| Be Aware - The Internet The Good, The Bad & The Ugly |
Like they say, “On the Internet, no one knows you’re a dog” it may also be hard to tell if someone is Legitimate or a Crook Use common sense when doing business online • Scams often take the form of junk email. Be suspicious of messages from anyone you don’t know trying to sell you something,urging you to invest, claiming you can make big profits working at home, promising to get you loans or credit cards, notifying you that you’ve won a sweepstakes or lottery, or asking for charitable donations. • Don’t be fooled by professional-looking sites. Research unfamiliar sellers and charities with the consumer protection agency (click on Resource Directory at www.consumeraction.gov) and Better Business Bureau (www.bbb.org) nearest to their physical location. • Crooks lurk in chat rooms, news groups, and other popular spaces on the ‘Net to find potential victims. If you bid in online auctions, don’t respond to email's offering to sell you the same items off the auction site. These are from scammers. Internet fraud • Only download programs from Web sites you know and trust and read the terms carefully. Sometimes games and other programs are advertised as “free” but you are billed for downloading them, or even worse, a virus destroys your computer files or tracks your activities online. • Don’t believe email's from people in other countries offering money if you allow them to transfer their “fortunes” to your bank account for safekeeping. Go to www.fraud.org for more information about Internet fraud and www.staysafeonline.org for tips on Cyber Security. |
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