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Two days ago, I received an email from tax service with title

“Notice Of Unreported Income”
The content of the message is as following:
“Taxpayer ID: passwd-txt-sales-00000174073547US
Tax Type: INCOME TAX
Issue: Unreported/Underreported Income (Fraud Application)
Please review your tax statement on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) website (click on the link below):
review tax statement for taxpayer id: passwd-txt-sales-00000174073547US
Internal Revenue Service”
If you click on the above link, you will go to governmental page . For pro surfer, you will see it is a true site, there are no suspected links or so. But Take care, don’t be fooled by this . It is a trap. I’m lucky I managed to discover that because I’m not a US Citizen or have US Based business. The other thing that helps me to discover this fraud email is that, I already have several email addresses to check and I found this message in all my emails.
Takecare.

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Recently , as an adwords advertiser, I got recently message from Google saying that.

“Hello,

Our attempt to charge your credit card for your
outstanding Google AdWords account balance was declined.
Your account is still open. However, your ads have been suspended. Once
we are able to charge your card and receive payment for your account
balance, we will re-activate your ads.

Please update your billing information, even if you plan to use the
same credit card. This will trigger our billing system to try charging
your card again. You do not need to contact us to reactivate your
account.

To update your primary payment information, please follow these steps:

1. Log in to your account at http://adwords.google.com/select.
2. Enter your primary payment information.
3. Click ‘Update’ when you have finished.

In the future, you may wish to use a backup credit card in order to
help ensure continuous delivery of your ads. You can add a backup
credit card by visiting your Billing Preferences page or visit the
AdWords Help Centre for more details:

Thank you for advertising with Google AdWords. We look forward to
providing you with the most effective advertising available.

The Google AdWords Team.”

I got this message at my email address which I used to subscribe to Google. And I also didn’t pay the last invoice because I issue a new credit card. So it is normal to receive such message and use the above link to update my payment info. Oh , But wait, if you are in my shoes, please don’t do that. The link above is fake and will lead you to another url.
http://adwords.google.com/select this link is not the real one. If you look to the HTML code , you will find the real one is http://adwords.google.com.qsoil.cn/select/login

What does it mean? It means that as soon as you click on the above link, you will be forwarded to another copy cat site of google adwords to steal your log in data. Or to drop a Trojan into your pc and they can steal all your personal info or drop a virus that can destroy your pc.

So please be careful. Evil is always there.

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Internet is the best place for buying or selling any stuff, but it can be very risky at the same time. It can be a home for a huge number of scams that target the consumers, investors and also business owners.
The term “Online Fraud” has spread widely in the Internet. It simply refers to any schemes that use online services to perform fraudulent schemes. No doubt there is tremendous increase in fraudulent online activities but we can always try to fight against those sophisticated criminals and prevent online fraud from happening.

There are various kinds of online frauds that include:
Credit Card Online Fraud, E-mail Online Fraud, Fake Websites, Lotteries, Fake Auctions, Phishing Scam, Pharming Scam, etc…
Not only can your identity be stolen by those kinds of fraud, but also you can easily loose your credit and your hard earned money. The main key to preventing online fraud is just use common sense and care. Here are some tips you should take into consideration to help you avoid online frauds:

* Only Trust ISP Emails; Emails asking for your personal information are another red flag to prevent. Do not trust emails asking for personal information even if they claim to be from your bank. Most online scammers are smart enough to use free email addresses when scamming online. This gives them extra padding from getting caught, so take precaution with these free email addresses and trust ISP emails which are easily traceable.

* Don’t shop in an unsecured websites; If you shop on websites that are not fully secure you do run a high risk of having your details stolen. To combat credit card frauds online, only shop at secure websites and at reputable dealers. Check for contact details and If the website does have a phone number, ring it during office hours to see if you can get in touch with a real person. Also you should only write your data in a webpage its URL starts with “https://” instead of “http://” only.

* Don’t believe in superstitious, just use your mind and be reasonable; there are some scammers who try to convince you that they have the Miracle Cure of your critical illness. Cancer cures, slimming pills and soaps and other such products are their best weapons to deceive you.

* NEVER Click on a link or log in to something without knowing where it really goes; However, Anti-virus and Anti-spy software help protect you against any possible virus and spy threats that might possibly pass any important information. For online fraud protection these software are essential. Keep these softwares updated and install a firewall that will help monitor all the incoming and outgoing traffic from your computer.

Online Fraud is really scary and threatens many users online. I hope you learned something from this article and can become a more cautious web user.

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Is YouTube really worth its value? Is it going to lose this value? Do websites that depend on users for their content will no longer exist? Is it possible to find one day an empty worthless YouTube which bought by google for 1.65 billion just 2 years ago?!

