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Many of us receive Email Letter Scams and I’m sure you too have received many in your inbox over the course of your online experience.

These kinds of Email Scams are assumed to be originated in Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, and Benin. They are easy to recognize to the experienced, but if you are new online check out the following signs:

- Basically you get an email requesting vital information such as your social security number, address, credit card number and more.

- You may find some sentences and words that are always written in “Bold Capital letters” like: “DEAR SIR/MADAM”, “YOUR HELP IS NEEDED”, “I BEG YOUR ASSISTANCE”, “URGENT”, “FROM MR/MRS…..”

- Request for personal banking information; any deal you find in these emails will be too good to be true. You may sometimes receive email claims that you are lucky and that the sender wants to transfer a large sum of money, usually millions of dollars, to you. All what you are supposed to do is sending your “bank account Information”.

- Request for advance payment in US dollars for transfer fees; many will then ask the victim (Email Receiver) to send good Dollars to cover transfer taxes in advance!

As I said before, email scamming is spreading widely nowadays and you might have a previous experience with any forms of it as there are many different forms of email scams like: Inheritance Scam, Employment Scam, Lottery Scam, IRS Refund, Phishing Scam, and Chain Emails. We will tackle every form widely in coming posts.

If you receive one of their fraudulent email pleas for help contact your local authorities or email provider immediately.

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Email Chain Letters is believed to be a classic pyramid scheme, it is a kind of Email scams; some times you may receive an email that claims that all you need to do is send the email along plus money by mail to the names at the top of the list, and most times the names in the chain emails are manipulated to make sure only the people at the top of the list make any money. After forwarding the chain letter, you add your name to the bottom.

This type is considered certainly less potentially harmful than some other bogus information that circulates via email. It is the traditional email chain or pyramid scheme.

Chain letters as a term can be used in different ways now.

Chain letters may use a trick claiming that a video will play or an image will pop up after the message is forwarded. Some versions simply make the vague claim that “something” will happen after the email is sent on, just “Forward” it.

Also Chain letters with an attached photograph of a child mummy claims that those who send the message to twenty friends will receive good luck

Threatening chain letter, another nasty chain letter apparently targets children and adolescents, claims that a dead teenager will kill the recipient if he or she does not forward the message.

Chain email claims to be a survey to collect and compile first names, these emails are just another pointless, bandwidth wasting chain letter. It simply asks you to add you first name to the email before passing it on.

Chain letters may also qualify under other types of illegal activities, as in the case of a Ponzi scheme asking recipients to send money and forward the e-mail. They may be harmful, and contain trojans.

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Scams are becoming bigger and bigger in the online society. We will tackle here some important matters you should do to avoid Online Scams and make the Internet a safer and more enjoyable place for all of us.

- Never divulge personal information in an email. Remember that officials from banks, the government and similar institutions will never ask you for private details in an email. Banks also don’t use hotmail. If the return address is a free webmail address, be suspicious.

- Never download or open attachments on suspicious emails. They may contain viruses or trojans that could allow a hacker to access your computer.

- You should ask some questions before you make any purchase online or sign up to any type of marketing or money making site. These questions may include; are you paying money up front with the promise that you will make ten times that amount in a few months? Who are you sending the money to? Are you actually paying for a product or for just some words of advice from someone who claims to have made millions of dollars through his patented techniques? Does the website look legitimate? All of these questions and many more should be asked.

- Make sure that the one who sent you an email is a real person. There are many websites like http://email-scams.info that have lists of scam emails. Find out whether the email you are contacting with is not enlisted.

- Be alert and never give over your credit card details and personal information if you are not totally convinced of a source’s legitimacy.

- The best thing to do when you or someone you know has become a victim of one of these online scams is to report it to the authorities.

You can report online scams to The Internet Fraud Complaint Center or (IFCC); they provide a convenient and easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts authorities of a suspected criminal or civil violation. Their web address is: http://www1.ifccfbi.gov

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The dream of making flows of millions of bucks just from your PC at home, has dominated the minds of a huge number of online users . This was a matchless environment for Online Scamming to emerge. It is really an amazing chance for many online users to make money at home, but they must be wary that their dreams don’t cause to fall into an internet business scam.

Scams can be defined as tricks to relieve you of money or possessions, by deception. In other words you are handing over money or goods for something that doesn’t neither exist nor work.

There are many various scamming types and forms like; Lottery scam, Employment scam, Paid surveys, Phishing Scam, Online dating scam, Pharming scam, Chain emails, and many more. People call it a scam because they were more than likely lied to about how easy it would be, then when they didn’t make piles of money right away, they got discouraged and called it a scam.

Sadly, people are continuing to fall for online scams where identity theft is the spammers’ goal. These con artists and hackers are just waiting to commit online fraud and steal your identity.

More and more people every day are learning the ropes of internet marketing and making real money from home. Products delivered through a digital format are very popular. Audio and video products offer new opportunities, in addition to e-books. There is real money to be made.

One way to recognize a scam is: if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Steer clear of anything that promises too much for too little (or nothing) on your part. You won’t make a million dollars working an hour a day. Also be careful of opportunities that cost hundreds of dollars. The beauty of the internet is there is a ton of information available free and at very little cost

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