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Every year, millions of emails, phone calls, and text messages are received with fraudalent activity that convinces people to hand over their identity and hard earned money with just an email or two. Types of scams include lottery, charity, work-from-home schemes, get rich quick schemes, and many more. These scams are worldwide and the location of these scammes may vary. The fact that these scams continue and are only getting more clever and more abundant are because they are working. With natural disasters and other events happening frequently every year, there will always be scammers looking to cash in on the situation at hand. This website was created to try and help curb or stop scams completely. This website allows for you to share your scams and stories with us while remaining anonymous. We are just looking to spread the word to prevent people from falling for these tricks and being scammed.

Our mission is to expose as many scammers and scams as possible in order to protect you.

Facts about scamming:

Last year, we asked people about their experiences with 17 types of fraud
Nearly 11 percent of U.S. adults, or an estimated 25.6 million people, had paid for fraudulent products and services in 2011
The most-reported frauds involved weight loss products, prize promotions, unauthorized billing for buyer’s clubs or internet services, and work at home programs
People who made a first time purchase by internet or telephone after getting a telemarketing call, watching a TV ad or infomercial, or opening a spam email, were three times as likely to be victims of at least one fraud as people who didn’t buy in those circumstances

You may not think you could be scammed, but it happens all the time. The slightest hint of generosity on your part could result in your entire life savings and identity being stolen.

Most commonly scammed people:

White men
Older people
Younger people
Living in Florida
Lonely
On the Internet
Interested and open
In debt
Desperate
Human

Major companies are scammed out of millions of dollars every year, including Facebook and Google, who are no strangers to scam artists tricking them into paying large sums of money.

Top countries involved in scams:

Latvia and Nigeria
Egypt
United States
Mexico
Ukraine
Hungary
Malaysia
Colombia
Romania
Philippines

Most common types of scams:

Nigerian (419) Scam
Work At Home Scam
Gold and Silver, Bars and Coins
Money Order Overpayment
Lottery
Ponzi Scheme
Ebay Sellers Not Shipping
Phishing
Contractor Scam
Fake Software or Software with Malware
Land Bankers
Phony Psychics
Natural Disaster Scams and Charities

98 spam emails and most prominent keywords:

bank 271 times
fund 258 times
money 174 times
name 165 times
payment 141 times
account 114 times
email 114 times
card 101 times
address 100 times
atm 89 times
million 85 times
information 84 times
help 77 times
africa 72 times
god 67 times
phone 66 times
work 64 times
beneficiary 59 times
delivery 54 times
nigeria 51 times
transaction 48 times
investigation 41 times
united states 39 times
foreign 39 times
compensation 38 times
attention 38 times
inherit 37 times
federal 35 times
fraud 34 times
partner 34 times
legal 34 times
company 32 times
department 30 times
document 29 times
trust 27 times
business 26 times
deposit 25 times
economic 25 times
charity 23 times
bureau 23 times
western union 22 times
washington 21 times
commission 21 times
international 21 times
republic 20 times
crime 20 times
withdraw 18 times
child 18 times
opportunity 18 times
winning 16 times
fbi 16 times
representative 16 times
lord 15 times
private 14 times
lottery 13 times
friend 13 times
institution 12 times
division 11 times
decision 11 times
settlement 10 times
money gram 10 times
foreign 9 times
customer 8 times
approval 7 times
identification 6 times
treasury 6 times
billion 5 times
balance 5 times
proof 5 times
debt 5 times
won 4 times
authority 4 times
stolen 4 times
danger 3 times
consent 2 times

Helpful Resources

Consumer Information - Scam Alerts

Consumer Information - Phone Scam

Text Message Spam

Scams affect all of us

How Can I Identify a Phishing Website or Email?

U.S. Visas: Fraud Warning

Online Banking Email Fraud

Internet Phishing Alert

USA.gov: Online Safety

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Slam The Online Scam Statistics