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What Is “speculate To Accumulate” Believe Me This Sound As Swindling Tactics That Telemarketers Used On Our?

By Ripoffs Scams, on November 10th, 2009%

television to swindle us out of our money. Or is the strategy of legal way . . . → Read More: What Is “speculate To Accumulate” Believe Me This Sound As Swindling Tactics That Telemarketers Used On Our?

Can I Make A Lot Of Money Making Up Lies And Selling A Quackery Pill To “cure” This Medical Lie?

By Ripoffs Scams, on November 9th, 2009%

Like the latest scam, where people’s intestines are full of pastey, gross clogged up waste, and you can lose 30 pounds if you take this pill that looses up all this stuff.
Maybe i can say that the reason people are tired is because their brains are full of worms and if they take my pill, the . . . → Read More: Can I Make A Lot Of Money Making Up Lies And Selling A Quackery Pill To “cure” This Medical Lie?

What’s Up With This “i’m Dying With Millions Of Dollars For Charity” Scam Email?

By Ripoffs Scams, on November 8th, 2009%

I keep getting this scam/spam email sent to me, where someone is telling me that they are very rich and they have been mean to everyone their whole life and now they want to give me all their money to put into a charity….
How does this scam work? Why do I get so many of them?
(I . . . → Read More: What’s Up With This “i’m Dying With Millions Of Dollars For Charity” Scam Email?

Have You Heard Of This Door To Door Scam?

By Ripoffs Scams, on November 5th, 2009%

A guy came to my place twice each time claiming to be from a different company. He first claimed he was AT and t. I told him to go away but he kept telling me to open the door. Finally I would call the police and then he left.
He came back the next day claiming to . . . → Read More: Have You Heard Of This Door To Door Scam?

Is This MLM Business Opportunity An Illegal Pyramid Scheme?

By Ripoffs Scams, on November 3rd, 2009%

Sorting through the myriad of multilevel marketing opportunities can be difficult. Some are legitimate business opportunities offering great products at great prices. Unfortunately others are questionable, perhaps borderline illegal. In the past, many multilevel business opportunities were little more than pyramid schemes. These illegal programs counted on recruiting others into the system without offering any real . . . → Read More: Is This MLM Business Opportunity An Illegal Pyramid Scheme?

Water For Fuel? This Must Be A Scam!

By Ripoffs Scams, on November 1st, 2009%

Do you want to know how you can drive around using plain tap water as fuel and laugh at rising gas costs, while reducing your auto’s emissions and helping to prevent more global warming?

That was the headline I read and my initial gut reaction was “Oh no… Not another save money on your gasoline scam”.

I . . . → Read More: Water For Fuel? This Must Be A Scam!

Is Aim Really Getting Rid Of Inactive Accounts, Or Is This A Chain Letter Scam?

By Ripoffs Scams, on October 31st, 2009%

I got a message from someone in my buddy list that said Dear::AIM USERs…….. Because of our overloading of our servers, we are being forced to extract our non-active AIM users. Because this is a free service, AOL has exceeded the budget for the AIM service. We are asking that you send this exact message to . . . → Read More: Is Aim Really Getting Rid Of Inactive Accounts, Or Is This A Chain Letter Scam?

Is This Not The Best Of The Latest Scams?

By Ripoffs Scams, on October 31st, 2009%

Its based on the story in the link, it’s about US dollars in metal boxes, it must be somewhere and you could find it! Who needs fake Nigerian generals or flood victim charities when you can sell an interest in this booty!
Can anyone think of a better scam since Cap’n Flint buried his treasure “somewhere . . . → Read More: Is This Not The Best Of The Latest Scams?

The Biggest Internet Scams this Year

By Ripoffs Scams, on October 30th, 2009%

Viruses and spyware

Probably the most widely known scam and the type that has been around the longest are viruses and spyware. We are certainly more cautious than we used to be however viruses still find themselves everywhere and as technology advances it is becoming more difficult to protect yourself from them. You may be visiting a . . . → Read More: The Biggest Internet Scams this Year

Top 10 Scams and Rip-Offs
1.Scams and Rip-Offs} Acai Supplements and Other “Free” Trial Offers – Ads offering trial offers for teeth whiteners, acai anti-aging pills and other miracle supplements blanket the Internet, including trusted Web sites of national news organizations. The marketing campaigns often falsely claimed an endorsement by Oprah, Rachel Ray and Doctor Oz. Thousands of consumers complained to BBB that the free trial actually cost them as much as hundreds of dollars, month after month.

