How to guard against crooks and other fraudulent schemes on eBay

Be on the look out for ebay "phishers" who will pose as eBay members. Their methods range from sending scam emails and building up fake websites and steal your credit card information they might even make up false threats. Even some "phishers" pose as ebay members and so be if you have any email from any one claiming to be an ebay member always check your inquiry in your ebay account before replying to that email. Some successful "phishers” alter the listings of the original seller and elevate the prices of listed items. Some auctions also play into your emotions by making up touching stories like: “my kid was recently hospitalized and I just recently lost my job, please help me by buying this unique product. Be cautious of 3 monkeys auction the surprise might not be pleasant. For sellers on eBay take your lend always listen to your customers as they tend to act as your informant. Also not that eBay has a "Vero" program that allows you to fax a form in to get an auction flagged.

An Internet scam-a false ‘call for help’

Last week a friend called me and told me that she had lost her email box to hackers. The next day I received and email that was from my friends email box asking me for some money, I was really surprised as to how she got her email box back and I found out to my amazement that she did not send the proposed message and that it was a false call for help. After asking her some question it was now crystal clear that the defaulter might not be web-techies or hackers, they might not even know the least about hacking how this happened I was yet to find out. After thorough discussion, she told me that she responded to an email that she presumed to be the customer care center asking her for her password, date of birth and other details and that they were planning to upgrade their system and prevent the loss of vital information. She unsuspectingly submitted the requested information and behold they logged into her email box changed her password and then sent a false call for help to all her contacts that she was in London, that she had lost her wallet and would need some financial assistance. The message also stated that payment be made in cash through western union and that she would repay them on her return. So friends started calling and asking questions but before any could fall victim to the false call for help, she had alerted all her contacts on phone and told them about the false call for help. So you see that not all friends in need of your help are friends indeed BEWARE OF FALSE CALLS FOR HELP!!!

How to detect and avoid Internet dating scam-learn from other peoples mistake

Today many people turn to the internet to improve their love life and also find true love but this trend my be just as risky as trusting an internet scammster. People you find today are still morning their loss as they lost their money to Internet scammsters claiming to love them and this was because they did not detect that it was a scam early enough, which they would have avoided.Recently in west Africa the economic and financial crimes commission (EFCC) detected and arrested an online scammster who met this Australian lady on a dating website and they dated online for about six months. On various occasion the scammster would request for money from her and she would willing send him thousands of dollars. The unsuspecting scammster ran out of luck when he lied that he had an accident and that he would need some money for the medical bills, he sent some pictures to the woman depicting the accident scene but the woman’s son was quick to detect that the picture was copied from the Internet. The woman then knew that her online lover was an Internet scammster she alerted the EFCC in Africa and the scammster was apprehended. So if you must surf the Internet for true love be sure to avoid, sending money to any person for whatsoever reason, do not be deceived by pictures. Most scammsters always asking for money too frequently and you have to be very smart this is one vital step in detecting and avoiding dating scams. So if you have falling victim before, not to worry there is someone out there for you, always remember that there is someone for everyone.