Scams and frauds

Scams and frauds are deceptions designed to make money for the scamer at the expense of other people.   The best advice to avoid being scamed is to avoid deals that seem to good to be true.  There have been a large number of scams over the years, but most of the fall into a few categories:

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Links for scams and frauds

Phoenix FBI Fraud Alert

Internet ScamBustersTM Scam Check Station

NFIC - Links to Online Resources

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