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How Are We Being Scammed?

Posted by Mike Archer on Wednesday, February 27, 2013, In : scams 


Scams have been around for years. However, since the technology revolution, the options and methods have become more creative, more widespread and more lucrative for those engaging in such criminal activity.

 

Before the age of the internet, the well-publicised Nigerian 419 scams were initiated via fax.

 

The internet is now flooded with scams, and email scams vary from a long lost relative who has left you a large sum of money to any number of ‘get rich’ quick scams.

 

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How To Detect a Scam

Posted by WebSafety NZ on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, In : scams 


Scam artists have been around a long time, and as new technology evolve, so do the methods scam artists utilise, to prey on their target.

 Many email scams have been doing the rounds over the years, and while most of us realise offers of huge sums of money are too good to be true, the criminals have come up with new ways to look for vulnerable suspects.

 Phishing emails are those designed to ‘trick’ a suspect into clicking on a link. The link will usually take the person to a page that lo...
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