10 – Anti-Ageing Products,
- This one is just sad, a way to exploit elderly folk who might be new to the internet and constantly yearning to get their youth back
- Alternative medicine websites are all too often finding targets, and perfectly willing to send a whole tub of snake oil in exchange for a few big pennies
- So if you ever see a pop-up with a before-and-after image of an old crippled man turned into a body-builder – do think twice
9 – Dead Relative Scam,
- This is the internet equivalent of meeting that dodgy-looking guy at a train station filling you in on a sob story so you’ll pass him fifty cents for a pack of cigarettes – but on a much grander scale
- A relative you had no idea about has passed away in Africa, oh noes! But they were a multi-millionare and left you a grand inheritance because you were their favourite nephew-uncle-penpal-friend-something
- All you gotta do is pay a little for the grieving family and the money will come to you – surely
8 – Free Trial Software,
- You know those times you really need this one desktop gadget so that a sparkling donkey will run around your wallpaper giving you philosophical tips while you browse Motherless.com?
- But then, the software is only a trial, the donkey temporary, but so long as you put in your credit card details it’ll be fine- except, no, it’ll automatically bill you every month because you didn’t read the installer fine-print
- Good luck explaining the donkey thing to your bank when you’ve lost thousands of dollars
7 – Fake Government Websites,
- These are easy ones to avoid, but devastating if you don’t
- Fake government sites will offer grants, visas, passports and birth certificates just like the real sites, but these fake sites will ask you to pay a fee
- And not a small fee mind you – a hefty one, and since a good chunk of society use these sites for personal information, it’s a treasure trove for criminals
- But so long as you’re on a .gov website, and so long as your computer is free of viruses, you should be fine
6 – Pet Delivery Scam,
- This one exploits your fascination with adorable little animals
- In particular the Global Pet Delivery or Global Animal Agency companies – all they do is wait for your enquiry about a gorgeous round-eyed puppy photo, then send you back a lot of sleight-of-hand questions with the inevitable “we need money for transport reasons” slipped in the middle
- Bit of a scumbag move, honestly
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Ha! Like I would fall for those. Never click on a link for that stuff unless somebody you know notes you that its safe.
If it’s too good to be true then it’s a fraud. Don’t be fooled so easily, unless if you’re stupid.