Hacking For Beginners – Manthan Desai

2010

In case if you respond to these emails you will be asked to deposit a small amount of money (say 1-2% of the whole fund)as an insurance or as an advance payment for the initialization of deal. However once you deposit the amount to thescammer’s account you’ll not get any further response from them and you lose your money. In fact "The large amount ofmoney” never exists and the whole stor y is a trap for innocent people who are likely to become victims. The scammersuse a variety of stories to explain why they need your help to access the funds. The following are some of the examples ofthem.

Examples:

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They may claim that political climate or legal issues preclude them from accessing funds in a foreign bankaccount.They may claim that the person is a minor and hence needs your help to access the funds.They may claim that your last name is the same as that of the deceased person who owned account andsuggest that you act as the Next of Kin of this person in order to gain access to the funds.

3. Lottery Scams

This type of scam is similar to the one discussed above. In this type you may receive an email saying that you have won alarge sum of money in online lottery scheme (ex. UK Lottery) even though you have not participated in any such schemes.The message claims that your email ID was selected randomly from a large pool of IDs. When you respond to such emailsthey initially ask for your complete name and address so that they can mail cheque across to you. After getting thosedetails they may also send you an image of the cheque drawn in your name address so as to confirm the deal. But inorder to mail this cheque they demand a small amount of money insurance/shipping charge/tax in return. However ifyou send the amount in hope to receive the cheque all you get You’re just trapped in a wonderful scamscheme. That’s it.

4. Other General Scams and Frauds

The following are some of the other types of scams that you should be aware of.

In general, be aware of unsolicited emails that:

1. Promise you money, jobs or2. Ask you to provide sensitive information.3. Ask you to follow a link to a website and log on to an account.

4. Propose lucrative business deals

However it may seem to be a difficult task for novice Internet users to identify such online scams. Here are some of thecommon signs of such scam emails. By knowing them it may help you to stay away.

All these scam emails never address you by your name. In turn they commonly address you something like "DearUser” or "Dear Customer” etc. This is a clear indication that the email is a fraudulent one

When you observe the email header you may notice in the " TO:” Field that, the same email is forwarded to alarge group of people or the "TO:” field appears blank. So this confirms that the email was not intendedparticularly for you. It was forwarded for a large group of people and you are one among them.

“ Do not use this hacks & trick in any criminal activities like phishing bank websites and please donot destroy any ones account this is only for educational purpose”.

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