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Being Smart Is NOT Enough to Protect Yourself Against Clever Online and Offline Scammers...
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Being Smart Is NOT Enough to Protect Yourself Against Clever Online and Offline Scammers. Discover How You Can Safeguard Your Identity, Your Finances and Your Life. It's a Free Public Service and Only Takes a Few Minutes/Week). Most people believe that because they are relatively intelligent, they won't get taken by Internet and other scams. Nothing could be further from the truth. And make no mistake - you are. Being Smart Does Not Make You Safe. These public service updates, delivered weekly to your in...
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8 Tips to Protect Yourself with the Lemon Law
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How the lemon law protects you:. The #1 Publication on Internet Fraud. By Audri and Jim Lanford. Today's issue is on the lemon law. Below you'll find out what the lemon law is, recommendations for how to avoid buying 'lemons,' what to do if you need to take advantage of your state's lemon law, and a good resource for finding each state lemon law. Let's go. The lemon law legislation is intended to protect the average consumer (who isn't expected to know everything! You can find it here. 2 If you are buyin...
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Spunkball Warning
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Is the email about the spunkball warning true - or is it an urban legend or hoax? I just wanted to warn all of my friends about something that has been occuring more and more lately, all through out the country. If you are at a redlight and hear a shout of Spunkball, and notice something come flying in your window, the best thing to do is to have all passengers immediatly exit the vehichle. DO NOT try to retreive the object, as it will ignite once the fire cracker explodes. Back to Urban Legends. Excelle...
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Avoid Scheming Credit Card Scam Artists
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21 tips to protect yourself from being a victim of credit card fraud: Internet ScamBusters #79. Today we focus on consumer credit card fraud. Here are 21 tips for protecting yourself. Credit Card Fraud: 21 Tips to Protect Yourself. After all, what's to stop the waiter from writing down your credit card number and placing orders on the phone with it later? And research shows that the rate of fraudulent purchases made by cell phones is much higher than credit card fraud on the Net. Always use common sense.
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Are You Up On The Nigerian Scam?
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About the Nigerian scam (Nigerian advanced fee scam):. By Audri and Jim Lanford. SCAM: The Nigerian Advance Fee Scheme. The Nigerian Advance Fee Scam has been around for quite awhile, but despite many warnings, continues to draw in many victims. In fact, the Financial Crimes Division of the Secret Service receives approximately 100 telephone calls from victims/ potential victims and 300-500 pieces of related correspondence per day about this scam! Here is a sample of a letter a victim may receive:. THE T...
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Identity Theft Information Center
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Identity Theft Information Center. The top identity theft resources from ScamBusters.org - helping people protect themselves from identity theft and other Internet scams since 1994. Welcome to the ScamBusters.org. Identity Theft Information Center! Since identity theft has been #1 on our Top 10 List of the Worst Internet Scams. For the past several years, we created this Identity Theft Info Center to help you prevent identity theft. Chilling Identity Theft Facts. ScamBusters.org Ten Most Popular Iden...
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Stop Spam!
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Is it possible to stop spam? Probably not - but you can significantly reduce it. As pioneers to stop spam for the past 11 years, we predicted years ago that the spam problem would quickly get out of control. And, or course, it has. Many of us get thousands of spam messages a day. In fact, ScamBusters gets many more than that. And one of our friends gets a staggering 250,000 spam messages each day! So, it's not surprising that people need relief - they want to do whatever they can to stop spam. When you p...
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Cut The Line On Phishing Scams
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Phishing Scams: How You Can Protect Yourself. Phishing scams, Internet access services cams,. And Web cramming scams Internet ScamBusters #67. Today we've got a lot of important news for you - about 'phishing,' Internet access service, and Web cramming scams. First, a couple of quick announcements:. We're in the process of creating two new websites, both focused on gifts. So, if you'd like to take a sneak preview, you can. Http:/ Wow-Gift-Ideas.com/halloween.html. OK, let's get going. Phishing' Scams Gro...
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The Scoop On The International Driver's License Scam
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Understanding the International Driving License Scam and Poetry Scam. Find out the real scoop on the international driving license scam, poetry scam, and twinkies #90. The #1 Publication on Internet Fraud. By Audri and Jim Lanford. As August comes to a close, we decided to do a lighter 'Snippets' issue. Today we focus on International driving license scams, poetry scams, and we conclude with the important question: Is the shelf life of Twinkies really forever? International Driving License Scam. When you...
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Consumer Report: 'The 10 Most Important Things You Can Do Now to Avoid Getting Scammed'
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Consumer Report: 'The 10 Most Important Things You Can Do Now to Avoid Getting Scammed'. Internet ScamBusters most popular consumer report. We've prepared a special consumer report. To answer the most common question we get asked whenever we speak about Internet fraud: What are the best ways to protect yourself against getting scammed online? This consumer report is called:. Consumer Report: The 10 Most Important Things. You Can Do Now to Avoid Getting Scammed. Visit Our Most Popular Sites:. Consumer Tip...
