Protect yourself from clever Internet and other scams: Recent Internet ScamBusters issues
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Protect yourself from scams. Here's a list of the current and back issues of Internet ScamBusters:
404 From Russia With Guile, The Amazon Scam
Protect yourself from the latest Amazon scam along with identity theft attempts with tips learned here.
403 Scammers Try Every Which Way To Exploit BP Oil Leak
As if the BP oil leak weren't bad enough, scammers are finding ways to perpetrate their crimes using this catastrophe as bait.
402 Learn A Lesson From These College Scam Tricks and Hoaxes
Knowledge is power against college scam artists hoping to trick you into giving away your personal information and other student scams.
401 Beware of These 10 Common Senior Scam Tricks
Senior scam artists continue to target grandma and grandpa. Get wise to their tricks here.
400 Tips on Protecting Yourself from Home Burglary
A home burglary happens every 15 seconds in the US. Follow these tips to avoid becoming a statistic.
399 Aiding the Enemy: Have You Become an Unwitting Email Spam Accomplice?
Learn about the 7 ways you could be unintentionally helping scammers get addresses for email spam.
398 Fake Coupons, an Almost Unheard of Scam, Costs $600M Annually
Don't be caught up in the latest scam -- fake coupons and their counterparts, bogus coupon clipping and certificate book selling work-at-home schemes.
397 Online Gossip Drives Surge In Celebrity Hoax Stories
Checking out the tabloids in the checkout line is fun, but celebrity hoax stories are more fiction than fact.
396 Can You Trust That Label -- Or Does It Hide a Food Scam?
How wine and food scam artists fool consumers and investors with phony labels and misleading information
395 What is Tab-Nabbing? Internet Phishing Gets Sneakier
Internet phishing schemes have gotten more stealthy with this latest trick -- tab-nabbing.
394 New Travel Scam Cons to Watch Out For
Keep your guard up and avoid being taken by the latest travel scam tricks.
393 Empty Homes Open the Door to a Rental Scam
Tips on how renters and owners can spot and avoid the latest wave of rental scam con tricks
392 Why You Need to Erase Personal Info From a Satellite Navigation System Before You Sell
How a satellite navigation system and video technology can work against you, plus a new "pay up, or else" scam threat
391 That Disaster Alert May Be Just Another Weather or Earthquake Hoax
Most natural disasters cannot be reliably predicted but rumor-mongers and hoaxers tell a different story about a weather and earthquake hoax
390 10 Warning Signs Of A Health Insurance Scam
After new legislation, bogus policies sold door-to-door and via email and phone, cost victims millions
389 How Fake News Stories and Bogus News Websites Try to Deceive You
Miracle-cure and easy-money peddlers boost their products and schemes with phony news reports
388 Facebook Scam Leads Internet Crime Wave
Latest social networking and Facebook scam tricks -- plus 6 simple rules that can help you protect yourself
387 How to Spot Bogus Documents and Fake Check Scams
Look for these crooked clues to identify fake check scams and other phony documents
386 Skype Scam Delivers Spam and Malware
How the Skype scam (using Internet phone calls) and business directories snare victims
385 Reverse Mortgage Explosion Unleashes Scams
What you should know about a reverse mortgage & how you can find out more
384 Make Sure A Wedding Scam Doesn't Ruin The Big Day
4 key wedding scam areas to be on the alert for if you're planning or involved in a wedding
383 Scam Book and Movie Favorites Teach Us a Valuable Lesson
Some recommendations of books and movies about scammers that offer a useful insight into the criminal mind
382 Toyota Recall Scam Uses Bogus Helpline Number
Think before you act, to avoid Toyota recall scam and inviting thieves into your house while you're not home: Internet Scambusters #382
381 How to Deal With Being a Victim of a Stolen Identity
A stolen identity is a nightmare -- here are 10 steps to recovering your identity
380 Are Facebook and Twitter Next For Investment Scams?
Why Internet investment scams are heading for social networking sites and how you can spot them
379 Mystery Shoppers Scams: 7 Ways Crooks Try To Fool You
Find out exactly how to avoid the surge in bogus mystery shoppers schemes
378 Ticket and Lottery Scammers Score in World Cup 2010
How con artists exploit enthusiasm -- whether it's for the World Cup 2010 or for generating inventive ideas
377 What Are the Latest Tax Scam Targets?
Tips on how to spot phony sites and business tax scam cons -- and how to find a tax preparer pro
376 Identity Theft Update: Kids, Students and Medical Services Are Key Targets for 2010
With more than 9 million victims a year, identity theft continues growth as Number One crime: Internet Scambusters™ #376
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