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5 Online scams that siphon your money

Online scamsters have come up with ingenious ways over the years to make you part with your hard earned money. We have listed here five such scams that have created quite a stir in the Internet world.

October 29, 2012 / 12:55 IST
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Online scamsters have come up with ingenious ways over the years to make you part with your hard earned money. You think you know their way and won’t fall for them? Well, you will be surprised to know that several well-educated, and Internet savvy people from all strata of society have been victims of such cyber crimes. These scams are as sophisticated as they can get, and so accurate that you will be beguiled into believing them. While you may shrug off the offer for free money and a huge estate in some far-flung country, how will you ignore the plea for help from your very dear friend or ignore the warning from your bank to submit the missing details or the email from PayPal asking you to verify your account to continue using the service? And it only gets better. We have listed here five such scams that have created quite a stir in the Internet world.  Click here for full story

first published: Oct 29, 2012 12:48 pm

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