This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About Avoiding Scams (9780132333856) by Steve Weisman. Available in print and digital formats. What you must know about Internet scams: from phishing and Trojan horses to fake death threats! After installed on your computer, Trojan horses monitor all activity and transmit that information back to the scammer, who uses it to access your bank accounts, credit cards, brokerage accounts, or other online business. This information can even be used to establish credit in your name that the scammer will use without paying. To combat this threat...

This is the eBook version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the eBook version. Being aware of the criminals who are out to take your money is not enough. A scam by any other name is still a scam, and unfortunately, there are some scams that are perfectly legal that can cause you to lose money. Or perhaps they are imperfectly legal, but at this point in time, the law may not be on your side. A good example of a legal scam is what credit card companies can do legally in many instances. Read these essential truths to gain the knowledge that can protect your wallet.

This one-of-a-kind collection consists of actual cases written by fraud examiners out in the field. These cases were hand selected from hundreds of submissions and together form a comprehensive picture of the many types of computer fraud how they are investigated, across industries and throughout the world. Topics included are email fraud, on-line auction fraud, security breaches, counterfeiting, and others.

The Canadian edition of The Little Black Book of Scams is a compact and easy to use reference guide filled with information Canadians can use to protect themselves against a variety of common scams. It debunks common myths about scams, provides contact information for reporting a scam to the correct authority, and offers a step-by-step guide for scam victims to reduce their losses and avoid becoming repeat victims. Consumers and businesses can consult The Little Black Book of Scams to avoid falling victim to social media and mobile phone scams, fake charities and lotteries, dating and romance scams, and many other schemes used to defraud Canadians of their money and personal information.

When you walk out onto the street you don't expect to be hit by a bus - but you know it could happen. It's a different story when you're on the Internet though, you should expect scam emails. In order for you to defend your self you need to know the who, what, where, how and why about Internet scams. Learn - WHO . is running these scams? WHAT . are they doing and how do they do it? WHERE . are these people located? HOW . do they get your personal details and what they do with this information? WHY . do they do it? BUT most importantly this book will show you what scams look like so you can spot scams yourself. This book will teach you all the above and two other pieces of key information - how to avoid being scammed and what to do if you are a victim. After everything is said and done there is only one guaranteed method of stopping these scams, and that is KNOWLEDGE - this book will give you just that.