http://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/ Switched Comments for http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/http://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/From: Miss Caroline Eto
Address:Plot 1660 koumassi
Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire

Dearest One, It's my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I
am miss Caroline Eto the only Daugther of Mr.and Mrs.Eto, intend to
establish in your country. Though I have not met with you before but I
believe,one has to risk confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life.
There is this huge amount of Nine million U.S dollars ($9,000,000.00) which
my late father deposited in a private finance company here in Abidjan
before he was assasinated by unknow persons. Now I have decided to invest
these money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for
security and political reasons.I want you to help us to transfer this fund
to your country for investment purposes on the followings below:

1). Telecommunication
2). Automobile manufacturing
3). Five star hotel If you you can be of an assistance to me I will like
you to tel me what you well take form me.of the total fund.

I await your soonest response. through my private email
caro_eto@yahoo.co.jp
Extend my warmest regards to your entire family. Thank you and God bless
you.

Sincerely,
Miss Caroline Eto.]]>Dec 3rd 2008 6:28AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/http://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/Dec 3rd 2008 7:00AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/http://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/Dec 3rd 2008 8:23AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/http://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/Dec 3rd 2008 8:53AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/http://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/Dec 3rd 2008 10:14AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/http://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/
I receive emails like this all the time in my inbox. They all basically say the same thing but from different people and they change the wording a little.

Please do not give anyone information over the internet, phone, or email unless you have contacted the person/company yourself. also, NEVER send money to anyone. NEVER give out personal information they ask for such as Name, Address, Phone Number, or anything else. This information can be used to ruin your credit while the criminals are having fun with spending as much as they can.

I know ebay can be a scam also (not always but sometimes). I was looking at purchasing a vehicle and after Many emails to this person, I finally reported them to ebay. I guess someone had stolen this person's identity and was using their name and information. They were taking money from people and then never heard from again.

They refused to let us see the vehicle. Basically saying that they can ship it to use for a fee. The listing was only a few hours away so we figured just to go check it out to see if it was worth the "cheap" price they were asking. This person wanted us to send half the money through PayPal (which is not always covered as paypal states) and then enough to cover shipping.

Well after many harrassing emails about us delaying our decision because he would not let us see the vehicle, I reported him and then ebay reported them to the police.

Remember, if you don't know who emails are from, don't open or click on them. Better off to delete them. Also, never click on links in emails sent from online sources such as Ebay, PayPal, etc. because there are fraudulent emails out there and if you click on the link, it will look alot like the real site - except once you enter your information, you've been scammed and don't know it until it's too late.

Always type the site you want to go to right in your web browser.

I've seen some great advice about avoiding fraud emails / contacts.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!]]>Dec 3rd 2008 9:13AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/http://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/Dec 3rd 2008 11:00AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/http://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/Dec 3rd 2008 10:20PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/http://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/Dec 3rd 2008 11:41AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/http://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/Dec 3rd 2008 12:55PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/http://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/Dec 3rd 2008 1:55PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/http://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/Dec 3rd 2008 1:55PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/http://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/]]>Dec 3rd 2008 7:01AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/http://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/Dec 3rd 2008 7:10AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/http://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/Dec 3rd 2008 7:25AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/http://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/ PreNup??]]>Dec 3rd 2008 1:23PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/http://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/Dec 3rd 2008 7:13AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/http://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/Dec 3rd 2008 7:18AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/http://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/Dec 3rd 2008 7:20AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/http://www.switched.com/2008/12/02/cyber-criminals-make-move-to-social-networking-sites/Dec 3rd 2008 7:42AM