Lotteries and Prizes

• While many legitimate government entities operate lotteries that have regular winners, emails about surprise winnings and prizes persuade many victims to send fees or money orders to claim their prizes. However, according to the U.S. Postal Service, it is against the law for foreign lotteries to do business in the United States, so that Irish or Sudanese lottery you just "won" is a fraud. Any prize that requires you to send in a money order or wire money is also a fraud.
  
  

Offers Without Contact Information

• This sort of scam can take place face to face or online. Common scenarios include "driveway sealers" or "landscape designers" who go door to door, taking deposits for work they promise to come back to finish, without leaving genuine contact information. Or it can be an online offer that doesn't provide a way for you to ask questions before accepting. The only reason that a business owner doesn't want contact with customers is that the business is dishonest.
  
  

Trade Association Logos

• Anyone can claim membership in a trade association or approval by the Better Business Bureau. These groups' logos are easy to copy and paste onto web pages, Verify any business' membership in these organizations (or a positive review from the BBB) before moving forward with a deal, particularly if you don't know anyone who has used that business before.
  
  

Make Six Figures Today -- While You Sleep!

• If it were possible to make six figures today with no work, don't you think the person offering it would be doing it? There are people making six figures annually from Internet marketing, but the vast majority of people who send in their $89.99 (or whatever the initial package costs) have a hard time even making that money back. You have to market your new website and spend a lot of time doing it.