All of these questions dangled in my mind after reading about a new technique that scammers and hackers use to continue their series of damaging the world wide web.

Scammers and hackers use so many ways to steal our privacy online and hunt our personal info. But the new thing is that they Simply, seek to steal online user’s info for certain websites, log into their accounts, and delete all the content they have added . This way the content, which the user has added before, will no longer be available and will give an error message when someone tries to open it.

If we tackle this issue from a wider prospective, the result will be horrible . for instance, if we look at (YouTube), as one of these sites which gained its value from users, it will be worthless and hollow. If hackers succeeded to do that, there will be large number of videos that will not work and lose their importance.

If you are searching for a video that has been added by a user whose User name and Password were stolen and all his content deleted by a hacker, you will never find this video work and instead will have an error message telling you that “This video is no longer available” or “This video has been deleted by the author”

This way, YouTube and many other sharing websites are going to be emptied by some evil minds, and lose their value.

It may seem that Internet security has been out of control and there are some threats that can affect and damage any thing you are doing online. So be careful, your personal PC will not only affect you but it may lead important business to lose its value. You have to feel that you are responsible not only for your security but for others too. Keep your PC secure. Now installing internet security program is mandatory not like old innocent days of the net.

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Scam is simply making money by stealing money, time, or resources from you. Or worse, they can continue to cause harm to you after the initial event in other ways too, such as taking your personal information, including credit card information and selling it to others, or even stealing your identity.

If you receive an email in your inbox claims that you are going to receive a huge inheritance from a long-lost friend or family member, therefore you should beware, as you are encountering an Inheritance Scam.

The formula of the email you may receive is like that ” We wish to notify you again that you were listed as a beneficiary to the total sum of £4,600,000.00GBP (Four million Six hundred thousand Great British Pounds) in the intent of the deceased (name now withheld since this is our second letter to you). We contacted you because you bear the surname identity and therefore can present you as the beneficiary to the inheritance since there is no written will.

In your acceptance of this deal, we request that you kindly forward to us your letter of acceptance”.

In this Scam technique, you are simply a focus of mass mailings for many people nationwide. Thousands of people having the same surname receive a notice that a huge inheritance has been located in their names. This email will spell out where the inheritance is located and how you can claim it. The scammer may ask for a fee to process the claim. You should never have to pay a fee as no reputable law firms and executors of wills will never ask you to send them money for a processing fee.

If somebody on the mailing list victims does claim his right to the inheritance, the amount is usually very small and many times less than the fee they paid to claim it.

There are many scams, frauds, and cons that you have to watch out for today. Do your research and talk to people involved with them to make sure and avoid those. In order to protect yourself from Inheritance Scams, you should check with your family members about any recent deaths. You can also check with the local Better Business Bureau, the State Attorney General’s office, or the U.S. Postal Inspection service.

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One of the pitfalls for new people coming online and looking for ways to make money are paid survey scams. The promise of making money for very little work is appealing to all of us.

There are plenty of scammers who have happily flocked to the world of paid surveys online. Unfortunately they can show an outward appearance of professionalism that matches the big buys in just about every way.

Unfortunately, some of those providing the tools online are not entirely doing so for your benefit and in the survey arena, spotting paid survey scams has become a bit of an artform. It’s an unfortunate circumstance but it’s simply part of the online landscape which novices need to be aware of.

A paid survey online scam is easy to identify, as first it will ask you to pay for the information provided to you. A paid survey online scammer will never provide his or her contact information. Most of the time these scammers only provide their email or post box number and never provide their contact address, phone number, fax or other details.
Here are some ways with which you can keep away from paid surveys scams:

- Do not be fooled by any seals or stamps that these websites use, you should see how they present themselves. You will find them trying to use a bunch of cheesy testimonials as their main draw, promising huge rewards, and their graphics professionally done. These are usually the first clues that should give you that little sense of unease.

- Utilize Google searches to the fullest. Search for the survey site’s name and the word scam. That will usually pull up a watch list with real reviews of it. There are several websites available that offer full reviews of the many survey sites on the internet, and can help you identify the legitimate paid surveys. You can even use Whois.com to check the details of a survey site.

- Guarantees which seem outrageous should signal a red flag. The truth is, paid survey sites can really only offer to refund your money so there really is no incentive other than that for a site to make a guarantee. If you’re being asked to pay money for a list of survey opportunities then don’t.

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FOREX is huge business. It is the biggest financial market in the world. But this doesn’t make it easier; on the contrary.

Forex is known as the scam market. With all that money going around, it’s no surprise that there are scammers and hyenas everywhere. You have trading systems, courses and even brokers that are constantly rated by traders as scams. In the case of the systems and courses because they promise a lot of profits with no work at all, and in the case of the brokers that give you all the resources but then trade against you, don’t let you withdraw your money.

