Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Protect Yourself From Scams
If all the promises of wealth through inheritances and job and investment opportunities I received through the Internet and other sources I'd be right up with the sharks on the Shark Tank right now, but alas everyone has been a scam.
Many people, especially when they find themselves in desperate financial conditions, fall for these and up in even more desperate situations.
You can protect yourself from these things, however, by checking out suspicious -- and even not so suspicious offers -- first on such sites as The Canadian Anti Fraud Centre.
Just click on www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca. This particular site will show you how you can protect yourself and report scams and give you a good idea of the wide scope of the problem.
Some of the information includes warnings about such things as
on-line auctions and shopping scams; romance scams; hitman scams (designed to frighten and scam consumers); Facebook scams and others as well as "fighting fraud on the front lines" featuring advice on how to avoid becoming a victims of debit card, identity theft, and other types of scams.
Definitely worthwhile to check out.
Many people, especially when they find themselves in desperate financial conditions, fall for these and up in even more desperate situations.
You can protect yourself from these things, however, by checking out suspicious -- and even not so suspicious offers -- first on such sites as The Canadian Anti Fraud Centre.
Just click on www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca. This particular site will show you how you can protect yourself and report scams and give you a good idea of the wide scope of the problem.
Some of the information includes warnings about such things as
on-line auctions and shopping scams; romance scams; hitman scams (designed to frighten and scam consumers); Facebook scams and others as well as "fighting fraud on the front lines" featuring advice on how to avoid becoming a victims of debit card, identity theft, and other types of scams.
Definitely worthwhile to check out.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Are Others Tracking Your Movements?
Could others be tracking your movements unnoticed by you? These persons could be anybody: criminals, private investigators, business competitors, even, in some cases employers. It's really quite easy for them to do, but there are countermeasures you can take.
One of these countermeasures are check the rear tail lights on your vehicle once in a while. Sometimes surveillance operatives will drill small holes in your lights to make your vehicle easier to follow at night; that small hole will emit a small bright white light that can be easily seen from quite far away.
Anothersurveillance countermeasure is to have your local mechanic put the vehicle up on a hoist periodically (or regularly) and check for any GPS components have been attached somewhere underneath.
Still another measure is to vary the times and routes of your travels. Surveillance operatives could follow you from the time you leave home -- or they just might wait for you somewhere along the route to habitually take and follow you from there.
If you are in a situation or profession where you are subjected to these types of threats these types of countermeasures can help to thwart surveillance efforts.
One of these countermeasures are check the rear tail lights on your vehicle once in a while. Sometimes surveillance operatives will drill small holes in your lights to make your vehicle easier to follow at night; that small hole will emit a small bright white light that can be easily seen from quite far away.
Anothersurveillance countermeasure is to have your local mechanic put the vehicle up on a hoist periodically (or regularly) and check for any GPS components have been attached somewhere underneath.
Still another measure is to vary the times and routes of your travels. Surveillance operatives could follow you from the time you leave home -- or they just might wait for you somewhere along the route to habitually take and follow you from there.
If you are in a situation or profession where you are subjected to these types of threats these types of countermeasures can help to thwart surveillance efforts.
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