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Credit card fraud is on the rise, with certain sources claiming that the internet has been the breading ground of this illegal industry. With reports suggesting that around 1 in 40 transactions are fraudulent, how can we as consumers avoid facing the brunt of credit card fraud? Credit card fraud can be as hard to trace, as it is easy to commit. Related Article Tags: , , , , Nigerian scammers are using puppies as bait in a new scam targeting Western Australians.Scammers are advertising a puppy for sale in newspapers or online and provide an email address as a contact point. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , Scam baiting is the practice of pretending interest in a fraudulent scheme in order to influence a scammer in many possible ways. The purpose of scam baiting might be to waste the scammers' time, embarrass them, cause them to reveal confidential information which can be passed on to legal authorities in the hope that they will be prosecuted, or simply to amuse the baiter. The scam baiting process is very much useful and successful if done with basic rules. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , How to protect yourself From Scams and how to avoid them. An article on tax fraud. An article about Internet click fraud. An article about election fraud. Staple foods in the Nigerian diet include: peanuts or ground-nuts, yams, cassava, fish, rice, okra, bananas, guinea corn and millet, and palm nuts.
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An article on bait and switch fraud. An article about benefit fraud. The second in our series of articles on credit card fraud. The menace of romance scams again re-echoed recently at the media -hyped trial of the wife of a clergyman who allegedly murdered her husband.
She apparently had cashed some fraudulent checks sent to her by a fraud syndicate working from Nigeria and Canada.
She seemed to have sent some money to the fraudsters, and was said to have tried to cover up the fraud with the bank officials. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , Lagos is known as the most prosperous city of Nigeria because most of the economic activities took place here. Most of the financial and commercial and transactions are done at the central business district which is located in this island. Most of the Nigeria's banks and other financial concerns are headquartered in Lagos. Besides, Lagos also possesses the highest standards of living in comparison with the other Nigerian cities. Lead fraud is possibly the largest obstacle to successful lead gathering via Affiliate marketing on the internet. Finding pre-qualified leads online can be either very successful or very frustrating depending on how you set up your program to deal with fraud. Related Article Tags: , , , Legitimate real estate renters send verifiable checks for the correct amount - no one in their right mind sends MORE than what the landlord is asking! They ask questions about the rental, they want to have a sample of the contract. They aren't mindlessly generous and most of them are not going to give you details about their heart-wrenching travails in their own country. Related Article Tags: , , , If you are a merchant, particularly someone who sells products online, the chances of your business being exposed to credit card fraud is highly likely. For many businesses, credit card fraud is a cost that they apportion into doing business and they may even account for it in how the price products. Related Article Tags: , , Credit card fraud cases referred to credit reference company Experian have risen by over 66 per cent last year. 6,000 victims of credit card fraud contacted the company in comparison with the 3,500 in 2006. It is thought that increases in card fraud are caused to an increase in organised crime in the area. Everyone is a potential identity fraud victim, some more so than others. Identity fraud is becoming more common and there are things we can do to prevent ourselves becoming affected. Related Article Tags: , , The only stock market in the world where you can make a 100,000 per cent return on your initial investment in less than 5 years. Why gamble your money for small change on big markets like the NYSE and LSE, when you can win big by investing in emerging stock markets like the Nigerian Stock Exchange, all with proven results. Related Article Tags: , , , Globally credit card fraud costs card issuers billions of dollars a year in fraudulent use of their cards. Some of this loss is passed back to retailers who failed to comply with the normal processing method for the card. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , ,
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