The Ever-Present: Fraud

It is something we all hate to deal with, yet many of us don't seek to educate ourselves on it. There are of course many types of frauds out there and I won't attempt to list them all, criminals are so innovative these days I reckon there are probably several new schemes created everyday! Some of them are not so ingenious, they will simply try to trick you into meeting them and beat you with a baseball bat before taking your wallet. *cough cough* Kijiji... 

Most of the schemes are quite obvious, but some of them aren't. Here's a good website I came across loaded with information you should check out when you have time. I believe there is even a video interview in there with the Better Business Bureau (BBB) in one of the pages. They actually had a TV series at some point a few years ago.

http://www.fraudsquadtv.com/index.php

On a side note, unrelated to this page: beware of a new type of computer virus. This one mimics a legitimate Adobe/Chrome update and it looks quite real I must admit! As much as I hate giving them credit for their work ;) Read more/screenshots here: http://www.zdnet.com/fake-chrome-adobe-flash-updates-7000022123/

Key things to look for in a phishing type virus setup:

• Spelling errors
• URL or "address bar" may display an address contrary to the expected
• If it throws a bunch of error messages at you with messages that are meant to intimidate you into installing something
• Logo looks odd, like the fake Chrome logo in the above picture
• If you won simply by visiting a website
• If you have to open a document and it has an ".exe" file extension

Let's practice safe browsing!

-TT