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Internet Fraud and Scams

Introduction

The term 'Internet Fraud' refers to any type of scheme designed to defraud others of their money that is perpetrated by an on-line service — this could be via chat rooms, e-mail, message boards or web sites. Unfortunately the internet is an excellent tool for fraudsters as it allows prospective targets to be readily and easily contacted. It is als overy easy with onoly a rudimentary knowlege to create a fraudulent or 'spoof' website that masquerades as a legitimate site.

Geographicall, though some internet fraud schemes originate in the US and Western Europe a very significant proportion come from Africa, particularly Nigeria, and increasingly the Côte d'Ivoire and and sometimes from Ghana and Egypt. Some originate in Eastern Europe, Southwest Asia and China. Many fraudulent orders also seem to originate in Belgium, Amsterdam in the Netherlands and also Norway and Malmö in Sweden.

The kinds of fraud perpetrated (also known colloquially as 'scams' are many and varied and this page contains links that take you to varous pages that describe, analyze and demonstrate the main types of fraud in considerable details.

Internet Fraud Links

Links to main fraud types:

If you want to learn more about internet scams and how to protect yourself from them then you can use the list of books below. Please note that this is a direct feed from Amazon. If you decite to look at or purchase any of the books below then you will be buying direct from Amazon and not from me.