Business Scams...
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Business Identity Theft: What is it and How Can I Avoid It?
We’ve all heard the scare stories about identity theft – sales of home shredding machines have risen since the issues have been highlighted, and...
Business Publishing Scams
One of the most persistent business scams is the business directory and its variants. It operates in a very grey area of the law - not illegal, but certainly not open...
Call-Tag Scam and Re-Shippers
Although most new scams are simply variants on old ones, the Internet age and global communication has brought fresh ideas to crime. In 2005 the call-tag scam began to...
Career Opportunity Scam
At one time or another we’ve all considered a change in career, a completely different type of job or employment. Maybe you’ve wanted to become an inventor or try...
Click Fraud
It's a scam many people know nothing about, but click fraud can be a very lucrative business, one that costs companies millions of pounds each year. It's something that...
Counterfeit Software
You've probably frequently received spam e-mail offering you software at a fraction of its cost in high street shops. It can be anything from Windows XP to Adobe...
Employee Fraud: A Scam from Inside the Business?
It’s hard enough to keep abreast of all the scammers who try and defraud your business, but what if the perpetrators of fraud are the people that...
Mystery Shopper Scam
Scams keep getting slicker and you have to admire the invention of some criminals, who seem to be able to come up with almost infinite variations on a theme. The sad...
Offshore Investment Scam
Offshore investments have long been touted as a way to get a better return on your money and also pay less tax. In plenty of cases that can be true. But there are also...
Ponzi Scheme
The Ponzi scheme is one of the best-known scams, and one of the few named for a real person - Charles Ponzi, who used it to great effect after emigrating to American...
Property Scam
It's tempting to think that we can get rich quickly, that there's a short cut to wealth. After all, others seem to manage it, and the property market has always seemed a...
Pyramid Schemes
Pyramid schemes are old cons, but these days they're all over the Internet. According to a report released by the F.B.I. and the National White Collar Crime Center in...
Sky TV Scam
Many of us use Sky to get television. It offers a much greater choice than terrestrial TV or Freeview and there’s often a much better picture, especially for those in...
Small Business Scam
Not long ago a photographer received an e-mail enquiry about recording a wedding and reception. The person making the request purported to be from the U.K. and working...
Small Businesses and Online Scams: Facts and Figures
Do you really need to worry about fraud or online scams if you have a business? Is it really something that’s likely to catch you out, or is it...
Timeshare Property Scam
On the face of it, timeshares can seem like a good idea. You're not buying an entire property at a holiday location, merely a share in one that allows you to use it for...
Unscrupulous Dog Breeders
Sadly not every dog breeder is as honest or as caring, of our canine friends as we would wish them to be. Pedigree puppies can fetch high sums of money and people less...
Work from Home Scams
In an age of downsizing, layoffs, and the need for extra income, the idea of working from home can be very attractive. There's no long commute, you can work the hours...
