A Video as an example for Internet Fraud

Online Charity Fraud

At the worse time of our lives it 's time to help to another people all around the world specially in disasters. We have to be aware of where we want to donate. Because specially in this specific time people has been received e.mails and also there are some websites that are fake.Unaware people donate to these fake association so they lost their money just for nothing. The world has been faced to this problem these days specially in the case of "Haiti Earthquake". There are some tips to make sure of the way you want to donate :

-Donate just to famous and recognized center you have to check its validity before donating even if you heard the name of that before.

-Never give out personal and financial information such as your credit card number or social security number.

-For more security and also tax case never pay cash to them.

-Check out the identification of the person if you want to donate in person not an association.

Common online frauds

These are among the most common forms of online fraud being perpetrated today :

Auction fraud

Goods not delivered

Bad checks for services or goods

Work-at-home plans and pyramid schemes

False loans or credit help for a fee

Charity frauds

Fake government grants

As I mentioned above there are the most common categories of online (internet) frauds.I 'll try to talk more about some of these categories in the next posts.,and also discuss about the way to prevent of these dangers.

Internet Fraud Losses cost in 2009

Here is a report of FBI that shows the statics of "Internet Fraud Losses in 2009".

This report shows us that the cost of internet fraud doubled in2009.it 's an alarm for all the people who are internet users to be more aware of this danger.

The cost of internet fraud in 2009 was about $560 million. !! and FBI also reported that the most common types of internet fraud was about" Scams "

P.S: "Scam" means :A fraudulent business scheme or obtaining money by means of deception.