If Ebay Was Truthful

If Ebay Was Truthful
What would these listings look like if by some magic everyone was forced into full disclosure and absolute honesty?

I doubt of course that it can happen one day, but still - another Internet fraudsters in their unique way... They do not lie to us, they just do not tell the truth....

So see, remember, and beware!!!

Charity Scams

The Set-Up

A charity presents you with a need.

The Hook

You respond generously, without checking the charity's or collector's credentials.

The Sting

There was no charity, your money is gone, and the people in need get nothing.

 You are presented with an opportunity to be generous, and you respond. Unfortunately the charity turns out to be fake or a scammer pretending to be a real charity. You lose your money.

Natural disasters are often the trigger for fake charity scams. Scammers were asking for money immediately after the 2004 tsunami.

Other charity scammers will play on your emotions by presenting you with images and stories about sick children or homeless animals.

Variations:

Charity Lottery Scams

Scammers can set up lotteries and sell tickets promoting the idea that the proceeds will be going to charity. If you check the terms and conditions of the lottery, though (which you should always do) you may discover that only a tiny fraction of the money raised goes to charity.

Stay Safe

If you are contacted by a charity you have never heard of before, do some research before saying 'yes' to any appeal.

If you are approached face-to-face by someone representing a charity, look for official identification. Even if they have ID, check for signs that the ID may be faked.

Do not be pressured or intimidated or made to feel guilty. Genuine charities would regard such tactics as bad for their reputations.

Ask for full details of the charity, such as name, address, phone number and charity registration details. If the collector is reluctant to give out this information, find another way to contribute.

Help Keep Others Safe

Safety Tips For Internet Dating and Chatting

Internet dating may have some dangerous twists and turns

Looking for Mr. or Mrs. Right? Looking for a good time? Or maybe you want to find "a truly honest and good man or woman" to talk to. Do not fear, your dream date is only a click away! But beware- he or she may not be who you think. From dream date to criminal, you never know in the wide world of Internet dating.

Thirty percent of date-site viewers are actually inmates in prison, according to www.policenotebook.com. Although these inmates do not necessarily have direct access to the Internet, they correspond weekly through another person outside of prison. Inmates looking for help, love, or fortune on the Internet usually make only a passing reference, or none at all, to their criminal records.

"Aren't you fed up with meeting all the wrong men," posted an inmate named Harold Gordon. "In search of a truly honest and good man who is also in search of a partner? Well, have you ever thought of corresponding and having a relationship with a prisoner?" This man seems more to be held captive by romance rather than a guarded facility. But, however "innocent" he seems, Gordon is serving a life sentence without parole for first-degree murder, second-degree murder, and sodomy with force and kidnapping.

While dangers from dating sites is not common, viewers should still consider that the person with whom they are talking with may not be anything like they describe. They may not be the gender they claim, and they may provide prospective partners with false names, occupations, ages, and addresses.

If you experience problems when chatting on the net, especially ones that involve threatening or offensive content, contact your service provider. But to avoid this drastic action, follow these safety tips before participating in an online chat:

1. Avoid giving out personal information.
2. Be cautious when agreeing to meet anyone in person whom you've met on the Internet. Find a way to identify your potential romantic partner before you allow a meeting. Bring a friend along just in case!
3. If you choose to arrange a meeting, make it on your terms. You should meet in a public place, arrange your own transportation to and from the meeting, consider a double date setting, and set your own conditions.
4. Also, stay in lighted areas throughout the entirety of the meeting.

The Internet is very much like a community; the majority of the population is composed of good people who do their best to obey the rules and behave responsibly; however, there are potential offenders mixed in with the general public. Take precautions on the Internet just as you would in everyday life, to ensure you have a safe and pleasant cyber-dating experience.

Be careful - scum is everywhere...

Every day in the Internet appears some news trumpeting all over the world that some company has invented a new way to protect from fraudsters, raised security level of payment systems and etc. But swindlers are also not going to make no headway. Their keenness of wit may and even should cause envy. Some of them look for loopholes in laws, software and hardware; others directly contact their victims, then work over them and collect cash award for an artificially done work. Fraud is one of the most profitable businesses and one can hardly object this.

Scales and number of financial machinations carried out on the Internet have reached that mark that prejudices absolutely all positive sides of “virtual economy” as a new segment of financial sphere. And it’s true – what convenience and especially security of electronic transactions can be mentioned if stealing in Internet occur more often than in Central Park of New York. And the work with payment systems began to resemble a medieval merchant who was carrying his goods cross-country and was constantly attacked by the robbers.

Surely, safety depends also on the users themselves as sometimes ignorance level deprives them of their hard-earned money. So, 17 years old American boy has earned one million of dollars during several months by posting in the Internet an announcement where he suggested investing of some sum and paying back 25 times more, and it curiously enough, but people trusted him…

World Wide Web remembers a lot of interesting stories in its.

During the last years the word HYIP became almost the most popular word in the Internet. People offer you earn unreal money by investing sites and covering by beautiful advertisement. It’s strange, but most people believe them.

As you have already understood HYIPs are not safe and we decided to divide them into 2 categories. SCAM it is a real fraud aimed to some earning. Founders offer you great interest: more that 30% a day that cases suspicions. This interest money is usually paid from new intake or not paid at all. PONZI is analogue of pyramids. Founders create some nice site and then begin to attract investors by offering income approximately 50% a month. Terms of their work depend on amounts and speed of investing. Usually almost all participants remain deceived excluding those who top these pyramids. So, we can say with confidence that in 99% of cases HYIP is based on deception of investors.

Thus, one can draw a conclusion that fraud became not a defect of modern Internet but more likely its norm, or sub-segment of virtual economy, which develops independently and is feed by forces and finances and constantly expands. Winning victory over fraud is hardly possible, and the only reasonable and even banal piece of advice is to stay vigilant.

Use all your 5 senses and sharpness of wit and your money will not change its location, i.e. will remain in your wallet.

Besides, tell me pls, have you fallen a victim to scum?