Internet scammers

The scammers upload fake attractive photos. They pretend to be the foreign specialists working in Nigeria.

After they set up some lovely mail with you, fall in love and maybe even send a presents, they will tell you that their employer pays them with Money Orders, and they can’t cash them in Nigeria.

Scammers finally will send you the Money Orders and ask you to deposit them into your bank account and then wire the money to them through Western Union. But those Money Orders are no good, and not even worth.

The people in the pictures are usually not the ones that are behind the screen. They have one goal likely to get as much personal information Credit card numbers, account details, personal home address etc. Kindly notify these kinds of scams and bait the scammers.

Man loses $300,000 in romance scam

A man from New Jersey loses his pension of $300,000 in online scam promising romance.
It’s really ridiculous. It’s not funny, the guy is old, lonely and though he found a new love. He traveled to meet her 14 time. He never thought that was strange, then had the nerve to say love is blind.
More Nigerian scams are there to swindle you in an easy way by the way of internet Devil’s concubines. So It’s must to keep your grandfather away from the internet Scam and good to educate you too.

Sheriff's Office warns of internet and phone scam

The Carteret County Sheriff’s Office is warning citizens about scam who pose as Drug Enforcement Agency agents and attempt to extort money from victims over the phone.
According to a news release about scam: scammers call the victims, who formerly purchased drugs over the Internet or by telephone, and recognize themselves as Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents or law enforcement officials from other agencies. The scammers inform their victims that purchasing drugs over the Internet or by telephone is illegal, and that enforcement action will be taken against them unless they pay a fine.

Sheriff’s office said: impersonators asked their victims to pay the fine by wire transfer to a chosen location, generally overseas. If victims refuse to send money, the impersonators intimidate to arrest them or search their property. Some victims who might have purchased their drugs using a credit card also reported deceptive use of their credit cards.
The sheriff’s office advised that, the public must be aware that DEA agent will never contact members of the public by telephone to demand money or any other kind of payment.
The public needs more cautions when purchasing controlled substance pharmaceuticals by telephone or by the Internet. It is illegal to purchase controlled substance pharmaceuticals online or by telephone unless very severe requirements are met. All pharmacies must be registered with DEA that dispense controlled substance pharmaceuticals by means of the Internet.
If anyone receiving a telephone call from a person purporting to be a DEA special agent seeking money should refuse the demand and report the threat to the Sheriff’s Office or their local police department.Sheriff Office

Internet scammers target young people in their sights

The consumer regulator scouring the internet nowadays for scams who target young people.

ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) is running the Australian arm of an internet clean for scams that are happening in more than 40 countries. The deputy chairman of ACCC Peter Kell said about 45 employees is looking for scams who were aiming young people, such as sites offering free tickets to concerts.

He also reported: Scammers are targeting particular keywords which might range from things like a miracle cure to easy money. They were taking those sites down if they turn out to be scams and sending more general warnings about the sorts of information that people might put on their Face book page. Criminals have used that information to impersonate young people and target their friends or family for money.

Mr. Kell says young people are not as mindful of the risks online. They are technically know-how, but they're not always experienced consumers and they may not always be able to pick up the signs that there's a scam or there's inadequate information.

Mr. Peter Kell says it is not always easy to get sites taken down. It can vary noticeably. In some jurisdictions it can be very tricky to arrange for a site to be taken down. In some cases if the scammers know that law enforcement agencies are onto them, they just abandon the site.