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5/16/2012 12:31:23 PM EST
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Online scams !!
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Online scams including identity theft schemes, “advance fee” and “romance fraud” cost Americans some $480 million in 2011, as per report by the FBI.
The internet crimes complains center annual report said the number of complains about online fraud rose 3.4 per cent to 314,246.
The most common complains included FBI – related scams, in which criminals impersonate the FBI to gain sensitive data, identity theft and advance fee fraud- schemes in which emails pledge to release fund for transaction fee.
One of the newer scheme involves fraud of auto- sales in which criminals post a car for sale at an attractive price, pretending to be desperate to sell before moving or deploying overseas, and then seeking a deposit to hold the vehicle
Other fraud schemes include the “non-delivery” of merchandise bought online through an auction and “over-payment fraud” in which someone receives a cheque with instructions to deposit it in a bank account and send excess funds or a percentage of the deposited money back to the sender.
For victims reporting financial losses, the average was $4,187 said the crime centre, a partnership of industry and the FBI.
The centre in 2011 received over 5,600 complains of “romance scams” in which scammers targeted individuals searching for companionship or romance online.
Victims believe they are “dating” someone decent and honest. However , the online contact person is often a criminal with a well rehearsed script that scammers use repeatedly and successfully!
Scammers search chat rooms, dating sites and social networking sites looking for victims. Although the principal group is over 40 years old, divorced or widowed, disabled and often elderly, all demographics are at risk.
These scams often result in both monetary and emotional distress, on average each victim reported a loss of $8,900 for a total of $50 million!
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