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Tips on keeping yourself safe while online
Internet FraudInternet Fraud costs unknowing victims millions of dollars each year. It is very important to know how to safeguard your confidential information while online and protect yourself from fraudulent schemes. Internet fraud often combines the threat of impersonation fraud with money fraud in which an email offers the recipient the "opportunity" to make money by assisting the author in trying to transfer through, often times foreign, bank accounts. The recipient is encouraged to send information to the author, such as blank letterhead stationery, bank name and account numbers, addresses or other identifying information through a free online email account provided by the author. In order to avoid detection the profiles for these authors will generally offer no hint at the fraudulent scheme but will appear as legitimate singles looking for a relationship. The scheme relies on convincing a willing victim, who is often eager to form a relationship with the author of the letter, to assist them with the transfers. The author may illegally deposit money into your bank account or send you a fake cashiers check upon which receiving you are asked to wire a portion of it back to them. Once the fraud is discovered by the banking institutions, the deposit will be frozen and ultimately removed from your account, any monies you had sent to the author will be lost.
Taxes, fees and other
reasons are often described in great detail as reasons for seeking these
transactions. In actuality, the money does not exist and the victim
eventually ends up with nothing but loss. Once the victim stops sending
money, the perpetrators have been known to use the personal information and
checks that they received to impersonate the victim, draining bank accounts
and credit card balances until the victim's assets are taken in their
entirety. While such an invitation impresses most law-abiding citizens as a
laughable hoax, millions of dollars in losses are caused by these schemes
annually.
Some Tips to
Avoid Internet Email Fraud:
This is not a comprehensive list of things you can do to protect yourself, fraud techniques are constantly evolving and you should seek the latest and best information on how to protect yourself and prevent fraud. |