What are the best internet scams?

We truly want to believe that the Internet is a safe place where you can't fall for all types of online scams, but it's always good reminder to do a “reality check”. We, humans, can become an easy target for malicious actors who want to steal our most valuable personal data. read more

Internet scams have been around nearly as long as the internet itself, and many of them have roots in scams that existed well before the internet but have been adapted to the new medium. Scams have become more advanced, more deceptive, and more common, and even venerable scams from the early days still snag people. read more

Just like Internet scams. For years, criminals have made haunts out of dating services and lonely-hearts chat rooms. Broken-hearted folks are rarely in their right minds, so they make easy targets. I once knew the FBI agent in charge of investigating cyber-love scams. He put it this way: Men could learn a lot from con artist lovers. read more

Nurofen's Express caplets cost £3.10 for 16, or £2 for the normal caplets, while a pack of unbranded Ibuprofen - the active ingredient of Nurofen - costs 40p. That's means at best Nurofen is five times more expensive; at worst, almost eight times. read more