As you know, not everybody online is a nice person, there are those who wish to take advantage of you. (Believe it or not)

The best Tip I can give as to anti fraud is apply the rule of the street.

If somebody walked up to you on the street and told you that you won the lottery, well you would not believe them would you. Because you do not know who THEY are and they do not know YOUR name so you would not give them money would you! NO - so if you get an email form somebody who says you won the LOTTERY VIA email (you did not even enter) - IT IS A SCAM, THEY WANT YOU TO SEND THEM MONEY SO YOU CAN GET YOUR WINNINGS. (usually via western union - untraceable) before you send them money give it a big hug and kiss because it will be gone

Spam is like that, these spammers/fraudsters have several things in common, they either want you to send them cash or your credit card details.

If you get spam (crap email form somebody you have never heard of) DELETE IT, DO NOT REPLY TO REMOVE YOUR NAME BECAUSE THEY DON'T CARE.

WHAT THEY WANT IS YOU TO DO IS PLACE AN ORDER FOR THE SOFTWARE OR PILLS AND THE WHOLE THING IS YOU WILL NOT GET THE SOFTWARE, PILLS OR WHAT YOU ORDERED - THEY WANT YOUR CREDIT CARD DETAILS SO THEY CAN GO ON A SHOPPING SPREE. This is perhaps the biggest scam, and guess what? THE WEBSITE IN THE SPAM WILL BE GONE WITHIN 2 DAYS! 

So if you give your credit card details to somebody who sent you spam you will be ripped off so keep an eye on your bank statement - SO DON'T DO IT

Another common scam is they want to buy what you are selling on a classified web site like ours and at first they want your details so they can get in touch and then then they will send you more money then you asked for (they are relying on your greed) They send you a bank cheque which is either stolen or just made up on thier printer. They want you to bank this cheque BUT BEFORE IF CLEARS THEY WANT YOU TO SEND THEM SOME MONEY BACK VIA WESTERN UNION (they have a lot to answer for) so you send untraceable cash to another country via Western Union and then the bank calls and says THE CHEQUE WAS A Fake AND YOU HAVE NOW LOST $5000 what ever the amount was.

DO WE HAVE YOUR ATTENTION YET?

So, have a quick read below, if you get an email and they want you to send money to them overseas, well its a SCAM!!!!!!!

If somebody sends you an email from overseas and they use words like

 "Shipper" as in send money to my shipper
or
send money to me Via Western Union
or
I have 20 million dollars (from a dead person) I need to get the money out of Nigeria and I selected you to help me. I will give you 2 million USD (actually you should give yourself an uppercut if you believe this one)
or
they want you to keep the emails from them confidential
or
 they send you much more money than the advertised price and want you to bank the cheque and send them money before the cheque clears

The latest scam is they offer you a job working from home as a money sender (money launderer) you give them your bank account details and as if by magic all your money disappears. Also it is HOW THE launder THE MONEY STOLEN FROM THE SCAMS LISTED ON THIS PAGE.

Also do not do the Survey for Cash, the scam is you pay them money and you don't get to do surveys, you get others to join and pay you, just another pyramid scheme

MORE than likely are scammers

If you are not sure, forward a copy of the email to me and I will will let you know if it is a scam or not. My email address in no-spam-002@sellit.co.nz (new address date 10-11-05) spam spider register

 

 

The best rule ever is, If it's to good to be true - it probably is!

If you want to know more about the Nigerian scams go to the page where they learn how to do it. The following link is a copy of the letters they send to you.
http://www.nigeria-connection.de/inhalt_a_z.html

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Some other rules of mine online.

1. Do not reply to any spam ever. If you do you will notice your spam folder gets bigger everyday
2. Do not buy from any spam ever.
3. Do not believe any spam ever.
4. Do not click any link in spam (it may be a key-logger or virus).
5. Do not try and unsubscribe to spammers. If you do you confirm the mail address and your email then becomes a confirmed address.
6. Do not give your credit cards to any company that sent you spam.
7. Do not send any money to someone you don't know via western union ((if they sent you a cheque which has not cleared (it probably wont))
8. If someone has paid you with a cheque, wait till it clears even if it is a bank cheque. You may lose the sale (fake sale) but you wont lose your shirt!
9. Be careful who you give your personal details to. I would never ever buy online from a company that is not in New Zealand. (this does not mean all companies who have New Zealand domain names are honest or dishonest (just be careful). if you really must buy from overseas, ring them during work hours and listen to how they answer the phone. You must be able to contact them. 
10. I would never use PayPal as they have not replied in person to an email from me with regards to a scam spam.
11. There are 3 programmes you need to have on your computer and they are free. They will help you monitor your computer but are not foolproof.
    Virus protection for a www.avast.com (new window)
    Anti spyware programme www.lavasoftusa.com (new window)
    WinPatrol is the best for monitoring your computer for people who try and load stuff on it www.winpatrol.com (new window)
12. If you place lots of ads online think about getting a hotmail email address for the duration of the ad. After you buy or sell delete the email address and then you wont keep getting spam.
13. I will think of some more.
14. If you have any warnings that should be mentioned here email me on no-spam-002@sellit.co.nz

 

1. http://www.hostedscripts.com/scripts/antispam.html?13028

 

Some irony - already this page has been indexed by spammers and they now spam me with all the scams above, kind of funny really and they address it to the scam email address it, so the email says Dear s.c.a.m, you have won the lottery. Idiots

• If someone walked up to you on the street and said "you have won lotto and if you give me $2000 dollars in cash I will get it for you" What would you say, well a normal person would say - No!, I do not know you, I never entered the lottery and no I will not give $2000 dollars cash to anybody I have never met.

Well that's what people do all day with these scams, the latest scam the laundering money one is the proceeds from all of the scams, they make so much money from idiots who send money to these bastards. 

So use your common sense.

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