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Free Stuff Scams - dont be tricked by fake free stuff offers
The lure of free stuff is a powerful marketing tool and is used to good effect by many savvy marketers - unfortunately, not every free stuff offer is what it appears to be
http://freebies.about.com/cs/allaboutfreebies/a/scams.htm
FreSch! Be Wary of Scholarship Scams
Welcome to FreSch! the FREE Scholarship Search and Information Service, with over 2000 scholarships listed online. Freschinfo.com
http://www.freschinfo.com/tipsscam.php
Friendly" Investment Scams On The Rise by Attorney General Eliot Spitzer
Friendly" Investment Scams On The Rise by Attorney General Eliot Spitzer
http://www.pcnr.com/News/Column/07-25-01_2.html
FTC Warns Consumers about “Check Overpayment” Scams
FTC Warns Consumers about “Check Overpayment” Scams
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/12/checkoverpayment.shtm
Get Rich Quick Scams
Get Rich Quick Scams
http://www.ezinearticles.com/index.php?Get-Rich-Quick-Scams&id=522214
Greeting Card Scams
Be aware of scams that masquerade as greeting cards. It may just be a trap laid to launch trojans onto the computers of the unsuspecting.
http://antivirus.about.com/od/securitytips/a/greetingcard.htm
Hair Loss Scams
Hair loss scams hair transplant photographs hair transplant surgery photos hair transplant doctors transplants women baldness cures alopecia male pattern
http://www.hairtransplantnetwork.com/Hair-Loss-Treatments/hair-loss-scams.asp
Hair Loss Treatment Scams - Be Careful of Internet Mircale Cures for Hair Loss
Hair Loss Treatment Scams - Be Careful of Internet Mircale Cures for Hair Loss
http://www.hairlosslibrary.com/hairlosstreatmentscams/
Home Based Business Scams: how to avoid Internet Home Business Scams
Home Based Business Scams: Learn how to tread carefully in a world full of Internet Home Based Business Scams. Be aware and avoid getting caught in Business Opportunity Scams.
http://www.bizymoms.com/scams.html
How to Avoid Computing Scams - UTS Network Security - University of Denver
Information to help keep your computer and the DU network safe.
http://www.du.edu/uts/security/scams.html
How to tell if you have received a lottery scam letter: lottery scams are very dangerous
Free online database of lottery scam letters, lottery fraud education Free online database of lottery scam letters and lottery scam identity theft warnings
http://www.fraudaid.com/ScamSpam/Lottery/
HYIP Scam Search
A Comprehensive Database of HYIP Scams generated from all HYIP monitoring/rating/information websites, forums and newsgroups. Search the database before you invest in HYIP programs
http://www.stochasticsoccer.com/kakarukeys/
Identity Theft Scams
Every day a new scam is hatched in an attempt to lure us in and strip of us of our hard earned cash-or worse yet, our identity. [p]You can't possibly keep up to date on all the new scams, but here are the ones that you really need to watch out for.
http://idtheft.about.com/od/scamsandconsumeralerts/a/idtheft_Scams.htm
Inside Bay Area - South S.F. scam investigation leads to Yahoo search warrant
South S.F. scam investigation leads to Yahoo search warrant
http://www.insidebayarea.com/sanmateocountytimes/localnews/ci_6461261
Internet hoaxes & scams - CMU/SCS Computing Facilities
How to protect yourself against internet hoaxes and scams
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~help/security/hoaxes_scams.html
Internet Love Scams
This site provides a safe haven to those that have been defrauded by romance and dating scammers
http://www.internet-love-scams.org/
Internet Phishing and Email Scams - What Phishing and Email Scams Look Like
Have you wondered if that email is legitimate? Is that login screen for real? Sadly, these are often scams and "phishing" cons that lure you into divulging your access codes and account numbers online. Don't get fooled by these clever con artists... here are examples of what Internet and email scams and phishing cons look like.
http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/scamsandidentitytheft/ig/Phishing-Scams-and-Email-Cons/index.htm
Internet Scams Article
Internet Scams information at Internet Scams
http://www.thmg.com/scams/
Internet Web Hosting Scams, Ripoffs, Free Hosting Frauds
An article relaying information about internet web hosting scams and cautions to be aware of when purchasing a web hosting package on the Internet.
