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Different Kinds of Internet Scams

Because of the popularity of the internet, scammers have been very clever in using it to easily lure money from many prospect victims. Learn the different kinds of online scams in order to be aware of how they do it and avoid being a victim of any of these scams.

Today, millions of people around the world use the Internet on a daily basis. This is due to a wide variety of useful information available in many websites and the convenience it offers to web users. However, it also resulted in many Internet users being victimized by different online scams. These internet scams have enormously emerged and has already alarmed the authorities.

419 Scam: Claim your money from "DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICE COMPANY"

Hot Scam Specifications:

Scam Type: 419 Scam
Fake Names: Hon. Barrister Michael John Agudo, Dr.Nnamudi Paul
Offer Type: Money Transfer
Transfer Amount: $4.5million
Storyline: You have a going-to-expire cheque worth $4.5million out of nowhere, and its with some Courier company waiting to rip you off by asking you to pay fees before you can collect the money that was cashed from this cheque.
Scammer Location: Benin, and might redirect anywhere in Africa depending whether they have money mule.
Scammer Email: servicecompanydiplomaticcourier@yahoo.com, barr_michael03@msn.com

Lottery Scam: Your money is on the way via Fedex!

Good grief, some stupid scammer is sending over a cheque worth "$500,000" by "Fedex".

There are no inheritance crap from some dead rich man, no lost treasure from war, no illegal contract money waiting to be transferred, no.. noo... nothing.

It is just a parcel coming your way with a cheque.

Health Insurance Scams – Protect Yourself From Cheats

Health insurance is vital to one and all. As rising medical expenses is driving more and more people to opt for health insurance, there are several people who unknowingly fall prey to scams of health insurance. They get lured by the unbelievably low premiums charged by these unauthorized insurance companies. These people who fall prey do not realize that there are many fake companies just trying to squeeze out money from their innocent victims. But, with so many insurance providers how do you know the real ones from the fakes? The number of companies running scams has been on the increase as many people are now opting to get health insurance but looking to get the best out of it. So, how does one ensure that they are protecting themselves from these cheats and at the same time getting the best for their money?

Did you receive a cheque recently?

Not long ago, Alfred Frizziola, 66, of Lacey, opened his mail and found a check for $4,875. He'd won a sweepstakes he hadn't even entered. He never cashed the check."I knew something was fishy right away," said the retired New York City&#...

Bad Travel Insurance Scams

Apparently one in ten British people have committed travel insurance fraud. Sure, most will have made exaggerations, rather than having claimed to have been robbed of their million pound winning lottery ticket, but its still a substantial amount of lies. Worse, the subsequent increased premiums hit the pockets of the honest undeserving folks who use their UK travel insurance in legitimate ways.

It’s not all bad though, and it makes it all the more rewarding when those cheap travel insurance scammers are exposed – especially in the manner in which some of these holiday makers’ shame was made public:

Lottery Scam: MICROSOFT INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS

Hot Scam Specifications:

Scam Type: 419 Scam
Fake Names: Mrs Patricia Lawrence, Mr Anderson Davi
Lottery Name: UK MICROSOFT JACKPOT LOTTERY NOTIFICATION
Lottery Winnings: £27,500,000
Scammer Location: Another mail getting mixed up with HK and UK.
Scammer Email: andersondaviclaims600@yahoo.com.hk, elmontex@iol.cz

Lottery Scam: UK MICROSOFT JACKPOT LOTTERY NOTIFICATION

Hot Scam Specifications:

Scam Type: 419 Scam
Fake Names: Mr John David, Dr Monica
Lottery Name: UK MICROSOFT JACKPOT LOTTERY NOTIFICATION
Lottery Winnings: £850,000.00
Scammer Location: She is getting mixed up with HK and UK.
Scammer Email: mrsrachael22@yahoo.com.hk, co_ordinator@live.com

I Got Scammed by an Online MLM Opportunity

It's not unusual if you are reading Internet forums or discussion boards where business opportunities are discussed, to find members posting quite often that they got scammed by an online MLM opportunity. If you combine it with the bad reputation that the network marketing industry already has it is a wonder why still people are joining multilevel marketing businesses.

But are all online MLM companies scams? And is the best solution to try to avoid getting into one of them no matter what?

Connecticut: Jailhouse Scam

Here's how it works... the caller will identify themself as "Sgt. Malone". They will tell you there was a car accident and for more information you should call *72 and the rest of a phone number.If you follow these directions you are essentially allo...