Knowledge Sharing

This category includes articles and information about scams, and sharing of knowledge, and opinions.

A Note on Western Union Fraud Warning

There are many people who have been scammed after sending money to a scammer through Western Union. Western Union has a page that warns about fraud, copied as follows: The Western Union Money Transfer® service is a great way to send money to peo...

Scam School: Dime in a Bottle

How to remove a cork stuck inside a bottle? Not really a scam, but some tricks to try out with an empty wine bottle in the club.

CBS Video: "Feed the Children" Scam?

The claims of the charity firm "Feed the children" is countered in this video. CBS Exclusive: The charity "Feed the Children" is the fifth largest in the country with more than a billion dollars in donations each year. But, as Sharyl Attkisson r...

Real Lottery Ticket was stolen

We are talking about the real MegaMillions lottery tickets here. The 67-year-old maintenance man purchased the Mega Millions ticket at the Lucky Food Store in Grand Prairie last May and didn’t discover until months later that i...

NOT SCAM, This is Real: Millionaire Gives Away 3 million Pounds!

(Real) Millionaire Gives Away to Charity
This is a real story from the news (not about a scam). He says that "money does not buy him happiness", but we are sure money will make many people happy. *wave* *wave* gimme! gimme! An Austrian millionaire named Karl Rabeder has decided to gi...

Lottery Scam: Video about receiving a fake lottery check with your name on it

About Lottery Scam

If you didn't play a lottery, then you didn't win any lottery. The check will look real, but its a fake.

Watch this video explaining phone scam

Explain Phone Scam

Phone Scam is explained in this video sharing, including what to do if you are scammed.

Why is he doing this video in the snow?

Spanish Prisioner and 419 Scam

We found this interesting article posted by Odesi Desko, which tries to explain the origin of 419 scam. According to the article, 419 advance fee scam wasn't invented by Nigerians (nothing to be proud of) but originates from the "spanish prisoner"...

83-year old saved by Walmart Employee

Walmart employee, Customer Service Manager Lori Riggle, did the right thing by stopping 83-year old Billye Georgen from committing one of the greatest mistake at her age. She was about to be scammed in a phone scam, where the caller claimed that h...

Google Cash Scam

We found this old video while checking other stuff. For those who missed this out like we do.

How to Prevent Hacking of your PC?

There are many ways when a hacker would try to scam you into receiving a file etc, so that you will take the bait and help him with the trojan/virus installation on your hard disk drive. If you need just one way to stop being hacked, the best way is to install an all-in-one solution with anti-virus, firewall and anti-spyware solution.

The Real Hustle - Security Van Scam

These guys are so pro, I think we should sell hotscams.com to them. The Real Hustle team pull of another huge money making scam. Remember, if it seems too good to be true, then it probably is!

Highest Search Record for Scam

For the past 12 months, have you ever wondered which country has the highest search for the keyword "Scam"? You will be surprised. The chart below shows that Nigeria has the highest search rate for the word "Scam" on the internet, and this is foll...

Warning! Toxic Children's Jewelry

Toxic Jewelry

There was a similar news sometime ago with products from China. In this case, the report points to Rhode Islands. The chemical is Cadmium, which is worse than lead. It is known to be a carcinogen (cancerous) as well as a neurotoxin.

Internet Business for Sale

If you are buying a business from online listings, becareful of scams. The listing provider does not screen through all the postings of businesses for sale.

In one particular example, we found a website called "retailhighstreet.com" with selling price of £18,450, and a sales revenue of £200 - 500k... does this make any sense?

Shanghai Street Scam

He was walking along the busy streets of Nanking Road, when 2 ladies approached him and said that he looks "familiar" and has met him somewhere. They started talking about familiar places, and events where they could have possibly met by accident. After chatting for sometime, the ladies would say that they are tired and suggested going to a nearby cafe for a drink together.

How to tell if a jade is real or fake?

In a recent trip to China, we came across a shop that specialises in the sale and distribution of real jade. They shared with us some of the simple tips to determine if a piece of jade is real or fake.

Tough Times Breed Ponzi Schemes

Check out this article by Renee McGaw:

Colorado’s most recent alleged Ponzi scheme involved Merriman, owner of Aurora-based investment firm Market Street Advisors. Merriman allegedly raised $17 million to $20 million from at least 38 investors in Colorado and elsewhere, according to a civil complaint the SEC filed in federal district court in Denver on April 7.

