2. Imagine receiving a real live e-mail from Walt Disney, Jr. himself? Hard to believe but enough people actually did to make this Disney hoax a real problem. The e-mail claims to work with Bill Gates and Microsoft to try out a new e- mail tracing program. The e-mail asks people to forward the e-mail to as many people as possible, and “if it reaches 13,000 people, 1,000 of the people on the list will receive $5,000, and the rest will receive a free trip for two to Disney World. For each person they forwarded it to, $10 was “donated” to the group’s bank account. Who needs 911 when you’ve got your trusty PIN number? This scam reports that if you need to call the police at an ATM machine, you can make the call by typing in your PIN number backwards. The website Hoax-Slayer.com reports that the scam “stated that this method of calling the police is very seldom used because people don’t know it exists,” and assures customers that “the machine will still give you the money you requested,” despite having typed in your code backwards.

3. From time to time there are horrible disasters, tragic events where people die, lose their loved ones, or everything they have. In times like these, good people pull together to help the survivors in any way they can, including online donations. Scammers set up fake charity websites and steal the money donated to the victims of disasters. If you receive a request for donation via email, there is a chance of it being a scam attempt. Do not click on the link in the email and volunteer your bank account or credit card information. Your best bet is to contact the recognized organization directly by phone or their website.

4. Click to add text Greetings to you, my friend. I know this will come as a surprise to you, because you do not know me. My name is Abdul Al-Shallah and I am the son of a deposed government official in Nigeria. Sound familiar? It’s a boilerplate opening for one of the most common scams in the known world — the Nigerian scam, also known as the “419 scam” or the advance fee scheme. The elements are always the same: someone (preferably royalty or some sort of official) has come into a lot of money, but needs another person outside of the country to use their money for a bribe (or to pay legal fees among other means) to spring the money free. The result is also predictable, with a wire transfer to a con artist’s account and a fake check that confirms a scam has taken place.

5. How to protect yourself Be alert to the fact that scams exist. Know who you're dealing with. Choose your passwords carefully. Be careful when shopping online. Beware of any requests for your details or money. Do not open suspicious texts, pop-up windows or emails – delete them.

6. Done Deal Bike Scam We’ve seen recently a lot of people who are selling bikes on the likes of Donedeal and Gumtree etc getting people attempt to buy their bikes through paypal.We read a story where someone had a bike listed on Donedeal about six months ago and kept getting this same guy (same IP) trying to scam him. It began with him texting the man an email address to contact him on. He asked him what price he wanted for the bike which was €1,000 at the time (was prepared to take €800). He was requesting him to send him a paypal payment request. From there he sent him from another email address a fake emails in the paypal format that the payment was successful for the amount of €1000 plus he tried to assure me him sent an extra €500 to cover transport. The scam attempt was obvious and the seller decided to play along to document the attempts of the scammer to prevent anyone else from falling for a similar scam. We’ve seen recently a lot of people who are selling bikes on the likes of Donedeal and Gumtree etc getting people attempt to buy their bikes through paypal.We read a story where someone had a bike listed on Donedeal about six months ago and kept getting this same guy (same IP) trying to scam him. It began with him texting the man an email address to contact him on. He asked him what price he wanted for the bike which was €1,000 at the time (was prepared to take €800). He was requesting him to send him a paypal payment request. From there he sent him from another email address a fake emails in the paypal format that the payment was successful for the amount of €1000 plus he tried to assure me him sent an extra €500 to cover transport. The scam attempt was obvious and the seller decided to play along to document the attempts of the scammer to prevent anyone else from falling for a similar scam.

7. Bibliography http://www.studyweb.com/top -20-hilarious-and-creative- internet-scams/ http://thenextweb.com/insider /2013/01/20/four-new-ways- online-scammers-are-taking- your-money/ http://netforbeginners.about.co m/od/scamsandidentitytheft/ss/ top10inetscams.htm#step1