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    Introduction to Internet Scams and Fraud: Credit Card Theft, Work-At-Home Scams and Lottery Scams
    Introduction to Internet Scams and Fraud: Credit Card Theft, Work-At-Home Scams and Lottery Scams
    Introduction to Internet Scams and Fraud: Credit Card Theft, Work-At-Home Scams and Lottery Scams
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    Introduction to Internet Scams and Fraud: Credit Card Theft, Work-At-Home Scams and Lottery Scams

    By Dueep J. Singh

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    Introduction to Internet Scams and Fraud - Credit Card Theft, Work-At-Home Scams and Lottery Scams

    Table of Contents
    Introduction to Internet Scams and Fraud
    Getting to Know More about Internet Scams/Identity Theft/Credit Card Theft and Internet Frauds
    Difference between Internet scams And Internet Fraud
    Tips and Techniques to Recognize Frauds and Scams
    Rule number one – giving personal information out
    Rule number two – identification documents
    How does Internet fraud work?
    Lottery Scams
    Victim of Lottery Fraud?
    Giving Money Away Free Scam
    Protecting yourself from Internet fraud
    Part 2
    Credit card thefts/work-at-home scams/banks and scammers
    Work from Home Frauds – Facebook Fortune
    Country Oriented Work-At-Home Scams
    How to Recognize a Work-At-Home Scam
    Anti Internet Fraud agencies
    Social media advertising – YouTube etc. Promoting Scams
    Work-at-home programs
    Tips for Working at Home Jobs
    How to Trap Internet tricksters Through Social Media?
    How Do Banks Encourage Frauds?
    How Can a Bank Help in Catching a Scammer?
    Banking Laissez-faire attitudes
    Strict Ways of Tackling Credit Card Frauds
    Banking Secrets Unfolded
    Bank Update Frauds
    Conclusion
    Author Bio
    Publisher

    Introduction to Internet Scams and Frauds

    With the Internet becoming such an integral part of all our lives, is it a surprise that we are more vulnerable to Internet scams and Internet fraud. So for all those people who want to know about the different ways in which a person can get scammed through Internet scams and Internet fraud, here is a complete information dossier telling you all about identity thefts, credit card thefts, Internet fraud and Internet scams.

    Along with this, you are going to know more about how fraudsters can gain access to your bank account, thanks to emails which you demand information from you under the garb of updating your banking details and information.

    Ignorance is not bliss. In such cases you have to be one step ahead of all the scamsters who benefit from a credulous public who believe that if banking and financial company officials have written to you about a serious matter, it is serious. They thrive on such threatening and scare tactics, telling you that your account is going to be limited within three days or some such ultimatum.

    Remember that no bank or any other institution which has anything to do with money is going to ask you for your details, by asking you to update them online. Anybody with a little bit of common sense knows that any information which is sent online either through mail or through tapping on supposedly secure websites can be easily accessed by any hacker with a little bit of experience and computer know how.

    So apart from showing you ways and means with which you can check these Internet scamsters and credit card identity thieves, this book is going to give you information on how you can protect yourself from future financial losses.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMendon Cottage Books
    Release dateJan 3, 2015
    ISBN9781311229519
    Introduction to Internet Scams and Fraud: Credit Card Theft, Work-At-Home Scams and Lottery Scams

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      Introduction to Internet Scams and Fraud - Dueep J. Singh

      Getting to Know More about Internet Scams/Identity Theft/Credit Card Theft and Internet Frauds

      Introduction to Internet Scams and Frauds

      With the Internet becoming such an integral part of all our lives, is it a surprise that we are more vulnerable to Internet scams and Internet fraud. So for all those people who want to know about the different ways in which a person can get scammed through Internet scams and Internet fraud, here is a complete information dossier telling you all about identity thefts, credit card thefts, Internet fraud and Internet scams.

      Along with this, you are going to know more about how fraudsters can gain access to your bank account, thanks to emails which you demand information from you under the garb of updating your banking details and information.

      Ignorance is not bliss. In such cases you have to be one step ahead of all the scamsters who benefit from a credulous public who believe that if banking and financial company officials have written to you about a serious matter, it is serious. They thrive on such threatening and scare tactics, telling you that your account is going to be limited within three days or some such ultimatum.

      Remember that no bank or any other institution which has anything to do with money is going to ask you for your details, by asking you to update them online. Anybody with a little bit of common sense knows that any information which is sent online either through mail or through tapping on supposedly secure websites can be easily accessed by any hacker with a little bit of experience and computer know how.

      So apart from showing you ways and means with which you can check these Internet scamsters and credit card identity thieves, this book is going to give you information on how you can protect yourself from future financial losses.

      Difference between Internet scams And Internet Fraud

      Internet scams can be you telling the details of your credit card or your identity to companies who demanded this information from you, because they need that information to see whether you are of age or any other excuse.

      Internet fraud is much more of the same thing, but on a larger level with transactions through companies sending money through wire transfers to other companies abroad. These companies do not exist.

      Tips and Techniques to Recognize Frauds and Scams

      Rule number one – giving personal information out

      Common sense is not so common, but you should have some survival instinct working, especially when somebody is demanding to know your name, address, phone number, and other important information, because they need it. No legitimate business needs this information from you, especially over the Internet.

      Also, anybody asking for your credit card details, unless of course it is eBay or any other such site should also be considered to be a pukka SCAM. It is better to be safe than to be sorry. Once you lose your money, you are never going to get it back. Somebody is going to be making his own bungalow in some South American country through money stolen from you.

      So remember any site page on the Internet which asks you to give your personal details, especially password, name, address, phone number, and bank account number is a scamster.

      Rule number two – identification documents

      In fact, any company out there has absolutely no right to ask you for identification documents, including your passport details to prove you are who you are. While I was working for Odesk they told me to verify my identity for their files. They wanted my passport details. I kicked up a fuss. They had absolutely no right to ask me my passport details, or my national identity card details or my income tax number details, or even my bank account proof details.

      And I received a letter from them saying that a technical fault had caused a sending of mail requiring proof to all their clients/customers/contractors. My account was immediately reopened again. They had suspended it, thanks to their technical blooper.

      But how many of the clients in Asia, and the Middle East and in other parts of the world sent their passport details to Odesk in order to prove their identity?

      One may trust Odesk, to keep that information confidential but one definitely should not trust the medium by which you send those documents – a Hotmail or a Google mail or a yahoo mail server. This is one of the easiest things to hack online, and any teenage geek with a little bit of slick techno- know how can get access to

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