Students warned to beware of scam emails

Today students were warned to be wary of scam emails purporting to be about loans and grants, later it emerged that 50 scam websites targeting young people have been shut down during the previous year.

Thousands of people are initializing university in the coming weeks and Student Finance England which processes English students loans and grants, nowadays urged students to “remain cautious" and not disclose any personal or bank details in response to email requests that look like they are from either itself or its parent company, the Student Loans Company. Student Finance England expects to make payments of more than 600,000 students this week. Fraudsters are taking advantage to target students who are waiting for money to arrive.

"Students are likely to receive a great deal of correspondence from Student Finance England with payment schedule letters” The fraud manager Heather Laing reported.
She added, Scammers take advantage of this increased contact from the company, and some students may fall victim to an email request that looks to be from Student Finance England. However, they will never ask students to confirm their bank details via email If you receive an email which you suspect is a scam email purporting to be from the Student Loans Company or Student Finance England forward it for investigate.

Laing said the organization monitored the problem closely. Anyone who has already disclosed their details should get in touch with Student Finance England immediately, and also change their account password as soon as possible.

The National Union of Students is supporting the campaign and said that if a student's application had been received and processed; enrolling on their course would release their student finance, including any grant or loan to which they were permitted. The first lump sum would reach their account in two to three working days. The National Union of Students said one of the best ways for people to protect themselves was to remove their email address if it was online, or hide it on social networking sites such as Face book.

Beware Nigerian Scam Emails

Nigerian scam mail archives

Scammer mail

Don't fall for these type of scam mails:
From: Samuel dlovu [mailto:hassanm20@yahoo.com.hk]
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 10:44 PM
Subject: REPLY ME PLEASE 202.96.186.204

Dear Sir,

I know this mail is coming to you as a surprise, but accept it because am in
a very difficult situation and I need your urgent help and assistance.
As you receive this mail I pray that you use your kind heart to help me.
I have two boxes containing ($12.000.000.00) Twelve million at the
International Airport in Belgium as I write this mail.This money was left
for me by my late parents during the war in my country and was deposited in
a trust Company in Ghana .
Two weeks ago we made arrangement with a Diplomat to deliver the boxes to Mr
Jan kohl who promised to receive the boxes, but since the arrival of the
Diplomat in Belgium all efforts to contact Mr., Jan has failed. This is why
am contacting you to go to Belgium to receive the boxes for me after which I
will want you to use the money for investment for both of us.
I am ready to give you whatever percentage you wish to take after you
receive the boxes because you could be my last hope.
As soon as you are ready to assist me I will give you the contact of the
Diplomat in Belgium so that you can discuss with him on how to deliver the
boxes to you. And I will also give you the combination code to open the
boxes.
Find attached also is the Certificate of Deposit which my late parent used
in depositing the boxes with the trust company in Ghana.
I expect your urgent reply to relief me of the pains am going through now.
Thank you very much in anticipation of you reply.

Sincerely

Samuel dlovu.

Interne Money Scams-Fake Drugs

You may think that internet scam is rare, but the truth is different. It affects the lives of many people whose only crime was to be slightly naïve. When some person got in scam, the first thing we tell them is to go straight to the police, but sought us out to talk about the real-life effects of internet crime on people's lives.

Around the world, people are losing their savings and homes to internet criminals. The most common attack is still phishing, believing that they're receiving emails from their bank or some other institution. When they try to log in via the provided link, all they see is an error message apologizing for heavy server load and asking them to try again later. But the truth is, their log-in details have been saved and the criminals now have access to their bank account.

To Beat The Internet scam:

One of the most common tricks and goals of scambaiter is advanced fee fraud. The general approach is to dangle the promise of huge gains and then ask for ever-increasing fees, expenses before they dole out a slice of the fictional cash pie.

Fake Drugs:

A large amount of spam concerns fake drugs, where scammers target those looking for a good time. Viagra, stimulants and smart drugs are freely available via internet pharmacies. In some instances, outfits have even offered cannabis and ecstasy.

The problem is that like some pharmacy will simply collect the credit card details. It isn't worth the risk.

photos used by scammers

Ways to avoid latest scams:

The National Fraud Authority has announced Consumers are losing more than £3.5 billion to fraudsters each year.

In the last six months, the authority’s reporting centre, has recorded 15,000 incidences of scam, with individual losses ranging from £1 to £1 million.
Sarah Garrett, spokesperson for Action Fraud, says: “People feel very humiliated if they become a victim of fraud. But that is why fraudsters are so clever. People feel they can't tell friends or family, or report it, but that presently makes matters worse.”

The most commonly reported fraud in June was online shopping and auction fraud, with romance and dating fraud also featuring high on the record. London has a slightly higher percentage, but many of the fraudsters are based abroad and mass market through emails.

Advance fee fraud is another type of scam that made it into the top five most commonly reported. This is when somebody promises you a large financial gain in return for an upfront sum of money.

