These often come in the form of emails that promote a product as a miraculous cure for various types of medical conditions. They often claim to have ‘the secret that doctors and pharmaceutical companies don’t want you to know’.
They usually claim that the product is available in limited quantities or for only a limited time. [...]
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Holiday Villa Scam
Scammers offer villas in popular places for holiday rental. They use legitimate websites as well as creating their own websites. This makes it difficult to tell they are scammers. They ask you to pay 50% in advance and 50% two weeks before your stay by wire transfer. They reply to your emails, offer [...]
Nigerian 419 Scam
This scam is one of the oldest and named 419 after the article of the Nigerian Criminal Code dealing with fraud. You receive an email pretending to be a lawyer/official/minister asking for your help to move a large amount of “frozen” money out of a foreign country and offering you a percentage.
They send official-looking documents [...]
How to avoid being scammed?
This short guide has been produced to help people avoid being scammed and to help carers protect the elderly and vulnerable.
OFT Scam Video – Tricks of the Trade
This section is presented by Angela Rippon who warns consumers about lottery scams. Scammers tend to target the vulnerable such as the elderly, but not exclusively – [...]
February 27th, 2009 | Tony | 0 comments | Continued
