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Popular Scams

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How to Become a Web Expert Without Spending A Dime

If I could show you how to become a Web design, development or marketing expert without spending a dime, would you want to learn? Imagine you're a master at making money online, that you're passionate, and excited during almost every hour you spend

Yikes! Dangerous Liaison!

Has anyone received such an email? Did you ever replied? From: cindybaby4@rediffmail.comTo: hotscams@gmail.comHello My name is Cindy i saw your profile and love it i think we can clik so please i will like you to email me back through my email add

Getting Your Home Business Up And Running

Affiliate programs have been a great way to make money online since the Internet took off. But, sometimes, finding the best affiliate program can be a hassle. Affiliates are online "word of mouth" referrals and can increase the amount of money you ma

Spam vs Permission Based Email Marketing

I was talking to a client recently about why he should add a newsletter opt-in form on his website so that he can capture email addresses. He said "but Sam I don't like spam". In hindsight I probably should have worded that a little bit differen

One Car for Many Scams

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Don’t Become A Victim of Identity Theft!

"You've just won a fabulous vacation or prize package! Now, if you'll kindly give me your credit card information and social security number for verification purposes, you will receive this awesome gift!" Now why would they need my credit card or so

eBay Protection: Keeping Safe Against Online Fraud

It is no longer uncommon to find a lot of individuals getting involved in scams and unscrupulous activities on the internet The Web is full of opportunistic entities who only intend to get a quick buc

Is Survey Spot a Scam

If you haven't heard already, Surveyspot is a very popular survey site that pays cash for your answers. That's what devoted Surveyspot members say -- Surveyspot is a great survey site with cash, prizes, and the opportunity to make money without leav

Pet scams targeted at individuals

pet scams

Car Dealer Scams

If you are looking to buy a car then you might think the safest place to buy from is a car dealer, since they should be the most knowledgeable and trustworthy people to buy a car from. However this is not always the case, some car dealers are out to

David versus Goliath on Cyberspace

You may think that thousands of people are flocking online daily to seek out their rightful place among Internet marketing giants who have created a virtual empire of passive profits.But while they may be looking into it, many prospective Internet ma

Greek History Books, Democracy – America, Soon China

The news today may have been historic. As an earlier brilliant light of early America, Emerson noted while he and his friend Thoreau would read and discuss the ideas of the ages, others would shout loudly about another train derailment. Or there was

Shopping for piracy and replica products

Shopping for pirated CD at Pantip Plaza

Top Countries in Producing Counterfeit U.S. Currency

The United States Secret Service was established in the 19th century at the end of the American Civil War to try to put an end to making counterfeit money when approximately one-third to one-half of all the currency flooding the nation's market was f

Shameful Scammmer

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UK: Internet Scam leads to Robbery

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Ok Ok I am SORRY!

Ok, I need to apologize (again for the umpth time) that I have not been reading my emails and updating this website.I am really sorry because this website started out in anger because of all those stupid emails that we received each day esp. the 419 scams. We have...

Job Scam: Typical Case of 2 Possible Scams

The complete email is as shown below. There are 2 ways this scam could work: Fake Check Scam Version 1.Receive payment from Customers. You will receive fake checks from "customers". These are in fact, sent by the scammers themselves. 2. Cash Payments at your Bank....

How to verify a website is who they claim to be

.org are presumably for "non-profit organisation" in the past, and is more widely accepted as non-commercial in nature. However, that does not imply that all .org sites are who they claim to be. In fact, anybody can register a .org domain name for as cheap as $9.95,...

Bank of America Scam

Bank of America Scam

This phishing scam has been around for ages, just like the famous Yahooooo Awards Scam.Subject: bank of america scam Question/Comment: I have a new email address for you. It’s another way to get your user name and password, this time they are saying that...

charmpandorajewellery.com

Watch out for websites like this, disguised as a foreign website with no contact address. It is easy to setup a shopping cart using pirated scripts and "professional" looking graphics. The guys behind these did not make any effort to hide their whois identity, and...

Learning the hard way

Learning the hard way

It is surprising to hear people asking about what to do about similar letters they received, whether should they give it a try, or asking (again) if the offer is a scam. For many, it is obvious that these offers are scams. Perhaps it is because one or more of the...

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