Online Scams and Complaints

The internet is an anonymous scammer's paradise, and for every legitimate offer out there, a scam is just waiting to catch someone off-guard and part someone from their life savings. Online scams run the gamut from those that will defraud a person out of their money or property, such as fake betting schemes to fraud that will steal a person's identity after the victim is convinced to hand over material financial information through the internet. The act of "phishing" is another extremely common type of internet fraud where a website is created that looks legitimate, or copies an actual business's storefront, yet is a total scam designed to part people from their money. To avoid such scams it's a good idea to resist clicking on any link in an email because even if it looks legitimate, it could lead to a phishing website. Websites should be typed directly into a browser. If you feel that you've experienced an online scam, visiting ScamGuard.com can help to make sure that the experience never happens again.