How This Fraud Works And What You Can Do About It
Jan 30, 2010 wealth building
‘Hitman’ scams are a relatively new type of scam that you may encounter. As this type of scam increases in popularity, you need to understand what this is and how to avoid them. The scam begins with an e-mail address, which is exceptionally easy to obtain on the internet.
The writer e-mails the mark, states that they have been hired to kill the recipient, but feel bad about carrying out the contract so will not do it if they are paid a certain amount of money. Naturally, this is a shock to the person receiving the e-mail. On average several thousands of dollars are lost if a person falls for this scam.
This kind of scam profits by manipulating a person’s fear. After all, hitmen on TV kill people for various, inconsequential reasons all of the time. These kinds of things do not happen to regular people, and especially if said person has done no wrong.
Some people who have received these e-mails have responded by sending the money demanded. Others have been smart enough to turn the e-mail over to the proper authorities. Anyone receiving these threats should do the same thing.
Another angle related to this scam is an e-mail supposedly from a London, or some other big city police department. They claim they have arrested a suspect, in these threats, and the person’s name is on the list. They then ask for personal information. This is an attempt at an identity theft and no personal information should ever be given. That’s why it’s important to use telephone look up sources such as info-trace.com/area-code-660.jsp in able to verify that the caller is really who he or she claim to be.
A thief can create bank accounts or open credit cards with your name and information, leaving you with damaged credit and no way to repay a huge debt that is built up in your name. These kinds of scams generate insurmountable debts, and can destroy your credit rating.
It is expected that this scam will become more prevalent as time goes on. A way to prevent this is to refuse to open any e-mail where the sender is not known. Even if the e-mail seems to be from a well-known company, if not doing current business with them, the best advice is to delete that e-mail without opening it. Scammers are now altering well-known business names such as WalMart and Yahoo in order to gain access to users’ accounts.
Your email is meant to be just as private as your snail mail, so keep that in mind. Despite the fact that scammers can find your email through the proper technology, they can’t get to you unless the email is opened. Just delete any suspicious emails to avoid Hitman scams and any other type of fraud.
To learn more about telephone look ups that allow to track scammers, go to info-trace.com/area-code-503.jsp
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