Nigerian 419 scam
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
Phone scam
Telephone scam is the one of the most widely scam in the world. They target each and everyone to try to deceive people out of money. They may call a person and entail that they work for a company or they place ads to convince a people to call them.
Lottery scam
In this type you will receive a mail stating that you have won so and so amount in a lucky draw contest or in lottery prize from ABC Company. Further to this they will insist you to claim the amount by providing your account details to them and they will also ask you to pay the amount to release the funds. One point to remember before believing them is no lottery company or luck draws will work in this way.
features of scam:The other popular online scams are online auctions, surveys, employment opportunities, investments and asking you to go for dating.
419-Nigerian scam
This kind of scam is well known online scam; however they are still able to trap the people and get out their hard earned money. In such type you will receive an e-mail, which will be written in capital letters. Such mails will be either representing in a good post of ministers or in business and now they are seeking your help to transfer the funds out of the country. They will ask you to travel overseas meet the concern person and get the fund amount. But before all this you are required to pay thousands of dollars in "taxes," "attorney costs," "bribes," or other advance fees. However, the presence of such person is void and there would not be any amount too other than your paid amount. This type of scam is also known as Nigerian 419 Letter, where 419 recognize for the section of Nigeria's penal code which this scammers use to violate.
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