Typical formats include claiming you've won an obscure lottery, that an unknown relative has died leaving their estate to you, or that there is a trapped fortune you could get a share of if you help the fraudster to retrieve it.

Due to their ever-changing nature, fraud threats can be hard to keep on top of. The ways to stay ahead of scammers:

• If it sounds too good to be true it is
• If you didn't enter, you can't have won
• Do your research
• Guard your personal details
• Report any fraud or attempted fraud to authorities

Overview about scam

About scam

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Beware of charity scam

There are many great charitable organizations in our community that deserve our support. Please be careful on charity scam.

victims of an online scam

Be alert of online scammers.Although its not possible to recover your money.You can prevent the repetition of that kind of fraud.

Telemarketing scam

Tips to avoid telemarketing scam:

• It's very difficult to get your money back if you've been scammed over the phone. Before you buy anything by telephone, remember.
• Don't buy from a strange company. Genuine businesses understand that you want more information about their company and are happy to comply.
• Always ask for and wait until you receive written objects about any offer or aid. If you get unsolicited mail about costly investments, ask someone whose financial advice you trust to review them. But, unfortunately, be careful not everything written down is true.
• You must not be asked to pay in advance for services. Pay services only after they are send.

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operation of scam

The scammer operation is professionally organized in Nigeria, with offices, working fax numbers, and often contacts at government offices.

Operation of scam

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To avoid online dating scam

Dating scam allows members to establish online relationships. Frequently, these online friendships blossom into genuine long-term relationships. The people around the world have been sending funds to Internet fraudsters posing as would-be girlfriends or boyfriends.

New tricks of Nigerian Scammers :

• Collecting names and email addresses- Leaving messages on obituary site guestbook’s, contacting them with asking for money.
• Hacking Face book accounts- sending messages to all listed friends claiming the account vendor is in trouble and requesting for cash to be wired for their rescue.
• Offering to buy an Internet Domain name- Requesting you to visit their site, where you need to pay to have it esteemed.
• Sending flattering messages to article and bloggers authors- By means of online and in print, an easy way to found a friendship which results in a cash-call attach to a tale of misery.
• Using Microsoft Word documents as attachments- Contains details of the scam story, since they are not in the main body of the email.

Origin of scam

Origin of scam

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Originally, the scammers contacted heads of companies and church officials; however, the use of scam email and instant messaging for the initial contacts has led to many private citizens also being targeted, as the cost to the scammers to make initial contact was much lower. The process of reporting scams is actually quite simple. There are several government and independent organizations devoted to putting a stop to internet scams. They depend on people reporting scams in order to fight internet scammers.

Consequences of scam

scammer consequences:

• Some investors have hired private investigators in Nigeria or have personally travelled to Nigeria, without ever retrieving their money. One American was murdered in Nigeria while pursuing his lost money. In February 2003, a scam victim from the Czech Republic shot and killed an official at the Nigerian embassy.

• Victims of 419 Advance Fee Fraud have little recourse. Since 1995, the United States Secret Service has been (somewhat) involved in scambatting these schemes, however they will not investigate unless the monetary loss is in excess of 50,000 US Dollars. Very few arrests and prosecutions have been made due to the international aspect of this crime.

Features of scam

The Internet has not only brought about the development in communications and commerce and all other facts of human endeavors,but it has also provided a platform for criminals to take advantage of unsuspecting members of the public using a faster and cheaper means of communicating to the targeted victim.

Features of-scam

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419 scam

Scammers-true facts:

• scam baiters could be physically dangerous as well as dangerous to your finances.
• Victims are roughly always requested to travel to Nigeria or to the border country to total a transaction. They are often told that a visa would not be necessary to enter the country.
• 419 Nigerian scam artists could try bribing airport officials to pass the victims through Immigration and Customs. Because it is a very serious offense in Nigeria to enter without a valid visa, the victim's illegal entry might be used by the 419 Scam physimailers as leverage to coerce the victims into releasing funds. Violence and threats of cal harm might be employed for further pressure to victims.
• In June of 1995, an American was also murdered in Lagos, Nigeria, while pursuing a 419 scam, and numerous other foreign nationals have been reported as missing.

Nigerian Scam Email

Nigerianspam(scam) or nigerian frauds is a deceptive scheme to haul out money from victims after making them believe they will get an immense fortune.

Features of Nigerian scam:

The Internet has not only brought about the development in communications and commerce and all other facts of human endeavors,but it has also provided a platform for criminals to take advantage of unsuspecting members of the public using a faster and cheaper means of communicating to the targeted victim.

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To file a complaint about scam

To file a complaint:


If you receive nigerian scam mail, do not respond to the 419 solicitation and report to your own National Law Enforcement Agency and Nation Foreign Office. Then File a complaint with the Nigerian Embassy or High commission in your nation and also file a complaint with the Central Bank of Nigeria via email. If there is any loss, then file a complaint to the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).