Prevent Scams - One Cent At A Time

Helping you to Prevent Credit Card Fraud and Scams

May 8, 2013 10 Comments

Credit card scam is a pretty broad ranging term which encompasses theft as well as fraud which are committed by a credit or any other payment mechanism that is similar to it. The definition is pretty straightforward.

If a card is used to obtain goods without the intent to pay for it or to obtain illegal funds from another account, then that is a credit card related scam. Contrary to popular belief, this isn’t something that rarely happens. In fact, it is a crime that’s quite prevalent worldwide.

51 Ways to Protect Yourself from Identity Theft

February 18, 2013 6 Comments

Have you known a person whose identity was stolen? Its pathetic not harm you no lesser than a serious disease. These article contains 51 tips and suggestions which may help you protect your identity from being stolen. So far I have been able to successfully deny all scams and attempt to take over my identity. There was an attempt to take over this site as well. But, the precautions and the home work saved me each time.

The techniques and tips are what I learned over the years. This is just a compilation of things that have been discussed in other parts in the web. This article is in continuation of our earlier article Tips to Avoid Internet Fraud and Scams.

15 Ways you Can be Scammed via Craigslist

October 17, 2012 8 Comments

Craigslist provides classifieds at local level as well as varied forums through which interested parties may be able to acquire varied information from different platforms or ventures. Time has however seen varied scammers use this forum in order to make the most off unaware victims.

FAFSA Scam And How To Be Prepared

September 26, 2012 3 Comments

The premise of FASFA, as the first abbreviation denotes, is to extend free financial help to needy learners. FAFSA is not totally scam proof.

Before we start with anything else, Here’s a good article by department of education on college scholarship fraud issue. If you are applying for college or know someone who is doing, this article can be an useful resource for you.

10 Tips to Avoid Internet Fraud and Scams

August 27, 2012 17 Comments

Take a look in your spam email folder. Especially your free internet emails. You may have won a few lotteries, giveaways or even a fortune from a dead billionaire.

I don’t think my readers care to open those emails. Chances are there that average internet users find this article via search. Given that 100s of internet users are falling victim of online scams is customary that not everyone is aware of scams that happen over the internet.

Tips to Avoid Online Auction Scams

August 8, 2012 14 Comments

This is going to be my second post on scams. Earlier I had posted how I was about to get scammed in the posts how to avoid charitable donation scams. Last week I was reading a scam story, where a buyer bid and won three iPhones at a cheap price. The seller had good reputation and 100% positive feedback. Seller was throughout very quick to respond. Read what happened next on the here.

The story motivated me in to writing this topic for today. A little help to prevent fraud happening in your life. Everyone likes a good deal – especially on items that tend to be more expensive, like jewelry and collectibles. As such, more people are turning to online auction sites like eBay to find these kinds of great deals.

Beware of Charitable Donation Scams

March 16, 2012 21 Comments

I was concentrating on my work, when the phone rang.

It was about two weeks ago that my older car broke down, the mechanic quoted $2400 (lowest quote) to fix head gasket, replace battery, replace radiator and a few belts, including timer belt. KBB value of the 2002 Hyndai Elantra was $2,800.

I was all prepared to sell it off to a junk car buyer. I called a few of them, the highest offer I managed to receive was $500

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