General Scam Advice

Sites describing, and advising on actions to take to avoid, common Internet based scams.

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Official Scam Advice

• US Official Scam Advice
• AU Official Scam Advice
• CA Official Scam Advice
• UK Official Scam Advice

US Official Scam Advice

Consumer Sentinel - www.consumer.gov/sentinel/
Crimes Facilitated by Computers and the Internet - www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/crimes.html
Internet Fraud - www.usdoj.gov/criminal/fraud/
E-Commerce & the Internet - www.ftc.gov/bcp/menu-internet.htm
Spam Email - www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/spam/
Looks Too Good to be True - www.lookstoogoodtobetrue.com/

Australia Official Scam Advice

Scamwatch - www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/index.phtml/tag/scamwatch/
ACCC Scams - www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/274365/fromItemId/3667
Types of scams - www.asic.gov.au/fido/fido.nsf/byheadline/Scams+-+types+of+scams?openDocument
WA ScamNet Alerts - www.docep.wa.gov.au/ConsumerProtection/scamnet/default.html

Canada Official Scam Advice

PhoneBusters - www.phonebusters.com/english/recognizeit.html
Scams to Avoid - www.publiclegaled.bc.ca/snapfiles/4th%20&%20Final%20ScamsToAvoid.pdf

UK Official Scam Advice

FSA Scams and Swindles - www.fsa.gov.uk/consumer/01_WARNINGS/scams/mn_scams.html
Safe Online Shopping - www.dti.gov.uk/consumers/buying-selling/distance-selling/Safe%20Online%20Shopping/page8445.html
Met Fraud Squad: Fraud Alert - www.met.police.uk/fraudalert/
Consumer Direct on scams - www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/watch_out/scams/dont-get-trapped/
Win Money Now!!! - www.winmoneynow.co.uk/

Other Scam Advice

Quatloos Cyber-Museum of Scams and Frauds - www.quatloos.com/
Fraud Bureau - www.fraudbureau.com/
Scams, Fraud, Hoaxes, Chain Letters: On the net! - advocacy-net.com/scammks.htm
Stoppbetrug - www.stoppbetrug.ch/ - German
Spam Busting - www.g6csy.net/spam/
Scam Safe - www.scamsafe.com/
Email scams and analysis - scumop.com/bigindex.php#scamail
Categorizing Junk eMail - www.knujon.com/categories.html
Spam Laws scam list - www.spamlaws.com/scams.html

Discussion of Spam Scams

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