Black Book of Scams

Shocking Truth About Internet Scams!

Revealed, collected, written and published by a group of internet freelancers.

Internet fraud estimated to be a $105 billion market and looks set to grow this year as the complexity of cybercrimes intensifies. The year 2009 is expected to be a year of an exponential increase in the activities of cyber criminals.

Statistics reveal that around 19,178 people have their identities stolen every day!!  And another 1000s fall prey to attractive advertisements on the Internet!  Need I say more?  Even as you are reading this, someone, somewhere, is getting duped!  If you would like to avoid such a situation, then maybe you should read more.

After all, Scam Black Book is only trying to help.

Who is the favorite target of sales people anywhere?  YOU, of course!  Take a look around, and you will realize that you are being bombarded by advertisements and advertisers every moment of your life!  It could be via word-of-mouth, huge billboards, brochures, catalogues, pamphlets, phone calls or emails.  Internet is of course, remains their favorite territory since it is more easily and globally accessible!

As a professional freelancer, the Net and I are closely connected.  So it is but natural that I would have come up against con artists and swindlers too, like so many others.  True, I have lost money, but I have also gained vastly in experience.  During my Internet journey, I have even come across other victims who have been more than willing to share their stories.  It is because of this knowledge that I decided to go ahead and write an e-book on Internet scams and frauds.

Scam Black Book authors

Special thanks to Rick McElvana (internet security expert), USA, AR and to Jack (Internet business forum owner) for their kind help.
Special thanks to all scam victims who shared their stories.

I can see the next question coming, “What makes you so confident that you are the right person to keep us safe on the Internet?”  Well, for one thing, I have had multiple opportunities to visit varied websites during my working career - I am a webdesign freelancer.  And that has also made me succumb to get-rich-quick schemes sometimes!  People who have found their email boxes flooded with advertisements and invitations from unknown persons will know what I am talking about.  The subject line itself, and the language used, are so persuasive and credible, that common sense tends to take a back seat!  Therefore, my e-book on Internet scams and frauds has the advantage of combining professional expertise, research and personal experiences (mine and sundry others).

Victim Stories - Don't Get Scammed Again!

The writing of Scam Black Book has not been easy.  It required exhaustive research, lots of interviews, and analyses of all the information that I had gathered.  The facts presented are genuine, hard-hitting and shocking!  I wished the e-book to prove useful for people from all backgrounds (since even intelligent web designers and researchers, as well as security experts have been duped!) - so the presentation has been kept as simple as possible.  Another fact that prompted me to bring out this e-book was that the list of Internet criminals is growing alarmingly.  “Conning” has become the most lucrative business today, since the computer and the World Web have become so much a part of our lives in this modern world!  And enterprising professors have come up with an acronym for SCAM- “so-called alternative medicine”!  According to Richard Dawkins (a professor of the Public Understanding of Science), "Alternative medicine is defined as that set of practices that cannot be tested, refuse to be tested or consistently fail tests."

Scam Black Book contains:

	Detailed description of black techniques
	International Anti scam squads contacts
	Deep scam analysis
	Scam identification tips
	Internet safety tips
	Internet fraud anthology
	Scam glossary
	Victim stories
	Trial verdicts

55+ Internet Scams and Frauds Described!

Samples of described Internet scams

To give you a few details about what the e-book contains, there is an extensive list of scams, scammers and websites.  Then, the entire scam process and the black tactics used by swindlers has been presented.  So also, a complete analysis of scams in the persent scenario.  And since I believe in the old adage that “Prevention is always better than cure”, I have included real stories of real-life victims, stories of success as presented by online business owners who have managed to play safe, and plenty of tips.  I also issue an open invitation to every reader that if he/she wishes to share a personal story, he/she is most welcome to do so!  Your experience and any suggestions that you wish to impart, shall be published in the newer version of the e-book.

“The man who is admired for the ingenuity of his larceny is almost always rediscovering some earlier form of fraud. The basic forms are all known, have all been practiced. The manners of capitalism improve. The morals may not.”
John Kenneth Galbraith