There are many forms of scam all around us;
In our everyday life, watch out for :
1. Unsolicited offers that are promoted through email, SMS (short message service) or MMS (multimedia message service). These offers often come from unknown contacts that have never been in contact with you before.
2. Offers of unlikely promises, like the certainty of winning lotteries, wealth, or lose weight.
3. Emails using a lot of capital letters, bad grammars, or unusual subject headings.
4. Work-at-home schemes offering easy ways to earn a big amount of money.
5. Incredible health cures that claim to cure difficult-to-cure conditions and illnesses
6. E-mails from "legitimate" companies asking for account details (usually providing a phising link)
7. Lottery, prizes, and other wins, asking you to send money or personal details to claim your winnings
8. Modem jacking -- make sure websites, especially adult sites don not download internet diallers, which will cost us money in our phone bills.
Source :
http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/693900
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