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The Dirty Dozen
The FTC has identified its "Dirty Dozen". These are the twelve scams most
likely to arrive via bulk e-mail or in newsgroups. Here are the "dirty
dozen" and a brief explanation of why each is a scam:
Business Op****tunities Scams:
These offers make it sound like it is very easy to start a business that
will earn piles of money without much work, selling or cash. Many of these
"op****tunities" are actually illegal pyramid schemes or frauds that are
masquerading as legitimate op****tunities to earn money.
Make Money by Sending Bulk E-mail:
These solicitations offer to sell you bulk e mail lists (consisting of
millions of e mail addresses), spam software (usually very poor in
quality), or services to send spam on your behalf. Don't do this.
Chain Letters:
No list of scams would be complete without this old "favorite" - e mail
style. Here you're asked to send a small amount of money (or some item) to
each of four or five names at the top of the list, and then forward the
message including your name at the bottom, via bulk e mail. Many of these
letters claim they are legal - they are not. Further, nearly everyone who
participates in these chain letters loses money. Even if there is a
"product" such as a re****t on how to make money, it does not make these
schemes legal.
Work-At-Home-Schemes:
The most common work-at-home scam promises that you'll earn money for
stuffing envelopes. For example, you're promised you'll earn $2.00 for
every envelope you stuff. In fact, there never is any real envelope
stuffing employment available. Instead, you pay to register and then you're
instructed to send the same envelope-stuffing ad via bulk e mail to others.
The only money you can earn would come from others who fall for the scam
and pay to register. Finally, if you did actually do work for one of these
outfits (for example, some promise to pay you for craft work), they'd
refuse to pay you and say your work didn't measure up to their "quality
standards."
Health And Diet Scams:
These are similar to the miracle cures offered off-line: ways to lose
weight without eating less or exercising, "scientific breakthroughs,"
"secret formulas" which provide cures for hair loss, and herbal formulas
that liquefy fat cells so that they are absorbed by your body. These scams
often include testimonials from "famous" medical experts you haven't heard
of. Of course, these gimmicks don't work.
Effortless Income:
The newest version offers get-rich-quick schemes to make unlimited profits
exchanging money on the world currency markets. There are lots of variants,
but they all promise vast riches with no work. Beware of these scams.
Free Goods:
These offers promise expensive items such as computers... for free. They
ask you to pay a fee to join, and then you have to bring in a certain
number of other members. Many of these scams are just disguised pyramid
schemes.
Investment Op****tunities:
These scams promise outrageously high returns...and of course, there is
"no risk." Many of these scams are illegal Ponzi schemes, in which early
investors are paid with the money from later investors. This gives the
early investors the illusion that the system works and they are then
encouraged to invest more money (which they eventually lose). The sales
pitches for these offers include claims of high-level financial
connections, that the promoters are privy to inside information, or
promises that they'll guarantee the investment. The promoters are long gone
if you try to take advantage of their "guarantees."
Cable De-Scrambler Kits:
These scams offer kits or information on how to receive cable
transmissions without paying any subscription fees. There are two problems
with these offers: 1) the kits and information don't work; and 2) even if
they did work, it is illegal to steal service from cable television
companies. Further, many cable companies have aggressively been prosecuting
cable service theft.
Guaranteed Loans or Credit, or Easy Terms Scams:
There are lots of variants of this scam: home equity loans that don't
require any equity in your home, loans regardless of your credit history,
offshore bank loans, credit cards regardless of your credit history, etc.
Sometimes these offers are combined with pyramid schemes that offer to pay
you for attracting other participants to the scheme. However, they are
scams - the loans don't come through, you are turned down unless you meet
stringent requirements, or the credit cards simply don't arrive.
Credit Repair Scams:
These scams promise to erase accurate negative information from your
credit file so that you can now qualify for loans, mortgages, or credit
cards. The promoters of these scams cannot deliver. Further, if you follow
their advice and lie on a loan or credit application, misrepresent your
Social Security number, or get an Employer Identification number from the
Internal Revenue Service under false pretenses, you will be committing
fraud and violating federal laws. Don't fall for this scam.
Vacation Prize Promotions:
Last, but not least, is a scam in which you receive electronic
verification congratulating you because you've "won" a fabulous vacation,
or you've been "specially selected" for this op****tunity. The "deluxe
cruise ****p" may well be more like a tugboat, upgrades can be very
expensive, and hotel accommodations are likely to be very shabby.
The punch line... which you've heard from us many times before... If it
sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Further, don't buy anything via
bulk e-mail (spam). Your chances of being scammed are astronomical.
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