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Anti-Scam Guide

We have compiled several articles about anti-scam guides. The first generic guide was posted earlier and can be found here. Other articles or contributions are published as and when we receive them. Please feel free to contact us to include your articles here, as long as it is relevant to the topic and useful for the public. You may choose not to include the author information in the article.

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...

Anti-Scam Guide

This article guide is updated to match our guide in the main page. We have compiled some general guidelines to counter-scams, so that we can all help to prevent scams from happening.

As the saying goes, "rules are meant to be broken". Scammers may change and modify their tactics in scams.

So bewarned.

Census Scams: U.S. Census Bureau Warning

US Census Bureau has a warning about protecting yourself from scam. Below is another link to the organisation about Phishing, Email Scams & Bogus Census Web Sites, including how to report a scam. MCALLEN -- The 2010 U.S. Census could be the go...

Job Scam: Typical Case of 2 Possible Scams

This is a typical job scam for a money mule + fake check scam, in disguise.

1.Receive payment from Customers.
2. Cash Payments at your Bank.
3. Deduct 10% which which is your commission/Payment on check cashed.
4. Forward the remaining 90% to the information that will be provided later on..

Fuck The Scammers

I know that the subject "Fuck the Scammers" does not sound nice and professional. It is vulgarity. The fact is that, we know that there are many people who were scammed or who had a near-miss. This is not a joke, as it is not funny.

Although no life was lost in most scams, many people had lost their life savings or hard-earned money because they were targeted by scammers. Everybody has a weakness, and the scammers target this weakness. The scammers target those people who are greedy, who needs money because they are out of jobs, who needs love, who wants something that they know its too good to be true.

419 Scam: Songli has $19.5 million - Please Treat As Urgent

This fake name of this scammer sounds familiar.

"My name is Song Li. I work with the Hang Seng Bank. There is the sum of $19,500,000.00 in my bank "Hang Seng Bank", Hong Kong. There were no beneficiaries stated concerning these funds which mean no one would ever come forward to claim it. That is why I ask that we work together so as to have the sum transferred out of my bank into your account. I intend to give 30% of the total funds as compensation for your assistance."

How to spot a Job Scam

We have added a summary of tips for you to spot a job scam. We find that this is necessary especially in this time when there are so many people out of work due to the economic crisis. The scammers are always out there to exploit your weakness. And if you need a job or money urgently, you will be very vulnerable to job scams, lottery scams, etc.

Please help to spread this around.

Identity Theft: 3 Shopping Survival Tips

I am often amazed at the carefree attitude the majority of shoppers have with their personal information when they are making purchases, wandering about the malls, or seeking financing for that new 60" plasma screen TV.

By the time you finish reading this article you will be adopting safer, more 'attentive' habits while shopping.

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.

Help! I have been scammed!

We certainly hope that no one is scammed, and that everyone who visits our website is looking at prevention rather than cure.

Is there really a "cure" and way to recover your lost money?