danger dolan from emails in nigeria to
using use a middleman for crime procured
bank funds we count fifteen sneaky often
devastating scams we will commonly find
browsing the internet number fifteen
computer cleaning software we all
remember the early days of the internet
browsing websites honestly emailing
friends downloading 30-second porn clips
from dodgy websites the good old days
then you get a pop up your computer has
been infected with a virus
oh no but it's alright just download
this shifty-looking exe file and it will
clean your computer it'll clean it all
right it'll clean the absolute living
out of it until nothing remains but
a pile of electrified ash number 14
online pharmacies this is assuming you
have already seen a doctor and he has
prescribed some outrageously expensive
medication so the thrifty devil you are
you instead opted to buy the drugs
online in some countries the rules
surrounding online medication are weak
so you'll get a bargain but what will be
delivered expired meds or just plain
sugar pills in a bottle maybe even the
wrong medication or a tub of delicious
poison always recommended to consult
your doctor about what websites are
legit number 13 scams on gumtree and
craigslist this one is sneaky you're
gonna find a post for this unbelievably
well priced apartment situated inside
the white house and the poster asks for
money up front then you pay him and two
years later you realize what's maybe
there was no posting to live in the
white house it can work the other way
around too you're a landlord looking for
a would-be renter one you find who sends
a check with way more money than you
were expecting so you send back in the
excess cash but oh wait
the initial check bounced and you've
just given a stranger thousands of
dollars cash well done number twelve
money you laundering this one is very
real and very much dodgy basically you
get asked by a legitimate looking
company to let them use your bank
account to receive customer funds and
then you get a small cut of the income
without even doing anything
now while this is indeed true
it does happen the reality is you're
getting a wave of crime procured money
delivered directly to you and thus
bleeding the police directly to you
this is laundering 101 using a middleman
you as a body shield against law
enforcement number 11 lottery scams we
all get these things in our mailbox
constantly congratulations you've won
seven million dollars in a tub of gravy
in the idiot sweepstake and now all you
have to do is wire several thousand
dollars to us in order to get the
millions to you so naturally you're all
like Oh golly I'm a rich son of a
take all my money then watch with or as
your bank account empties and millions
of dollars suddenly fail to appear
number 10 anti-aging products this one
is just sad a way to exploit elderly
folk you might be new to the internet
and constantly yearning to get the youth
back
alternative medicine websites are all
too often finding those targets and
perfectly willing to send a whole tub of
snake oil in exchange for a few big
pennies so if you ever see a pop up with
a before-and-after image of an old
crippled man turning into a bodybuilder
do you think twice number 9 the dead
relative scam this is the internet
equivalent of meeting that dodgy looking
guy at the train station filling you in
with a sob story so you'll pass him 50
cents for a pack of cigarettes but on a
much much grander scale a relative you
had no idea about as passed away in
Africa or nose but there were a
multi-millionaire and lefty with a grand
inheritance because you were their
favorite nephew Dunkel pen pal friend
something all you got to do is pay a
little bit to the grieving family and
the money will come to you surely it's
free trial software you know those times
you really need this one desktop gadget
so that a sparkling donkey will run
around your wallpaper giving you
philosophical tips while you browse
motherless calm but then the software is
only a trial the donkey temporary but so
long as you put in your credit card
details it'll be fine you don't have to
pay anything as long as the details are
all filled in legit except no it'll
automatically bill you every month
because you didn't read the Installer
fine print
good luck explaining the donkey thing to
your bank when you have lost thousands
of dollars number seven fake government
websites these are easy to avoid but
devastating if you do not fake
government websites will offer grants
visas passports and birth certificates
just like the real science but these
fake science will ask you to pay a fee
but not a small fee mind you a hefty one
and since a good chunk of society uses
these sites for personal information
it's a treasure trove for criminals but
so long as you're on a.gov website as
long as your computer is free of viruses
you should be fine
number six the pet delivery scam this
one exploits your fascination with
adorable little animals in particular
the global pet delivery service or
global animal agency companies all they
do is wait for your inquiry about a
gorgeous round-eyed puppy photo then
send you back a lot of sleight of hand
questions with the inevitable we need
money for transport reasons slipped in
the middle bit of a scumbag move
honestly number five work from home I
know from experience that working from
home is the greatest thing ever your own
routine no needs to get up early access
to your home equipment 24/7 this is a
good life and con men know this to know
how desperate office monkeys are to get
the easy life so website pop-ups will
promise you the opportunity to work from
home using a few choice secrets ones
you're gonna need to purchase simply to
read and oftentimes do not exist and I'm
here to say if you really want to work
from home you need to find those secrets
out for yourself not pay cash to some
dodgy websites number for face book
scams the amount of face book scam
seemed to warrant an entirely separate
video detailing them but I'll sum up the
main concerns here more often than not
the problem with email scams is that
they came from some random person and
barely ever get read but when your
relatives account gets hacked and
everybody knows about it when they post
a link to some phishing scam on their
wall a good chunk of their family will
unknowingly click it it's a problem that
continues to this day
number three charity scams when a
disaster happens in the world be it
natural or man-made most of us feel
compelled to help out wherever we can
scammers are well aware of this sudden
spike in donations to a specific cause
and so they set up a thumb
website designed as their own personal
cash flow from gullible or oblivious
donators like with a lot of items on
this list is especially sickening when a
tragedy has happened and people are out
there that would take advantage of all
trying just to help their fellow man is
disgusting number two weight-loss scams
you all know the cliche I lost 30 kilos
in two weeks and so can you but in
reality they didn't lose and in
fact you're about to lose the contents
of your bank account
most of them rely on myths and verbal
alternatives with no basis in fact or
reality but there's an equal number
simply there to take a credit card
details and just plain robbed you number
one Nigerian scams we've all had at
least one of these in our email jump box
from time to time but it's always the
one people fall for most and it's
because their methods are quite
intelligent I myself I was selling an
item on eBay and it did sell after a
while and the buyer comes along to say
would you mind sending it to my friend
in England instead so I said sure as
long as you pay for shipping it
shouldn't be a problem and they even
asked me to check the prices at the post
office which I did then they said well
actually he's going to be making a trip
to Nigeria soon so could you please mail
it there and that's when I caught on I
realized it tried to string me along and
wear me down until I said well might as
well soon durs dead but since Nigeria
has a scam stigma now not as many people
fall for it but the risk is always there
that is it for this countdown have a
good one the dead rail