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Top Ten Dot Cons
from the if-it's-too-good-to-be-true dept
The FTC has targeted the top ten internet scams. Hopefully they’re making consumers more aware and not giving crooks more ideas….
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Comments on “Top Ten Dot Cons”
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There’s almost no reference to the ubiquitous “Make Money Fast” scam. While they do make reference to Multi-Level-Marketing and Pyramid schemes, I thought that the ‘scam’ that seems to put one or more bits of spam in my inbox a day would get specific mention on their page…
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Hmmm. It’s probably too vague. Or hopefully no one really falls for that scam, so not as many people complain about it….
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They do mention “business opportunities”. Besides, I think the list has more to do with real threatening scams as opposed to ones that everyone knows are bullshit from the beginning.