How to spot the web’s top 3 biggest scams
Beware of scams and avoid the internet to steal your money, and personal informations.
This beautiful article was written by Jessica Citizen and here only some of that article.
Scammers are around the world today to make you believe and steal your money and informations
Three inportant social website are used by scammers to steal money and information from others.
1. The Facebook flim-flam
This scam has cost well-wishing friends millions of dollars around the world and is often spread via Facebook, although it’s made the rounds on Gmail as well. This one assumes the friends in your address book care enough about you to help you out after a mugging or other catastrophe while traveling.
2. The Twitter trap
One particularly new scam that has swarmed Twitter just last month preys on humanity’s innate desire to know more about themselves. Sent as a direct message from someone you follow, it seems innocent enough: “Someone said this real bad thing about you in a blog…” The message arrives with a link attached, presumably to the offensive content.
3. The reverse Nigerian Prince
We’re all familiar with the Nigerian Prince scam that’s spammed our email inboxes. In the scam, an emotional plea from Western Africa promises you gold and riches if you’ll just help out with a little money first. Even though this is one of the most played-out email swindles in the history of the internet, it’s still going on today. Now, however, a new variation has popped up.
An email arrives supposedly from Citibank Nigeria offering to help victims of the Nigerian Prince scam. Those responding with their full name and address are “eligible” for $50,000 in compensation. It won’t take long for “Citibank” to reply, explaining that their names cannot be found in the database after a cursory search. There’s still hope, however, by sending in a nominal fee ($50? $100? $500?), which will of course be refunded in full once their name has been found and the payment process started.
A closer look at the email reveals that it is hosted on a domain ending in .cn, which the email goes to great lengths to point out stands for Citibank Nigeria. Unfortunately, that’s not true. The .cn extension actually indicates that the domain is based out of China — a fair distance away from Africa, wouldn’t you say? Adding insult to injury, the addresses included in this email are sent from 9.cn, which is a Chinese version of Windows Live Mail; yes, the scammers are again using a free webmail provider.
The Nigerian government does not keep track of everybody who is tricked into sending money via the scam bearing the name of its country (many “Nigerian” scams come from all over the world, including the United States and Europe). There is no fund chock-full of compensation. While Citibank does have a branch in Nigeria, the company is not involved in getting you any money back and does not have email addresses ending in the .cn extension.
If this one pops up in your email, have a laugh over the latest spin on this age-old scam and its feeble attempt to hook you in, and then hit delete. It’s safest.
As the internet offers us new and interesting ways to connect, there will always be scammers trying to use those services to swindle you. But a little common sense goes a long way no matter what form the scam takes. Messages offering easy money, a plea for help, or any kind of emotional response from you need to be ignored. If you feel compelled to look further, make sure you verify the source to make sure it’s not coming from a friend’s account that has been hijacked
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