Many Scams Everyone Should Be Aware Of

There are so many scams out there today. I am writing this article to tell you about just a few of them.

First, the check scam. There are many variations on this one. But they all have the same objective, and that is to get their hands on your money. The basic operation of this scam is they send their target a check with instructions to cash the check and send a certain amount back to the scammers. The check will, of course bounce, but it will take long enough to get from your bank to the one on the check to allow you time to send the money off to them. And of course the method used to send the money is untracable.

My Grand-Mother, my sister, and I were all targets of different variations of this scam. One was an “accidental” over payment for an item on ebay. Another was in the guise of a distress call, where the scam artist was “stranded” in a foreign country. But, of course, there was someone in America that had the money, but for some reason, could not send it. And the intended target was supposed to receive the check and forward most of the money. And the last example was where the target was the winner of some foreign lottery. But in order to receive the funds, the intended victim has to pay the taxes on it first. Not to worry, the scammer will send you a check valued more than the needed taxes. the target then, of course sends the “tax” money back to the scam artist Please note that some of these are done by telephone as well as by email.

Another popular scam is the inheritence scam. In this scam, the target is told that some long distant relative has died in some foreign country, and they the scam artist cannot locate any close relatives. So out of every one on the planet that has your last name, they have chosen you, because you have the same last name as this distant relative. The scam artist often poses as a lawyer in that country (often Nigeria). And in order to get all the paperwork done, all you have to do is send them money. This scam has been known to go even farther, and get far more dangerous. This happens after the intended victim sends the money. The scammer notifies the target that all is ready, but there are some papers that need to be signed in person. So it is neccessary for the targets spouse to fly over. And when the spouse arrives, they can then be held as a hostage for more money.

A new, but not surprising phishing scam involves the scam artist sending the intended victim an email, supposedly from BP (British Petroleum) offering to send the intended victim a large amount of money. All the intended victim has to do is send the scammer certain information. This infornmation, of course, involves vital information like your bank account number, and your social security number. The scammer then of course steals you money and/or your identity.

I do hope that this information will help someone to avoid being scammed by one of these scams.

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