Have you ever had the feeling that you were being conned? Have you ever been promised the sky only to end up with a heap of dirt? The key to avoiding a scam is awareness. Don’t hand over personal information on suspicious emails, or on the phone to someone that you don’t know. Do become aware of all the elements of a scam. The first thing to do to enhance your awareness could be to educate yourself using the websites offered below. Enjoy reading the sites and, by doing so, helping yourself to elude fraud.
Moishe Alexander
The South African Police Service 419 Fraud Task Team
http://www.saps.gov.za/crime_prevention/commercial_crime/419_scams/project.htm
The South African Police Service established a Task Team within the Commercial Branch to investigate 419 scams. The aim of this team is to reduce the amount of Nigerian 419 and Lottery Scam letters circulating through the Internet by forcing hosting and phone service providers to immediately suspend services to fraudsters, or else face severe criminal and civil actions, which could ultimately lead to the closure or liquidation of such service and hosting providers.
Nigerian 419 scam and Lottery Scam letters are currently flooding the e-mail boxes of innocent Internet users and website users. Most people ignore these letters, but the fact is that many people fall victim to these scams and lose thousands of US Dollars. The Nigerian 419 Scam is currently the world’s largest scam in terms of monetary losses.
New Zealand Police Internet Scam and Fraud Services
http://www.police.govt.nz/safety/internet.scams.html
Internet spam, scams and frauds. Focuses on a wide variety of internet scams including Nigerian scam, get rich quick schemes, fee scams. internet auction scams, phishing. Includes links to other resources.