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Spamhaus Advisory
Better Business Bureau (BBB)
McAfee SiteAdvisor.com

Red Flags:

  • Request for bank account numbers.
  • Request for Social Security number (SSN).
  • Request to "scan the ID" of a job seeker, for example, a drivers' license. Scam artists will say they need to
  • scan job seekers' IDs to "verify identity." This is not a legitimate request.
  • A contact email address that is not a primary domain. For example, an employer calling itself "Omega Inc." with a Yahoo! email address.
  • Misspellings and grammatical mistakes in the job ad.
  • Dealing with persons overseas
  • Dealing with agents
  • Dealing with companies registered in the Cayman Islands

Links:
Virus - Security Page in Technology
Tips on How to Identify a Scam or Fraud at ConsumerRraudReporting.org.
How to avoid a check overpayment scam: at ftc.gov
How Not to Get Hooked by a ÔPhishingÕ Scam
Fraud at CarBuyingTips.com/

last updated 10 Aug 2007