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Internet Fraud Watch http://www.fraud.org/ #9 E-Mail Pyramid Scheme The classic pyramid scheme: you receive an e-mail with a list of names and you are asked to send $5.00- TOP 10 INTERNET SCAMS you into divulging your password and never authorized by the bank. through very convincing e-mails and web pages. The e-mail appears to be #6 Employment Search #1 Nigerian Scam a/k/a 419 legitimate, such as Visa, Citibank, You post your resume with some Most of you have received this e-mail it PayPal where they frighten you to visit a personal data on a legitimate is a desperate cry for help to get a phony web page requesting you enter employment site. You receive a job offer large sum of money out of the county. your ID and password. Often times the to become a “financial representative” of This scam, like all scams, is too good e-mail will talk about how your account an overseas company you have never to be true. This scam is not new, its has been attacked by hackers or is at heard of. 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If you apply and are “hired” you credit card that requires an upfront fee doubt – contact your financial institute will need to provide the scammer with ask yourself “why would a bank require directly via telephone or in person. your personal data such as bank account this fee?” Reputable credit card information, social security number, date companies sometimes charge an #5 Items for Sale or the of birth, etc., but instead of getting paid annual fee, but the fee is applied to your (Overpayment Scam) you may experience anything from ID balance, never at the time you sign up. This scam involves an item you may Theft, money stolen from your account, have for sale, such as an expensive car, receipting of fake checks or money #3 Lottery Scams truck or jewelry. The scammer finds orders, and sending funds that are not Most of us dream of “hitting the jackpot” your ad and sends you an e-mail valid to “your employer.” Never provide quitting our jobs and retiring. 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In after the hold period the bank will inform times like these, good people come #4 Phishing E-mails you that the form of payment was fake together to help survivors in any way This is becoming one of the most wide and debit your account. In many they can, including online donations. spread internet and e-mail scams today. documented cases the money order “Phishing” is where digital thieves lure may genuinely be real, but was stolen .