http://www.loriswebs.com/internethostingscams.html
IRS warns of new e-mail scams - May. 31, 2007
The Internal Revenue Service is warning businesses across the country of two new and potentially devastating e-mail scams that could silently take over their computer hard drives.
http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/31/smbusiness/irs_email/index.htm?postversion=2007053116
Job Scams - Work at Home Job Scams - Look Out for Scams - Scams - Job Scamming - Watch Out for Freelance Scams
Freelance jobs directory, self-employment freelance jobs portal, and freelancing employment directory and home-based small business resources for graphic designers, artists, writers, programmers, and more, including self-employed health insurance advice and work at home, freelancing articles and lists.
http://www.allfreelance.com/scams.html
KY3 - News - Postal Service destroys millions of letters to try to stop scams
KY3 - News - Postal Service destroys millions of letters to try to stop scams
http://www.ky3.com/news/8689537.html
Law Scams - Military Benefits - Military.com
State securities regulators release an annual list of the top 10 investment scams they are combating. New to the 2001 list are risky payphone and ATM investments, often sold by independent life insurance agents, and so-called "callable" certificates of deposit sold to older Americans despite their 10- to 20-year maturities.
http://www.military.com/benefits/legal-matters/law-scams
Lottery and competition scams (fake prizes
Lottery and competition scams (fake prizes
http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/index.phtml/tag/LotteryCompetitionScams
Making money on the internet - Avoiding spam and scams
Online Money Making - Useful tips and links to making money online, whilst avoiding spam and scams. Includes info on PTR/PTP programs, affiliate marketing, e-money, spam, scams, free software, forums, services and more
http://www.onlinemoneymaking.net/scams.php
Making Money Online: Marketing Scams
Making Money Online: Marketing Scams
http://www.adl.org/internet/extremism_rw/scams.asp
Maxgain scams
Maxgain scams
http://maxgain.wordpress.com/
Ministry of Consumer Affairs - Scamwatch - Prize and Lottery Scams
Information and warnings on prize and lottery schemes targetting NZ consumers including a specific section on letters announcing win in Spanish or Netherlands lottery.
http://www.consumeraffairs.govt.nz/scamwatch/prizelottery.html
Modeling Scams - Selection Scams
Selection Scams
http://www.modelingscams.org/selectionscams.html
Modeling Scams
Modeling Scams
http://www.modelingscams.com/
Modeling Scams, Rip Offs and Bad Business
Watch out for modeling Scams, Rip-offs and bad business.
http://www.modelingadvice.com/Scams.html
MyLot - scams
MyLot - scams
http://www.mylot.com/w/keywords/scams.aspx
Mymoney.iafrica.com - scamwatch Avoiding the popular scams
Cases of financial fraud are on the rise as scamsters get more sophisticated in separating us from our money. Iona Minton explains some of the common scams out there and how to avoid them.
http://mymoney.iafrica.com/scamwatch/452962.htm
MySpace Scams
MySpace Scams
http://www.myspacescams.com/
NACAC Scholarship Scams
NACAC Scholarship Scams
http://www.nacacnet.org/MemberPortal/ForStudents/ScholarshipScams/
NASD - Investor Information - Investor Alert - "Phishing" and Other Online Identity Theft Scams: Don't Take the Bait
NASD - Investor Information - Investor Alert - "Phishing" and Other Online Identity Theft Scams: Don't Take the Bait
http://www.nasd.com/InvestorInformation/InvestorAlerts/FraudsandScams/PhishingandOtherOnlineIdentityTheftScamsDontTaketheBait/index.htm
NeoN: Scams & Safety Tips
NeoNonsense
http://www.neononsense.com/scams.html
New International Financial Scams Brochure
Media Note: New International Financial Scams Brochure
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/mar/81244.htm
Nigerian 419 scams: effective as ever
Nigerian 419 scams: effective as ever
http://www.arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060720-7307.html
Nigerian scams - Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Nigerian scams - Australian Securities and Investments Commission
http://www.asic.gov.au/fido/fido.nsf/byheadline/Nigerian+scams?opendocument
NPR : Scams Plague Efforts to Adopt Beyond Borders
A growing demand for adoptable children overseas is leading to tragic outcomes for some children and parents. Michael Montgomery of American RadioWorks reports on problems with adoptions of children from the former Soviet Union.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5134186
NPR : Tips for Avoiding Moving Scams
The busiest season for movers and these scams is between the month of May and Labor Day. Our personal finance contributor discusses the ways some moving companies rip off their customers, and how people can avoid these scams.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11694381
Office of Consumer and Business Affairs - Consumer Youth Web Site - Managing Money - Avoiding Scams
A web site targeting young consumers aged 16-20 years. Information for young consumers on renting a house or flat, getting credit, buying a car, smart shopping and what to do when things go wrong.