The investors believed that Merriman was investing their money in stocks and options. Instead, he used it to support a lavish lifestyle, including purchases of classic cars, motorcycles, a cabin in Idaho and millions of dollars worth of art, including works by Rembrandt, the SEC claims. Funds obtained from later investors allegedly were used to repay earlier investors, which is the definition of a Ponzi scheme.

Famous Scams: The South Sea Bubble

The South Sea Bubble was one of the earliest British stock market bubbles. But it was more than just a bubble, like the dot com bubble of recent years -- it was an example of a scam of massive proportions, with the snouts of businessmen, management, and government firmly in the trough.

New Scams on the News!

Check out this video of new scams in the News. The reporters acknowledged that scams are not new, but people may fall for them especially in times of need. As we mentioned, scammers used baits and confidence tricks to target the weak points in people, e.g. greed, needs, love, etc.

Although the news reported them as new scams, they are not really new to us, e.g. secret shopper scams (fake check scam), lottery scams, and an elderly man was scammed $90k over a few years thinking that his money is invested in a South African gems (precious stone) business. Another possible scam is fake investment in Gold. A good point emphasised in the video is this "If you need to pay money to get money, it is a SCAM!" Well-said.

Mayan Calendar Predicts End of World 2012

If you have never heard about this, there is a speculation that 2012 is the end of the world, aka Armageddon.

At least, according to the Mayan (Aztec) Calendar. Does it really mean end of the world, or a new beginning?

How to protect yourself from Mortgage Scam

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Mortgage-Scam

The Best List of Home Based Businesses For 2009

Searches on the internet have skyrocketed for the best list of home based businesses because of the current economy. Looking for additional income and setting up a business at home to make money online shows great foresight.

Beware when searching for a business to set up at home to make money online because there are many MLM companies currently marketing on the internet. They all sound good, but they all have one major flaw, they recruit people to sell that usually do not have any sales experience.

Improve, Extend – Stay Put

It seems as though many experts are predicting that house prices will level out or even fall over the following months Whilst this news will not be greeted with open arms by current home-owners, for those trying to get on to the housing ladder, it should mean a mortgage will be that little bit more affordable

How Does Forex Scalping Work?

Just like with any other business ventures, currency trading would involve a lot of different strategies. Although there are a lot of strategies to choose from, there would always be the popular ones, and one of which would be Forex scalping. So what is it really about scalping that majority of traders yearn to master it or at least know the principles behind it? Read on and find out!

Curious If Someone Has a Criminal Record? Here's the Way to Do a Criminal Record Check

Do you know someone whose past has you curious? If you're just mildly curious or there is a situation that makes it imperative that you reveal their past, running a background check may be the perfect solution.

Before the birth of the internet the only method that was reliable means to discover a person's history was to use the services of a private investigator. Now it is possible to use the internet to uncover the desired information, right from your home.

How Might the 2008 Market Crash End?

The stock market crash of 2008 is the worst that the world has ever seen in terms of the number of points erased from the major indices. At its lowest point to date, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has lost a historical 6749 points! To put this into perspective, the 2001 to 2003 bear market merely erased 4153 points off the Dow. In fact, many veteran economists and investors swear that this is the worst economic and stock market crisis since the Great Depression with unemployment rate already higher than the peak unemployment rate of the last crisis (according to unemployment rate of Oct 2008).

Making Money at Home is Easy

With so much economic uncertainty, more and more people are searching for ways to begin making money at home.

The problem is knowing which opportunity is the right option for you. There are so many different ways of making money at home; the trick is finding one that will make great income while still giving you the freedom you deserve. This type of work will provide you the income you want within time limits you set for yourself.

Background Check On Anyone Online

This article is not really informative, but it does give us some ideas how to do a background check about someone or a company.

Have you ever wanted to find out more about someone's past? You probably thought about running an instant background check on them. By running these checks, you can find out a lot about someone's history.

Social Networks - Computer Virus Playground

Social networks are websites like Facebook and Bebo which have become incredibly popular with kids, teens and adults all over the world They give you a great way of catching up with old friends or even just staying in touch with your current group of friends and co-workers