Are there Scams about Making Money Online?

Sure, there are lots of scams about making money online. You’ve got to be well informed to avoid becoming a victim.  The scams showcase in diverse forms. Majoring of them come in form of emails. Others come in form of web links that point to malware and other malicious websites.
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Given below are some of the popular scams:

·       Scam Mails

You can get an email from   a person you don’t know.  The person will claim to be an heir of popular   dead official who left who thousands of dollars in a foreign bank. The criminal will ask you to be his or her next of kin and also help him or her get the money.

At the end of the day, you’ll be asked to pay some cash to start the process of releasing the money. If you’re not well informed, you can fall a victim. Your money will get lost.

Here’s a typical example of   such scam mail I personally received from a crook:


Hello dear,

How are you? thank you for your response to the mail I sent to you, i am highly satisfied with it. How are you now? Mine, well i thank God for keeping me till this moment.

My name is Jessica.Garang, 24 years old girl from Southern Region of Sudan and right now i am residing in the refugee camp here in Dakar Senegal as a result of the the killing of my family by the rebels some year ago, please do not be discourage for hearing this.

My late father Dr John Garang was the greatest Sudanese politician in history. A Christian and a southern Sudanese from the Dinka tribe, and also the First vice president of Southern Sudan in Northeastern Africa in July 9, 2005. He was involved in the Helicopter Crash on July 30 2005 that resulted his Death due to the pilot error and My late Mother died in the civil war. During the death of my father, there is civil war going on radically that resulted my relocating to save my soul with the help of red Cross.

It is only me that is alive now and I managed to make my way to the West African countrycalled Senegal where i am living now in a refugee camp here in Oakam North, 12 km away from the capital city of Dakar Senegal.

Like I told you that I am staying in a refugee camp, this Refugee Camp is headed by a Reverend Steven Miller whom i used his office computer to send you this e-mail and i only enter his office when he is less busy.

This place is just like one staying in the prison and I hope by Gods grace, with your help i will come out of this place soon. I do not have any relatives, whom i could go to now.The only person That i have here on earth is; Reverend Steven Miller, who is the Reverend Minister in charge of the church in this camp, owned by United Nations. The Reverend's e-mail address is (Rev.Stevenmiller@yahoo.com) and the Reverend's telephone No. 00221 77 1688002 OR +221763826069. You can as well hear my voice through his telephone number.

As a refugee here I don't have any right or privilege to any thing be it money or whatever because it is against the law of this country. I want to go back to my studies because I only attended my first year before the tragic incident that lead to my being in this situation now took place.

Meanwhile, I have my late father's Certificate of Deposit and death certificate here with me which I will send to you later,because when he was alive he deposited some amount of money with one of the leading bank; which he used my name as the next of kin,the amount in question is $4.500.000.00(Four Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). Though my father owned so many investments outside Africa which I do not know the companies or the bank where he kept his money but thank God that he deposited this money in my name otherwise I would have been left with nothing.
Please I will like you to send me some of your pictures and forward to me those information’s bellow:


1. YOUR REAL NAME:
2. YOUR REAL ADDRESS:
3. YOUR REAL AGE:
4. OCCUPATION:
5. NATIONALITY:
6. TELEPHONE NO.

So I will like you to help me transfer this money to your bank account and from it I can travel to meet you and live there. I kept this secret to people in the camp here, the only person that knows about this money is the Reverend because he is like a father to me and I would not like to go back to that my wicked country because of other politician who are interested in my late father's assets and also not to endanger my life in any situation over there.

So in the light of above i will like you to keep it to yourself and don't tell it to anyone for I am afraid of loosing my life and the money if people gets to know about it. Remember I am giving you all these information due to the trust I deposed on you. I like honest, understanding and God fearing people,truthful and a person of vision,and hardworking.

I will give you full details of my late father's Deposit account information and the Bank contact information for you to contact them on my behalf as soon as i receive your response. Attached here is my photo for you,though I am not all that photogenic.
Have a nice day.
Jessica. 



·       Get-Rich-Quick Adverts

There are lots of Get-Rich-Quick adverts on the internet. They pop out in various websites. They are also sent to people’s emails. They promise to help you get rich as you deposit some cash. You have to avoid them.


·       Forex Scams

The forex market has the largest scams on the internet. There are lots of forex brokers who are scammers. There are also forex trading platform scams, Forex PAMM scams and a lot more. You don’t have to trade forex with money you can’t afford to lose.



·       Scam Websites

There are several scam websites on the net. In most cases, they’ll ask you to deposit some cash to get one service or the other. Such websites may be selling fake products or services. You need to avoid them.


In all, you have to be careful when using the internet for diverse purposes. Many of the scams are loaded with viruses, malware and spyware. When you click on some of the links, your computer can easily be affected.

You can always make genuine money online by following the right avenues. You must do your best to avoid scams about making money online by all means.