http://www.b4usplashcash.ocba.sa.gov.au/money/scams.html
Oodle Classifieds - Avoid Scams
Oodle Classifieds - Avoid Scams
http://www.oodle.com/info/avoidscams/
Phishing Scams by Targeted Company
Millersmiles.co.uk - The web's dedicated anti - phishing service, Phishing, Email Scam, Spoof, Fraud
http://www.millersmiles.co.uk/scams.php
Quatloos! - Cyber-Museum of Scams and Frauds...
Quatloos! - Financial Frauds and Scams Revealed including: Nigerian 419 scam, Pure Trusts, Constitutional Trusts, Global Prosperity Group, Bank Debentures, Roll Programs, Tax Protestors, Merrill Scott Case, Melchizedek, New Utopia, Variable Annuities, Life Insurance, Investment Fraud, and much more
http://www.quatloos.com/
Quatloos! - Other Scams & Frauds
Scams and Frauds come in many forms. This gallery showcases scams and frauds that do not fit into any of our other galleries
http://www.quatloos.com/other_scams.php
Real Estate Blog - WARNING - Foreclosure Scams on the Rise
In a recent issues of the Wall Street Journal, there was an article about the latest mortgage fraud issues surrounding the "save your home from foreclosure" scams. According to RealtyTrac, a foreclosure data service, more than one million borrowers have gone into foreclosure so far in 2006. This represents a 27
http://www.activerain.com/blogsview/23316/WARNING-Foreclosure-Scams-on
Real estate blog entries tagged with scams by Jacqulyn Richey - Las Vegas Real Estate (Prudential
All the blog entries on the ActiveRain Real Estate Network tagged with scams by Jacqulyn Richey - Las Vegas Real Estate (Prudential
http://www.activerain.com/blogs/lasvegasrealestate/tags/scams
Reshipping: An employment scam
Accepting a job with these bogus firms will cost you your identity and make you an unwitting accomplice to crime.
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/advice/scams/reshipping.asp
Russian Scam - Check Russian women, Russian Bride Scam
Russian Scam Check - report scammer, order scam check service, request backround check, get anti-scam advise, read tips
http://www.russianscamcheck.org/
Russian Scam - Check Russian women, Russian Bride Scam
Russian Scam Check - report scammer, order scam check service, request backround check, get anti-scam advise, read tips
http://www.russianscamcheck.org/index.shtml
Russian Scam in Dating Industry. Background Check on Russian women can protect you.
Russian Scam in Dating Industry. Background Checks on Russian women and lovers by real Investigators.
http://allrussianlink.netfirms.com/
Scams - Cons - Fraud - Tax Scams - Refinancing Scams - Credit Scams - Investment Scams - Scholarship Scams - Work-At-Home Scams - Internet Scams
Learn about scam artists and their many scams, frauds and cons. Here, we discuss a long list of scams, including tax scams, refinancing scams, credit scams, investment scams, work-at-home scams, scholarship scams, and internet scams. Understanding these scams can be an ounce of prevention against possible financial ruin. And, if you've been a victim of a scam or think a scam is in process, we'll tell you how to report scams and where to go for help.
http://www.thinkglink.com/consumer-advice.asp?subcategory=Scams
Scams - How to Avoid Scams
Scams - How to Avoid Scams
http://www.virtualassistants.com/scams.html
Scams & Frauds
Protect yourself against scammers and frauds. Here are the ways to avoid these criminals. Due Diligence explained. Never be caught out or lose money again.
