Internet scams are any type of fraudulent scheme that uses one or more components of the internet, like chat rooms, web sites or email in order to target and contact possible victims, conduct illegal transactions, or to transmit illicit profits gained from online scams. Online scammers try to take advantage of the internet's unique capabilities to carry out various types of fraudulent schemes on a global scale more quickly than was possible with many fraud schemes in the past.
There are many types of inter-net scams such as :
: These are the most common scams which solicit money via email contacts, where in scammers most commonly claim that money is required to release a larger amount.
: Been Verified.com is a well eastblished and quite a popular online company that provides legit services. But, some people who are little confused about their system may land up calling it a scam.
: ATM scams are on the rise, and the use of online information has made it one of the easier internet scams to pull off for any moderately technically proficient con artists.
The list of internet scams does not end here as there are many more including :
