Fraud websites employ a circuitous
way of building trust in people and making them invest or buy fake products or
services. Once people part with the money, they find it extremely difficult to
get in touch with the scammers who promoted the fraud websites in the first
instance.
The internet market is replete with
a number of fraud websites who have identified novel ways of cheating people
that may on first glance appear genuine. Top three of them have been discussed.
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1 Fraud Websites that promote work from home opportunities
These websites offer “too good to be
true” opportunities wherein you can earn unimaginable amounts of money, that
you can never make when you are employed at a regular office. They promise a
bundle of opportunities to start on your own, without a boss to breathe down
your neck. Flexibility of working hours, deserving worth for genuine talent,
the perk of not having to go to office etc., lure people not to check for
details before signing up. The indicators of fraud websites providing work from
home opportunities include:
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Paying a fat salary, twice or three times the
market rate
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Requiring you to make a life-time membership fee
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Need to pay upfront for software or a
subscription fee
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Hidden or ambiguous terms and conditions
#2
Fraud Websites that promote dangerous dating services
Many social dating websites have turned out to be fraud websites. They might end up in setting fake dates who
can cajole you to elicit sensitive financial information. It is also possible,
that these con artists use emotive reasons in getting you to pay for a
life-saving surgery for a kin. The “damsel in distress” syndrome may win the
sympathy of innocent partners. Furthermore, hidden terms and conditions may
charge you much more than what you had agreed initially for subscribing to the
service. Another typical characteristic of fraud websites is that, you need to
enter your credit card details to pay. On your decision to stop subscribing,
you are shocked to find that there is no local contact number. Your email goes
unanswered and the international call that you place is being put on hold,
indefinitely.
Fraud shopping websites play pranks
on online shoppers. There are a number of ways by which the fraud is committed:
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Fraud websites use domain names that closely
resemble a reputed online seller
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The merchandise may resemble those from a
trusted brand
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No returns or cash on delivery policy
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No copious instructions for use
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Fake quality checks and trust badges
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No connection between product portrayed online
and product received
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Inferior quality products
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Products not conforming to standards
There are cases where the whole
online shopping business is itself a nexus, behind which lurks a major criminal
design. You need to think twice before giving sensitive data like credit card
number and PIN online. Fraud websites may make use of fraudulent payment
processors which do not encrypt your data and steal it instead. In addition to
losing money for which you have shopped, you become a victim of a larger crime,
such as a theft of identity.
