internet scam
By jhellie_baby
@jhellie_baby (374)
Philippines
August 27, 2008 8:39am CST
does anyone believe in internet scam? im sure they are true for i have heard a lot had been a victim of these kinds of fraud. can you share to me your experiences when it comes to phishing scams online? this will also help others to be more cautious the next time
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5 responses
@norgzilla (142)
• Indonesia
27 Aug 08
what is scam? can anyone explain it? when it started? recently or already happen for a long time? is it only happen on the internet or can be on real life? i see people keep saying this site scam, that site scam, i dont get it.. how do we know which site is scam? thanks..
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@jhellie_baby (374)
• Philippines
28 Aug 08
hi there norgzilla. scam refer to those sites that will ask money from you whether to start working for them or for buying there products but will run from you after they got what they wanted. another type of scams are those sites which you will work with, say for example survey sites, then after a bunchful of works they will not pay you for your work
@norgzilla (142)
• Indonesia
28 Aug 08
that would be tough.. someone identity on the net is really vague right? isn't there any any law enforcement to handle this kind of matter, you know, like policeman on real life?
@loveshoby (96)
• India
27 Aug 08
Never leave you password on messenger. The star mark or black circles can be read using softwares like 123password recovery.
Next.... do not loging to any website through indirect link. It might be a look like of orignal website.
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@ashly1979 (1376)
• United States
27 Aug 08
yes, and it has happened to me before.
it was a time when i was suppose to
get my cash from a paid site, and they
never sent it to me! Made me made!
may not be what you're meaning, but, now
i'm meaning about scams where they scam
you for all of your hard work on a website.
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@LimoChang (193)
• China
27 Aug 08
Yes,I do believe in that.I've heard a lot but it has never happened to me because I am always cautious about my personal information when use Internet.One of my friend had such experience,she was deceived to give some money to a bank account to buy some products and later the guy never showed up.
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@TheGiant (81)
• United States
28 Aug 08
I am the guy always telling people to be wary of emails they get, yet I once fell for a phishing scam. I got an email claiming to be from eBay shortly after I had actually had a transaction on eBay, so I fell for it. I caught it quickly though, I noticed small transactions on my account, the only way I could stop them because they had gotten everything was to close my bank account and open a new one, my bank facilitated that, and even made sure I lost no direct deposit checks. They are a local bank and I know some of the branch managers, so they took care of me, it also helps that my family's businesses have several accounts there.
