internet scams

Spend enough time surfing the Web, and you just might develop a sixth sense for scams. Sometimes it's a matter of a page that just doesn't look right, but often it's just a matter of spotting the words and phrases that tend to be pop up with great frequency on scam Web sites -- words like these.

You're not going to fall for the old Nigerian prince scam anymore -- but the fraudsters know that, and they've moved on, too. Here are some financial scams that made the rounds in 2011 -- and will likely be back in some form this year.

When Juliette Kimoto took to the stage to accept her crown as Mrs. Nevada in 2006, she seemed an obvious fit for the coveted pageant title. What she declined to mention, however, was that she was also engaged in an online operation that would eventually rob tens of thousands of people of $30 million.

Scams targeting cash-strapped and unemployed Americans are on the rise, and the con artists are getting even more creative. Here's how to avoid becoming a victim.

If you happen to find an e-mail in your box that begins like this, delete it immediately: My name is Ma Jian; I represent the company Good Goods Co. Ltd, Сhina, Hong Kong. Your resume posted on the job website has impressed the human resources department of our company, and it is an honor for us...

2009 was a banner year for Internet scammers, according to a report released by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center. Complaints more than doubled to 146,663 and the value of losses exceeded half a billion dollars. I'm...

As Aaron Crowe explained in his recent post, the new federal Cash For Clunkers program could be a sweet deal for some of you still driving old, inefficient iron. However, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NITSA), which runs the program, warns that scammers are already setting up...

If you own a business and receive a bill for online advertising you didn't approve, don't pay the bill. A Milwaukee area business owner, Ken Hurzeler, received a $445 bill from 411 Business Direct, a Miami company that offers paid listings in an online business directory. The problem was that he...