There are many scams in internet world. The earliest included romantic scams emanating from Nigeria. Millions of dollars flowed into Nigeria from lonely-hearters all around the world. Even today the word Nigeria doesn’t seem to spook the LHers.
Lottery scams are still around.....I regularly get excited when I receive an email telling me that I have won 250,000 British Pounds in an international lottery which I had forgotten that I had purchased a ticket in.
eBay scams; PayPal scams, bank scams (Due to misuse of your account, it has been shut down), ISP scams (your email account has been suspended). Computer repair scams (Your Microsoft computer is corrupted)
Yesterday my son-in-law, at work on a mine site, received an email on his phone supposedly from the Australian Federal Police advising him that he must pay $195. for a traffic infringement. The Aus Federal Police are pretty busy with drug busts, terrorist threats etc etc, but not state traffic infringements. The AFP have posted a warning about this scam on their web page. See here.
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