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Scamdex :: The Internet Scam Resource since 2003

Scamdex is all about 'Get Rich Quick' Scams, Spoof Websites, Bogus Lottery Winnings, Spoof Phishing Emails from Banks, Scam Emails from African Dictators (and their wives), Dating Scams, Pet Scams, Dodgy Product Scams, Lottery Scams, Work-from-home Job Scams, Classified Ad and online Auction Scams and all other Identity Theft and Internet Fraud.

The Scamdex Email Scam Archive

Scamdex sorts it's huge archive of email scams into six classifications:

  1. Advance Fee Fraud : Payment is required to 'release' some much larger amount which is held by a third party. There is no 'millions', Mrs Abacha doesnt have the money either.
  2. Lottery Scams: Payment is required to get your huge unsolicited lottery winnings transferred into your country/bank account. There are no 'winnings' , except for the scammer!.
  3. Phishing: Official-looking emails from large internet banking and online services (PayPal, eBay, South Trust, US Bank etc etc) which ask you to 'confirm' some details. Always asks you to enter your credit card. The credit card details are used or sold on.
  4. Auction Scams: Simple scams using eBay or Craigslist to take either your money, your property or both. Watch out for 'Second Chance Offers' on auctions you did not win!
  5. Employment Scams: Employment is offered processing international payments. Certified check is paid into your bank account, you deduct your 'commission' and send on the rest. The check turns out to be a fake or you get prosecuted for Money Laundering!.
  6. Financial/Investment Scams: Including High Yield Investment Plans (HYIPs), Ponzi Schemes, Fake 'Affiliate' schemes and Molti-Level Marketing (MLM) scams. Basically offering huge unrealistic returns on investments which turn out to be fraudulent, illegal or non-existent. The best acronym is DYOR (Do Your Own Research).

There is crossover between these basic types, for example, most use counterfeit checks/cheques at some stage and one scam may morph into another or even present several types at one time. All have one thing in common though; to get you to part with your money or your property. Scamdex aims to inform, alert and educate the Internet-using public to help make sure that Crime does not Pay!

NEVER USE WESTERN UNION

If you need to send money to someone out of the country, think long and hard before you use Western Union. Especially if the person wants the money quickly, says he can't accept PayPal or other online payment methods, and especially if it's for a big ticket item. It's not such a great deal if the laptop never turns up and your money is gone!
See here: CraigsList and here: eBay and here: Western Union

The DNS Route to Scam Protection Online

Use OpenDNS When you type in 'www.ebay.com' on your browser, a computer somewhere translates it into a IP Address, a sequence of numbers and dots that all networked computers understand and which contains the path to the right server. Your ISP will have given you two numbers-separated-by-dots to type in to your Network Settings. These are the Domain Name Servers (DNS) that your computer will use whenever you ask to go to a domain name. There is a simple and free way to make that system protect you and your family. Read More

Avoiding Credit Card Fraud - Best Practices for Merchants and Consumers

During the last few years there has been a massive increase in online fraud globally. Organizations specialize in spam and other illegal marketing techniques, like Phishing and Hacking, that take every opportunity to make a few pennies. Even though their net income per person is miniscule, it becomes significant when multiplied by hundreds of thousands or even millions. Added to this threat are amateur fraud artists around the world who troll the Internet for credit card and financial information to use for fraudulent purposes. Finally, identity thieves are reaping high rewards at the expense of both the target and the online retailer. Read More

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Scam Statistics from AOLPic of a Pile of Gold Bricks - Not waiting in a vault for you!

Latest Scam News Image An AOL report in 2007 found that online frauds are becoming more sophisticated.

Of the 1% who had lost money through phishing, 53% were not compensated by their bank, the AOL survey found. A further 11% say they are still waiting for compensation.

Scam-Baiting

Defined as: "... the practice of corresponding with scammers to waste their time and/or make them look foolish....
Scammers are criminals and may live or have contacts in YOUR country. Some scam-baiting is simple racism too. Got a Scam email not in our repository? Send it to Scamdex.

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Scamdex holds this belief to be self-evident...

" ... Organizations utilizing the Internet have a Duty of Care to their users, AND to those victimized by people who use those services for fraudulent means. "