41. Office Of The Inspector General Home Page Reports about Social Securityrelated scams, abuse, fraud. Studies SSA's stewardship of our tax dollars. How and where to report fraud. http://www.socialsecurity.gov/oig

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Know who you’re dealing with. The company may not be offering to employ you directly, only to sell you training and materials and to find customers for your work. Don’t believe that you can make big profits easily. Operating a home-based business is just like any other business – it requires hard work, skill, good products or services, and time to make a profit. Be cautious about emails offering work-at-home opportunities. Many unsolicited emails are fraudulent. Get all the details before you pay. A legitimate company will be happy to give you information about exactly what you will be doing and for whom. Find out if there is really a market for your work. Claims that there are customers for work such as medical billing and craft making may not be true. If the company says it has customers waiting, ask who they are and contact them to confirm. You can also ask likely customers in your area (such as doctors for medical billing services) if they actually employ people to do that work from home. Get references for other people who are doing the work.

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@import url("/rjo.css"); RJO search Varia Advance Fee Fraud Nigerian Email Scams and Frauds (4-1-9 Advance Fee Fraud) This is a collection of fraudulent email messages. I am not the author of these messages and I don’t send them! I just collect the ones I receive and post them here for the benefit of others who might be tempted to take up the con artists’ offers. I am not able to respond to inquiries about them. Although messages of this kind have proliferated since the advent of email, this is in fact a very old scam that predates the Internet. There are many online fraud advisories available which provide further information. If you’ve been a victim of an “advance fee fraud” message like those shown below; or an Internet identity theft or phishing scam ; or one of the many online lottery scams ; or an online penny stock scam , you may wish to contact a lawyer or postal inspector in your state or country. July–September 2005 ERNEST B. BENJAMIN / Kruger Goal Co. Scam (12 September 2005) Mania Kalon Partnership Scam (11 September 2005) Brigadier Arnold Williams / Angolan Army Scam (10 September 2005) CHARLES PEDERSEN / HAVANA, CUBA Scam (9 September 2005) ... Khaty Adams / Abidjan-Cote d’Ivoire Scam (3 July 2005) April–June 2005 Roselin Turay / Sierra Leone Gold Scam (29 June 2005) Gentile Worlu / Nigerian Contract Scam (28 June 2005) Nora Kabila / Liberian Funds Transfer Scam (27 June 2005) MR. DUSBA / Ivory Coast Investment Scam (26 June 2005)

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Accessibility Skip to main content wiredsafety.org is the world's largest online safety and help group About us To volunteer Make a donation Link to us ... Contact us Scams and fraud You are here: Home Privacy and security Scams and fraud Search this site Site Map A - Z Index Navigate by category Parents Educators Law enforcement Womens' issues ... Kids, tweens and teens HOT topics Blog and Diary Web sites Cell (mobile) phones Cyberdating Child pornography Scams and fraud IM and SMS text messaging When you need help Report cybercrime Live help Interactive forum Internet 101 ... Ask Parry! Stay updated - get involved Help spread the word Subscribe to our newsletter Link to us Take our cyberbullying poll ... Become a volunteer Monitor this Web site Cyber 911 Tiplines Report cybercrime here Scams and fraud Advertising on online services There are no "get rich quick" schemes Online auctions Going . . . Going . . . Uh-Oh! Disaster-related scams When criminals exploit the caring and the victims Nigerian e-mail scam Why would a total stranger want to make you rich? Definitions, solutions and prevention tips from our online safety section

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Scam Alert Service Feed: News Service Feed: Sunday 25th September 2005 2242 scams in our archive recent phishing scams Welcome to MillerSmiles.co.uk! We are one of the internet's leading anti-phishing sites, maintaining a massive archive of phishing and identity theft email scams. We are in the process of automating our reporting process with our HoneyTrap database. We also run a news service (headlines below) which brings you all the latest headlines from the world of fraudulent emails and phishing. Latest Phishing News Headlines: View Where should I start? If you're looking for specific information on fraud email scams and phishing, then check out our latest scam reports listed on the right. We also run RSS news feeds for our latest scam reports and news stories. you'll find links to these at the top of the page. To search for a specific scam, or to see if an email you've received might be a spoof, try using our search. Alternatively you can just browse our archives For more general information about scams, frauds and phishing, have at look at our f.a.q.

