Internet Scams Identified

After Researching extensively various Govt and NGO websites, discussion forums, bulletin boards, e-zines, newsgroups; scanning print publications and newspapers and interviewing scam victims - we have compiled following list of 36 scams, frauds and hoaxes.

The list, by no means, is comprehensive enough to cover all kinds of Internet scams and frauds. We look forward to your help and feedback to keep this list as comprehensive as possible.

• Fake/Non-Implementable Letter of Credit
• Pay 25% advance and forget the rest
• Advance Fee Loans
• Auction Fraud
• Business Ventures
• Chain Letters
• Classified Directories
• Computer Crime
• Computer Security
• Counterfeit
• Currency
• Counterfeit
• Payment Cards
• Credit Card Fraud
• Credit Card Insurance
• Domain Name Registration Scams
• Donation Solicitation
• False / Deceptive Invoices
• Fraudulent Online Purchases
• Gemstone Scams
• Home Renovation/Repairs Fraud
• Identity Fraud
• Investors International
• Lottery Scams
• Nigerian Advance Fee Scam
• Online Shopping
• Pentagano Scheme
• Phoney Bank Inspector
• Phoney Job Opportunities
• Prime Investment Scheme
• Pyramid Schemes
• Spam
• Telemarketing Fraud
• Theft of Telecommunication
• Work-at-home Schemes
• Virus Transmission