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Online Scam Information
Online scams can occur
in many different forms. Below are common scams as reported by the Federal
Trade Commission:
- Fraudulent Cashier's Checks
Always use
caution when accepting cashier's checks from people you don't know.
There has been an increase in the number of individuals reporting that
they have been defrauded by counterfeit cashier's checks. For guidelines
on how to protect yourself when you receive a cashier's check,
click here.
- Internet Auction Fraud:
The non-delivery or untimely arrival
of goods. Also, the delivery of goods that are less valuable than
advertised and failure to disclose all the relevant information about
the product or terms of the sale.
- Shop-at-Home/Catalog Sales:
Problems with purchases made via the
Internet (not including auction sales), telephone or mail such as
undisclosed costs, failure to deliver on time, non-delivery and refusal
to honor a guarantee.
- Internet Access Services and Computers:
Include trial offers
from ISPs, difficulty canceling an ISP account, undisclosed Website
charges, problems with computer software and equipment purchases and
spyware.
- Foreign Money Offers:
Letters or e-mails that offer the
"opportunity" to share in a percentage of millions of dollars that a
self-proclaimed government official is trying to transfer illegally out
of a foreign country in return for money, bank account numbers or other
identifying information from the victim.
- Internet Information and Adult Services:
Charges to credit cards
or phone bills for services never provided and/or received.
- Business Opportunities:
Include medical billing scams,
misleading franchise and Internet-based business opportunities as well
as wealth building plans that don't make good on their promises.
Please click one of the
links below for detailed information on different scams and how to protect
yourself.
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