905 for example.

The Romantic Scammer now uses the features of the internet to target people seeking love. In recent years sites to have arisen to cater to this need and scammers have seen an opportunity to fleece the naïve, the vulnerable and those in denial about age and appearance.

The take home point is that not everyone is what they seem and there is no substitute for face to face contact. The next take home point is that sometimes people are what they seem and you need to develop the ability to tell who is genuine. The third take home point is to be wary but not excessively cynical.

How to Detect and Avoid Internet Scams

by chris17 in Issues, May 6, 2012
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How To Detect And Avoid Internet Scams.

Preying on People

by mrfluet in Issues, April 27, 2012
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Scammers are insensative to needs. The scams get more vile all the time.

Apple iPad Scam Again

by lauralu in Economics, April 17, 2012
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New Reports of People Being Scammed When Buying iPads.

New Phishing Scam

by Lynn Proctor in Issues, April 16, 2012
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Most of us are familiar with most scams on the internet, but some of us still get stuck in one, in spite of our thinking we are very savvy about phishing ploys. The following is a new one (to me), and if I had been a Verizon Wireless customer, I would possibly have believed it. Please read how paying your bills online can clip you for a lot of money, if it is fraud.

Blatant Plagiarism by Triond Writer Eb1be2 is Tolerated by Triond

by AmosTheCat in Education, April 5, 2012
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Eb1be2 is a writer on Triond who has plagiarized many whole articles, including poems. Yet Triond, in spite of having this writer’s plagiarism pointed out to them several weeks ago, has not banned him.

Don’t Fall for These Scams

by Arlynn in Issues, March 27, 2012
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Many of us think we are to smart to be taken in by a con artist. Learn how to protect yourself from scams that promise quick cash.

Powerful Tips to Desist Phishing (Online Scams) on Facebook

by Dhegen in Crime, March 25, 2012
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Phishing (online scams) attack through the Facebook is more and more craze. Internet security vendor Kaspersky Lab revealed that malicious code distributed via social networking sites is 10 times more effectively infect, compared with the distribution of malware via email.

This is a Scam!

by lowellhenderson in Issues, March 10, 2012
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Have you ever recieved a letter like this? If you do report it as spam and delete it quickly. Lets put these crooks out of business.

Email Scams: Hilton Urgent Job Vacancy

by stuart747 in Issues, February 7, 2012
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Www.hiltongardenresorts.co.uk, The e-mail published below is just one type of the many thousands of scam e-mail that are sent out each day by over 400 different scammers. If you’ve received an e-mail like the one on this page or if you have arrived at this page via an Internet search resulting from an e-mail that you received, YOU HAVE RECEIVED A SCAM E-MAIL!

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