http://www.tridentpress.com.au/category18_1.htm
Scams & Hoaxes
Information from About Guides and partners relating to Scams & Hoaxes
http://pcworld.about.com/od/scamshoaxes/Scams_Hoaxes.htm
Scams « WordPress.com
Scams « WordPress.com
http://www.wordpress.com/tag/scams/
Scams and Cons
The world is full of con artists who will use all kinds of ploys to defraud others out of their money.
http://crime.about.com/od/scams/Scams_and_Cons.htm
Scams and pyramid schemes
Scams and pyramid schemes that homeworkers should be aware of.
http://www.homeworking.com/library/scams.htm
Scams Involving the Federal Reserve Name - Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Scams Involving the Federal Reserve Name - Federal Reserve Bank of New York
http://www.ny.frb.org/banking/frscams.html
Scams Scoundrels & Hoaxes
A listing of outrageous scams, scoundrels and hoaxes.
http://www.headinjury.com/scams.htm
Scams
Scams
http://pharmacy.ucsf.edu/pharmd/students/comp/security/scams/
Scams
Attleboro Police Department, Attleboro Massachusetts
http://www.attleboropolice.org/scams.htm
Scams
Scams
http://www.fearlessmoney.com/category/decrease/scams/
Scams.FlipShark.com
Latest ebay scams and scam information. Find out how they work and how to avoid these online scammers.
http://scams.flipshark.com/ebayindex.html
Scams: business tips and advice from America's most trusted small business planning expert
Advice for your successful small business by Rhonda Abrams
http://www.rhondaonline.com/content/hmrLandSub.asp?sect=scams
Scholarship Scams - Office of Inspector General
Homepage of the Office of the Inspector General. We conduct independent and objective audits, investigations, inspections, and other activities.
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oig/misused/sscams.html
Scholarship Scams
Be alert for services that solicit money in exchange for guaranteed scholarships.
http://www.collegeanswer.com/paying/content/pay_scholarship_scams.jsp
Tax Scams/Consumer Alerts
Tax Scams/Consumer Alerts
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=98269,00.html
Taxi Scams
Taxi scams
http://www.kevincoffee.com/taxi_scams.htm
The "Mercury Toxicity" Scam:: How Anti-Amalgamists Swindle People
The "Mercury Toxicity" Scam:: How Anti-Amalgamists Swindle People
http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/mercury.html
The page www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/scams/scams.asp no longer exists
The page www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/scams/scams.asp no longer exists
http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/scams/scams.asp
The Scam Index: Resource To Explain Scams On The Internet
The Scam Index: phishing scams, credit card scams, ebay scams, bank scams, nigerian scams, lawyer scams, lottery scams, and other online scams.
http://www.virtu-software.com/anti-spam/scam_index.asp
Top 10 investment scams
Scams that take millions of dollars from millions of Americans every year. Here is a summary of the top 10 investment cons
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/investing/20020829a.asp
Top Identity Theft Scams
Top Identity Theft Scams
http://idtheft.about.com/od/scamsandconsumeralerts/tp/idscampicks.htm
Top Ten Scams
The top 10 "money for nothing" scams that Irish consumers are likely to come across.
http://www.consumerconnect.ie/eng/Hot_Topics/Scams/Top_Ten_Scams/
Top Ten Telemarketing Scams
Top Ten Telemarketing Scams
http://www.natlconsumersleague.org/top10telemarketingscams.html
Top Ten Telemarketing Scams
Top Ten Telemarketing Scams
http://www.nclnet.org/top10telemarketingscams.html
Tour Scams - Beijing Tourist Traps - VirtualTourist.com
Travel tips: Beijing tourist traps, including Tour Scams, courtesy of real travelers and Beijing, China locals. Get real travel advice from real people, including what to skip in Beijing.
http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Asia/China/Beijing_Shi/Beijing-1024960/Tourist_Traps-Beijing-Tour_Scams-BR-1.html
TravelSense - Travel Scams
TravelSense - Travel Scams
http://www.travelsense.org/consumer/scams.asp
UC Berkeley Recreational Sports
UC Berkeley Recreational Sports
http://www.strawberry.org/scam/index.html
Undesired Email Flavours: Email Scams
Stason.org: Email Scam is the old brother to phishing
http://www.stason.org/articles/technology/email/junk-mail/scams.html
USATODAY.com - Cell phones now richer targets for viruses, spam, scams
As next-generation cell phones grow in popularity and function more like PCs, digital intruders are targeting them with viruses, spam and phishing schemes. The security climate is similar to several years ago, when thrill-seeking hackers realized...
