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Web Stalkers
Chapter 7 -
Internet Scams
The Horrors of
Internet Fraud
Phineas T. Barnum remarked “There’s a sucker
born every minute.” Scammers are constantly trying out new methods
and techniques for deception, and the potential gullibility and
greed of Internet users is a great asset in this pursuit. When a new
scam proves itself to be successful, it will spread across the globe
like wildfire. The IC3 tracks new web scams and attempts to
classify them. Whenever a new scam is detected, it is named and an
alert is issued.
The next section explores the world of the web
scammer to see how they operate.
Inside the World of
the Web Scammer
The temptation to scam from people in wealthy
nations is too strong to resist. Even highly religious people in
third world countries will justify their thievery by rationalizing
that their wealthy victims have too much money. Ironically, many
scammers adopt the same mindset as their victims, believing that
they deserve the money.
By many estimates, Internet scams are a
multi-billion dollar business which attracts criminals from all over
the world. According to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) records
of complaints, the following are the top 10 internet frauds
committed in 2004 along with some advice from the FTC for how to
avoid becoming a victim:
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