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51. Variable Annuity Fraud - James Hoyer Newcomer & Smiljanich - Attorneys At Law Attorneys James Hoyer, Newcomer and Smiljanich discuss how variable annuity scams target seniors and include a bibliography of expert opinions. http://www.jameshoyer.com/problem_annuities.html#

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54. Consumer Reports Web Watch Investigations: Fraud: Phishing Scams, Online Fraud & The classic version of the scam is known as Advance Fee fraud and 419, after the relevant section of the Criminal Code of Nigeria, where most of these http://www.consumerwebwatch.org/dynamic/fraud-investigation-checks-in-mail.cfm

document.write(compiledDate); advanced search home about investigations ... REGISTER you are here: Investigations > Fraud > Consumer Investigations TOPICS RSS Feeds Increase Font Size Decrease Font Size SetHomepage('') Fraud Consumer Investigations The Check's in the Mail "419" E-mail Schemes Change with the Times January 26, 2004 Robertson Barrett Special to Consumer Reports WebWatch Sidebar: Why Nigeria? view "I am Mr. Simon Nelson, the auditor of ECOBANK BENIN," began a recent e-mail to Consumer Reports WebWatch. Nelson had quite an offer for us. It seemed he had stumbled upon a long-forgotten account in his West African bank and was willing to cut us in for a third of this fortune if we’d just help him with a little stateside paperwork. "I want to transfer Forty Five million United States Dollars into a safe foreigner’s account abroad, but I don't know any foreigner (sic) ," he wrote. "I want to ask you to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new bank account immediately to receive this money." Millions of people worldwide have received offers like this one over the last 20 years – by letter, fax, e-mail and, lately, via instant messages. Although our correspondent never answered our replies, other purveyors of such unsolicited schemes have lured gullible or greedy recipients into giving away their money without their ever receiving a dime of the promised windfall.

55. Department Of Justice, State Of Oregon - Financial Fraud/Consumer Protection Financial fraud/Consumer Protection, Oregon Department of Justice. Includes consumer complaint form, consumer information, hotline, legal notices, news releases about scams and so forth. http://www.doj.state.or.us/FinFraud/welcome3.htm

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56. Consumer Reports Web Watch Investigations: Fraud: Phishing Scams, Online Fraud & The FTC has also issued a warning about a related lottery scam in which the con artists Consumer Investigative Request. fraud, scams, deceitful claims. http://www.consumerwebwatch.org/dynamic/fraud-investigation-show-me-the-money.cf

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57. Consumer Scams And Fraud In Canada The RCMP highlights the latest scams and frauds making the rounds. PhoneBusters This organization tells how to spot phone scams and how to report them in http://canadaonline.about.com/od/scams/

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58. Consumer Scams And Fraud In Canada The RCMP highlights the latest scams and frauds making the rounds. Art Donation scams Don t be fooled by schemes to buy art to donate to charity at a much http://canadaonline.about.com/od/scams/index_r.htm

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59. Law Enforcers Target "Top 10" Online Scams Consumer Protection Cops From 9 Countries, 5 U.S. Agencies, And 23 States Tackle Internet fraud FTC http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2000/10/topten.htm

For Release: October 31, 2000 Law Enforcers Target "Top 10" Online Scams; Consumer Protection Cops From 9 Countries, 5 U.S. Agencies, And 23 States Tackle Internet Fraud In a year-long law enforcement effort targeting the top 10 Internet scams, 5 U.S. agencies, consumer protection organizations from 9 countries and 23 states today announced 251 law enforcement actions against online scammers in "Operation Top Ten Dot Cons." The top 10 scams were culled from Consumer Sentinel, a database of more than 285,000 consumer complaints established and maintained by the Federal Trade Commission and accessible to more than 240 consumer protection agencies in the U.S. - including every state attorney general - and Canadian and Australian law enforcers. The FTC and the United Kingdom's Department of Trade and Industry, and Office of Fair Trading today announced an information sharing and coordination agreement to combat cross-border fraud. The top 10 targeted scams were: Internet Auction Fraud Internet Service Provider Scams Internet Web Site Design/Promotions - Web Cramming Internet Information and Adult Services - Credit Card Cramming Multi-level Marketing/Pyramid Scams Business Opportunities and Work-At-Home Scams Investment Schemes and Get-Rich-Quick Scams Travel/Vacation Fraud Telephone/Pay-Per-Call Solicitation Frauds (including modem dialers and videotext)

60. Investment Scams: Affinity Fraud Investment scams Affinity fraud. Of all the scams that we have touched on in this tutorial, affinity fraud schemes are particularly iniquitous because the http://www.investopedia.com/university/scams/scams6.asp

Features Beginner Intermediate Active Trading ... Contact Us Printer friendly version (PDF format) Investment Scams: Affinity Fraud Of all the scams that we have touched on in this tutorial, affinity fraud schemes are particularly iniquitous because the promoter is often someone they know and/or revere. This swindle is orchestrated by con artists who target certain identifiable groups of people. Often the fraudster is part of the group and has developed the trust of the other group members. Because they are in this position of trust, they are able to implement the scandalous plan. Alternatively, if the mastermind of the scam is not well respected within the community or group, they will recruit individuals who are in order to leverage their trustworthiness and influence. Who Gets Targeted?

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