2.Scams and Rip-Offs} Stimulus/Government Grant Scams – Even before President Obama announced the stimulus plan in February, scammers had already set up schemes for misleading consumers and small business owners into thinking they could get a piece of the pie. Offers for worthless assistance and advice on how to get government grants bombarded consumers online, over the phone and via mail and e-mail.

3.Scams and Rip-Offs} Robocalls – Owning a cell phone or having their phone number on the do-not-call list did not help thousands of people across the US put a stop to harassing automated telemarketing calls in 2009. The robocalls often claimed that their auto warranty was about to expire—which wasn’t true—or offered help in reducing their interest rate on their credit card. The prevalence of robocalls violating federal telemarketing laws prompted the FTC to increase restrictions on the practice in 2009.

4.Scams and Rip-Offs} Lottery/Sweepstakes Scam – The victim receives a letter in the mail pretending to be from Reader’s Digest, Publisher’s Clearing House or a phony foreign lottery claiming that he or she has won millions. The letter comes with a check that represents only a portion of the total winnings. In order to get the rest, the victim has to deposit the check and then wire hundreds of dollars back to the scammers supposedly to cover taxes or some other bogus fee. The victim wires the money, but the prize never arrives.

5.Scams and Rip-Offs} Job Hunter Scams –Scams targeting job hunters vary and include attempts to gain access to personal information such as bank account or social security numbers and requirements to pay a fee in order to even be considered for the job. Another common scam was reported to BBB by job hunters who were told by a prospective employer that they had to check their credit report before being considered for a job. The job offer is actually a marketing ploy for online credit monitoring that costs the victim every month until they cancel.

6.Scams and Rip-Offs} Google Work from Home Scam – Countless Web sites cropped up in 2009 that claimed you could learn how to make money from home using Google or Twitter and offered a free trial of learning materials. The Web sites often included the Google or Twitter moniker and logo. As a result, many people who complained to BBB thought they were getting a job with Google or Twitter when in, fact, they were being lured into another misleading free-trial offer and were billed every month for the materials and other mystery charges that added up to hundreds of dollars.

7.Scams and Rip-Offs} Mortgage Foreclosure Rescue/Debt Assistance – Many families are struggling in the current economy and hucksters are offering to help them save their house from foreclosure or help them get out of credit card debt. Unfortunately, victims are paying hundreds of dollars up front for the assistance they desperately need but ultimately never receive.

8.Scams and Rip-Offs} Mystery Shopping – Consumers across the country thought that they could make some extra money by becoming a secret shopper and evaluating the customer service of various stores. The victim is asked to evaluate their shopping experience at a few stores as well as a money wiring service such as Western Union or MoneyGram by wiring money back to the scammers. A seemingly real looking check is supposed to cover the costs, but ends up being a fake. The victim is out hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars.

9.Scams and Rip-Offs} Over-Payment Scams – Over-payment scams typically target small business owners, landlords or individuals with rooms to rent and sellers on classifieds or sites like Craigslist. Typically the scammer pretends to be a customer, possible renter or interested buyer, respectively. The victim receives a check for more than the amount requested. The scammers then ask the victim to deposit the check and wire the extra amount elsewhere, such as to a shipping company. Ultimately though, the check is fake and the victim is really wiring money back to the scammers.

10.Scams and Rip-Offs} Phishing e-mails/H1N1 spam – A perennial problem, phishing e-mails pop up in inboxes and can take various forms such as appearing to be from a business, a government agency or official or even a friend. Whatever the setup, the goal of any phishing e-mail is the same: to trick victims into divulging sensitive financial information or to infect the victim’s computer with viruses and malware. In addition to phishing e-mails, spam e-mail selling wares to prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus were particularly rampant in 2009.

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