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Any human activity seems to be taken by the less honest members of society as license to attempt to extort and defraud, and the Internet is no exception. We've come across a number in our time, and we've collected some of them together in this section.
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Scams
Resources from the web site of Well House Consulaants on the subject of Scams We provide open source training course and business hotel accommodation in Melksham, Wiltshire, England

In my email, a juicy hotel booking ... 10 days for five double rooms ... which we shall not be accepting. Dear Sir/Ma, I am Andrea Paula,I write to ...
http://www.wellho.net/mouth/2403_Hot ... mbers.html  [short article]
Have you noticed how a "real life" term can sometimes get used for an online application? I came across one today - astroturfing which I am told by ...
http://www.wellho.net/mouth/1680_Ast ... ition.html  [short article]
While I was away last week, Lisa received two invoices in the post with the Goole logo on them - for 79.99 each - and wondered what I had been ordering. ...
http://www.wellho.net/mouth/1342_Goo ... scam-.html  [short article]
Have you come across "domain name tasting" - try before you buy from ICANN. It is the practice of registering a domain name (and placing pay-per-click ...
http://www.wellho.net/mouth/1772_Ken ... sting.html  [short article]
There are so many scams and dubious schemes "out there", and from time to time some of them come enough to my personal attention (by trying to scam me ...
http://www.wellho.net/mouth/1795_Wha ... mmon-.html  [short article]
If it looks too good to be true, it probably IS too good to be true. You are invited to claim the winnings from a lottery that you can t remember entering, ...
http://www.wellho.net/solutions/general- ... tails.html  [longer article]
In response to an email I have just received ... which shouts the subject line DO NOT IGNORE at me ... I'm not ignoring but providing you with a translation! ...
http://www.wellho.net/mouth/2373_Tra ... glish.html  [short article]

Any human activity seems to be taken by the less honest members of society as license to attempt to extort and defraud, and the Internet is no exception. We've come across a number in our time, and we've collected some of them together in this section.

See also the Horse's Mouth, Well House Manor and the Opentalk forum

Topics covered in this module
Phishing and false invoices.
"Please help me transfer this money" scams.
Domain registration and domain Tasting.
Selling you things you don't want or need.
Protecing your self from the data protection scammers.
Identity theft, sitting on domain names and others.
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