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2005-04-27-cell-phones-usat_x.htm
WARNING - STAY ALERT,  Scam Circulating, Cashier Check Scam, Internet Scams
Don't get scammed over the internet. Read about the scams and educate yourself. Don't let it happen to you! Internet Scam Information
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/scam.htm
Washington Post Staff Writer Caroline E. Mayer - consumer issues, product safety, misleading ads, frauds and scams
Washington Post Staff Writer Caroline E. Mayer - consumer issues, product safety, misleading ads, frauds and scams
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/08/31/LI2005083101790.html
We Buy Houses Scams, Tricks, Signs, Ads and Letters in NH New Hampshire Real Estate Foreclosure and Bankruptcy. Sell My New Hampshire NH House Now. No Trouble.
NOT Like the Others Who Buy Houses! Sell in days.No commissions.Not agents.Honest approach.No misleading schemes.LOCAL,family-owned.We use OUR OWN CASH TO BUY!Fair prices.VERY SATISFIED CUSTOMERS!Home listed & not selling? Avoid bankruptcy. Stop Foreclosure. Divorce? Refinance problems? Get needed cash. Laid Off? For Sale By Owner? CALL US FIRST! We can help! Houses, Condos, Mobile Homes, Apartment / Multi-families, Land - purchased for cash in New Hampshire (NH) and Northern Massachusetts (MA
http://www.alternativesinrealty.com/air_003.htm
Web Hosting Scams – What Some Web Hosting Providers Aren`t Telling You
Web Hosting Scams – What Some Web Hosting Providers Aren`t Telling You
http://tools.devshed.com/c/a/Web-Hosting/Web-Hosting-Scams-What-Some-Web-Hosting-Providers-Arent-Telling-You/
Wells Fargo Privacy and Security - Scams
Learn about some of the ways fraudsters locate and defraud potential victims.
http://www.wellsfargo.com/privacy_security/fraud/operate/scams
Wipe Out Nigerian Scams
THE SCAMS: inheritance, cheques (checks), credit card, money order, for sale, dating sites
http://www.nigerianscams.org/
Work at Home – Avoiding Work at Home Scams
Want to work at home? Don’t fall for those work at home ads. The only ones who make money off these supposed work at home or home business opportunities are the scamsters. Here’s how to recognize and avoid some of the most common work at home scams.
http://sbinfocanada.about.com/od/scams/a/workathomescams.htm
Work from home scams
Work from home scams
http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/index.phtml/tag/WorkFromHomeScams
Anti-Phishing Working Group - Stop Phishing and Email Scams
Our mission is to provide a resource for information about the problem of phishing and email fraud.
http://www.antiphishing.org/consumer_recs.htm
Bureau of the Public Debt : Scams Involving Treasury Securities
Types of scams
http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/cc/ccphony2.htm
Car Scams & Car Dealer Scams - How To Avoid Getting Screwed
Here are some typical car scams and car dealer scams and how to avoid getting ripped off
http://www.buy-and-sell-car-secrets.com/car-scams.html
Carpet Scams
Carpet Scams and how not to get ripped off .
http://www.carpetguru.com/scam.html
Common scams - GuildWiki
Common scams - GuildWiki
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Common_scams
Common scams - GuildWiki
Common scams - GuildWiki
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/List_of_popular_scams
E-mail and Internet Scams and Viruses
Loughborough University Computing Services - E-mail and Internet Scams and Viruses.
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/computing/mail/scam.html
Email Scams - Guaranteed Protection Services by MX Logic
Click to learn about email scams, email hoaxes and email pranks. Tips and free information. Guaranteed virus protection services for business from MX Logic
http://www.mxlogic.com/resources/spam_virus_email/email-scams.cfm

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