{"id":95,"date":"2020-02-15T02:09:12","date_gmt":"2020-02-15T02:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whatismypublicip.com\/blog\/?p=95"},"modified":"2023-01-06T21:36:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T21:36:45","slug":"these-are-the-8-most-common-internet-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whatismypublicip.com\/blog\/these-are-the-8-most-common-internet-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"These are the 8 most common Internet Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A study by the Better Business Bureau, Finra, and the Stanford Longevity Center<\/a> have interviewed 1,408 internet consumers between 2015 and 2018 to collect data on the most common Internet scams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the most common internet\nscams people experience today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Online store<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Online store scams are among the\nmost common. Respondents said that the vast majority have fallen into this\nmethod in portals such as ‘Craigslist’ (the equivalent of the European\nWallapop), ‘eBay,’ ‘Kjiji’ and other websites that function as a bridge between\nsellers and buyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The way of operating is as\nfollows: they list the items, collect payments from buyers, and then never send\nthe products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Fake tech support scams<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

They usually take the form of\nadvertisements, emails, or pop-ups that warn Internet users that your computer\nmay be infected with a virus. Once the users realize the message and the victim\nfall into the trap, scammers impersonate themselves as a technology service\nprofessional and ask the victims to hand over money in exchange for false\ntechnical support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scammers usually hide their real IP address<\/a> when doing this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Job offers scams<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Through this method of deception,\nscammers pose as companies in search of personnel. From there, they lie to the\npeople contacted to send money to spend money on some \u201cmake money online\ncourse,\u201d which turns out to be fraudulent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. False checks or money orders<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

This intricate scheme is based on\nthe fact that they send the victims a false check, have the money deposited,\nthen request that part of the money delivered by a transfer due to a supposed\noverpayment be returned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Raffles, lotteries and fake prizes<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Through prize announcement, they\ndeceive the victims by believing that they have won a lottery or lottery. But\nbefore they can claim their prize, they must pay a fee in advance to be able to\ndeliver it effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Fake debt collection scams<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Similar to the collection of\nfalse taxes, this type of fraud depends on thieves. They pretend to be\ncollectors and harass victims to pay debts that they do not really have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Phishing scams<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Phishing is well-known in the\ntechnological world. The scammer pretends to be a trustworthy person, such as a\nbanker, a service provider, or a mortgage company, to deceive victims and be\nable to request private information that can be used against them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Tax Collection Scams<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

In this case, scammers pretend to be a government agency that collects tax. They use threats of arrest or other scarcity to push their targets to give money. They often request their victims’ money or gift card as a payment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Takeaway<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

As you can see, there are many types of scams. Sadly, this\ndoes not stop growing. Every time someone comes up with a situation where they\ncan take advantage of people’s innocence, a new scam appears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, we must not believe everything we see on the\nInternet. We must be cautious and aware that there are many people on the\nnetwork who want to take advantage of any situation to get money from it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A study by the Better Business Bureau, Finra, and the Stanford Longevity Center have interviewed 1,408 internet consumers between 2015 and 2018 to collect data on the most common Internet scams. Here are the most common internet scams people experience today: 1. Online store Online store scams are among the most common. Respondents said that… Read Article →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-information","category-online-safety"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatismypublicip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatismypublicip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatismypublicip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatismypublicip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatismypublicip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatismypublicip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatismypublicip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions\/106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatismypublicip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatismypublicip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatismypublicip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}