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What are some common ways of identifying scams that take place in either email, or in banners and advertisements on popular websites? How do we determine is something is real or not?
This is intended for "The Moms." So keep it as non-technical as possible...
Started by Jonathan Sampson on
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by 11 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
Check Google blog:
How to steer clear of money scams
Have you only heard about it online? if "yes" then it's probably a scam....
It will, in most cases, tell you immediately if the email has been confirmed as a scam.
Of information.
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How can you prevent "referral scams"?
For example, in a wordpress-based site of mine, I suddenly noticed that someone clicked a link from some site I had never heard of. When I followed the link, there was obviously not a link to MY site. The site was...
Started by Cyclone on
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by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
But as a rule anyone who uses a bot to deliberately create this type of spam will change the User-Agent string... .
You can reduce it by doing as Chris suggested.
There is no way to control what referrer people send to you .
As an answer I am afraid you can't.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the list of the Top Scams of 2011 . At first glance, the list is surprising because Nigerian scams are so low on the list. That is until you realize that the Nigerians are also behind most of the other scams on the list...
Started by Steve on
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by 15 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at hardforum):
Every type of insurance that isn't a ....
Federal Reserve is number one scam of all time.
I agree.
No activities of the RIAA MPAA lawyers? I fucking listed on [H] or other credible sites .
That scam dwarfs all these listed by light years.
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Ask your Facebook Friends
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Known Supra Related Scams!! Post links to all known scams relating to Supras in this thread ONLY!! This is not a discussion thread. Please only post links to known scams or suspected scams. If you post a link or thread concerning a scam outside this thread...
Started by Alaskan on
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by 16 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at supraforums):
What scam, they dont even try to....
Says auto but it is a six speed.
Will let people see the car" http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...469552&rd=1 Another Scam? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...475799141&rd=1
Must be a scam.
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If you are looking for info on current home business scams or how to avoid home business scams, then check out a few of these web sites.
http://homeparents.about.com/od/avoidscams/
Started by Ravish30 on
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by 6 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at wahmforums):
Tips for Avoiding Home Business Scams at:
http://www.powerhomebiz.com/052005/scams.htm Top 10 Work at Home Business Scams
http://www.scambusters.org/work-at-home.html
Checking out scams such as:
Home Typist
Medical Billing
Craft....
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I frequently get emails like the one below. I assume they're a scam, but I don't know how the scam works.
Dear manager,
We are a professional Internet consultant organization in Asia, which mainly deal with the global companies’ domain name registration...
Started by Roddy on
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by 5 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
The aim of these emails is to try and scare you into buying... .
I would think that they'd offer to return the registration to you or extract compensation for an up-front fee and then you'd never hear from them again .
I think you're adopting the best approach.
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I've heard of scams but this is sort of sad laser driver 1.8Ato1.9A for 445nm diode, all the parts | eBay
It's a LM350, some wire, and a big resistor. He's selling it all for $15.... And two people have bought it.
Started by Le Quack on
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by 10 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at laserpointerforums):
Must be some little....
Then needs to cool down...
Re: I've heard of scams but this is sort of sad and they don't come soldered either !!!
Never Gets from the dead) Re: I've heard of scams but this is sort of sad Only runs for 30-45 seconds..
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I read a couple of articles
http://forexsure.net/products/31-for...selection.html
http://www.forexfraud.com/learn-fore...ex-broker.html
and became concerned about scams.
Does anybody know a good list of forex scam artists and their methods? Some say that...
Started by FX_loser on
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by 15 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at forexforums):
TRADEFAIR =....
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Anyone else thinks admin/office apprenticeships are scams?
Asking you to pay £2000 if you're over 19 years old so you can be trained to scan documents, type some letters, send some emails, greet customers lol. Oh yeah, you'll be trained to recycle/bin...
Started by keliouster on
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by 6 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at thestudentroom):
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I read a couple of articles
http://forexsure.net/products/31-for...selection.html
http://www.forexfraud.com/learn-fore...ex-broker.html
and became concerned about scams.
Does anybody know a good list of forex scam artists and their methods? Some say that...
Started by FX_loser on
, 17 posts
by 13 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at forexforums):
TRADEFAIR =....
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