The most important thing to remember is that 99% of the scams have 1 goal - To separate you or your business from your money.
How a scammer goes about this process varies greatly and is only as diverse as the imagination of the scammer himself.
Here is a general list of the types of scams we have seen; this list grows and changes as the scammers devise more concepts to take your money. It is a bit Darwinian in that they change to adapt to the changes in law enforcement, attitudes of their targets, what is working, what is not, twists and turns on old concepts - make no mistake about it, they get better and better every day.
As weeks go by we will endeavor to show actual examples of each of these in the main blog.
Here are some of the common types of scams
Lottery Scam | Dating romance scam (very insidious) | Deceased next of kin scam |
Account number and password ‘phishing’ (phishing is like ‘fishing’ for information) | Black (defaced) currency scam | Construction sub contractor scam |
Cash found in Iraq by American soldier scam | Over Invoiced Contract Scam | Lower price crude oil scam |
eBay check (over) payment and refund scam | Diamond & gold dust scam | SWIFT transfer scam |
Unclaimed Inheritance Scam | Fake bank scam | Antique export scam |
Unclaimed bank account scam | Housing scam | University study place scam |
Counterfeit Check Scam | Anti-terrorist certificate scam | Money from former ruler scam |
Financial representative ‘in your country’ scam | Disaster relief fund scam | Relative of holocaust victim scam |
Work permit scam | Very low interest rate loans for relatively small up-front fee scam | Identity theft |
Payment for art scam | Hotel bookings and refund scams | Jobs for professionals scam |
Dead millionaire funds for charities or disaster relief scam | Death threat (hit man) scam | United Nations loan approval scam |