The Forex market is challenging. Unless you are able to spend some time with it, not only trading but also reading and learning, you won’t make it.

When you start trading the Forex market, you need to keep these tips in mind:

- When you are looking for a forex trading system or a course, you’ll probably see things like “make $100,000 in a month”. Forex is a challenging market and not everyone can make money with it. Don’t get fooled by get rich quick schemes.

- People who have been scammed usually complain in forex chat forums. People who want to purchase forex products also visit these forums to hear the opinions of others.

- One of the basic things you should do before investing in forex trading is to check the background and track record of possible companies that will manage your account. Before buying a product or signing up with a broker, always read their webpages. Feel free to ask them your doubts. If they believe in their products and services, they will answer your questions.

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Scams are becoming bigger and bigger in the online society. Everywhere you turn there seems to be a new program promising you millions or things you could only dream of.

Scammers, who apply car buying scams to the online world, basically pretend to be overseas or far away from where you are. They really try to convince you to let them send a cashiers cheque. The problem with this is 99% of people doing this are sending cheques from stolen or forged bank drafts. They offer an amount greater than you are asking, then to send the balance on once the cheque has cleared. This is a scam using stolen/forged bank drafts/cheques which can clear in 3 days and bounce in two months. You may then have no car, and have paid the scammer the surplus cash and your bank pulls the total amount back.

So, Do Not Reply to any of these emails, if you replied, you would stuck into the scammer mind and keep sending such email scams to you in the hope that you may be a victim for one of them.

You should always make sure that you are dealing with a real person who is really interested in buying your car and offer a secured paying method with which you can ensure that you have got your money and not to be scammed.

If you found such Car buying email scams in your inbox, never hesitate to report these emails in order to protect other potential victims to be ripped of their money by those scammers.

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Spam is a pain and it’s getting advanced. The detectors can’t even catch the most advanced spam. The button that identifies emails as spam sometimes even lets spam you already blocked in.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the United States federal government agency that collects taxes and enforces the internal revenue laws. Some scammers used certain formulas in their emails trying to deceive their victims and convince them that they are due a tax refund, but they are really designed to obtain their personal information.

The IRS struggled to warn people about a tax refund email scam, which works like this. You receive an email purportedly from the IRS indicating you are due a tax refund, or that someone has tried to you a tax number assigned to you and deposited cash in the account. The IRS has then frozen the money, but you can get it back by clicking on the provided link. You are directed to click a link to visit a fake “IRS” page. On the page, you are asked to provide your Name, Address, social security number, etc., so your account can be accessed. The only thing that you will find after giving your personal data is that your Identity has been theft.

Always remember most of the time that you’ll never be asked for personal information through your email, not even most passwords are sent through emails, from any reputable company or in this case the government.

Do not fall for this scam, if you really are owed a tax refund, always remember that the IRS doesn’t have your email, it only communicates with taxpayers through the mail or by telephone or you can pick up the phone and contact the IRS. You can reach the agency by calling 1-800-829-1040.

Anything you receive in your inbox that purports to be from the IRS is not legitimate.

Beware thieves will always advance their scams so this one will evolve more and then another scam will be invented.

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If you’re not a careful browser, the internet can be a scary place. Don’t let yourself fall into the scammers traps; Lottery Scam is a form of advance fee fraud or money laundering. Every day thousands of false emails are sent to potential victims.

Such scams have been around for decades, almost since the start of the internet revolution. They thrive on the “get rich quick” mentality that most people hold, causing unsuspecting visitors to pay large sums of money to an internet lottery that will never allow you to recoup your losses–as there may not even be any winners.

You receive the “Congratulations! “Winning email”, you may receive a check for $200,000,000 CASH! Tax free! But you have not participated in the contest or bought a ticket. The email would assume that “Participants” were selected randomly from any world wide country and the price is part of a promotion program.

You may try to see whether this email is real or not, but doing so can be dangerous. Never give your personal information in an unsecured webpage, always remember that to win in a contest you firstly had to enter it by many different means, they can’t randomly pick you if you are not even in their database!

Sometimes even the country of the lottery does not match your living country or you are not citizen of it. And the email tells that you have to travel to another country in order to claim your winnings. If you would travel you would probably soon recognize there is no prize waiting for you.

If you are already participated in a Lottery prize, and unsure of the lottery syndicate or think you have been approached by some kind of lottery scam don’t be worried, do some background research. Try and find out if they are affiliated with the lottery that they are claiming to be part of, and try using Internet search engines to research more about that lottery.

Lottery scams are spreading widely, if you are a lottery lover, the best way is to join an authentic lottery syndicate website. Not only do they greatly improve your chances of winning the lottery but they also represent very good value too, as well as the fact that they take away a lot of hassle involved with the lottery.

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