If It Looks Too Good to be TrueIts Probably a Scam



Posted: Monday, September 07, 2009

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Every time we go on the internet nowadays we are targeted by fraudsters looking to suck us in with their latest scam. The internet has provided a scammers dream since the internet has no barriers and can put them in touch with millions of people and allowing them to keep their anonymity. Add to this the ease of building and hosting a website which can be put up and taken down with the close of a hat it provides a perfect playing ground to rip off consumers.

That means as consumers we have to be even more vigilant when shopping online, only use websites you have heard of or are recommended from a reliable source, therefore from a friend or a trusted website not from a random blog. Scam artists are always looking for new angles when creating fraud schemes to attempt to scam new victims.

The advice is the old saying, if it is too good to be true it probably is. Scammers will offer you goods that are at a good price but not ridiculous prices in order for the scam to seem legitimate. There are a number of signs that will tell you the site is a fake. Obvious errors are spelling mistakes and if you add an item to a basket, go to checkout and there is not secure payment system. If you search for whois you can look up their directory and see when the website was registered, if it was recently then avoid like the plague, the risk of hoax is too high.

The scams that are sadly drawing in many victims at the moment are the money making scams. There are many variants but you will often see adverts on social networking sites or search engine results that will click through to a sales page. These can be very tempting especially when the offer of a small outlay in return for a potentially large income.

Many businesses provide internet connections for employees to communication with customers and suppliers which leave them open to fraud. Employees can click through to a site where fraudsters will infect their system with a virus leaving the company open to attack.

Fraud and internet scams are rife, learn how to protect your business at the next marcus evans scam conference. Protect your business, your customer information and your reputation.

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