Comments on: Banco de Costa Rica warns of new Internet banking fraud https://insidecostarica.com/2013/01/08/banco-de-costa-rica-warns-of-new-internet-banking-fraud/ Costa Rica's Leading English Language News Source Tue, 28 Oct 2025 04:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.2 By: Mukter Hossainhttps://insidecostarica.com/2013/01/08/banco-de-costa-rica-warns-of-new-internet-banking-fraud/#comment-3072 Mukter Hossain Sun, 13 Jan 2013 06:33:48 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=5335#comment-3072 There are many types of fraud and scam email or advertisement, which are given below:
A. Some email or advertisement is intended to directly take money from people through temptation.
B. Some email is intended to hijack the email password or internet security to get credit card no. or any other personal business related information.
C. Some websites are intended to force the people to buy their anti-virus or anti-spyware software by falling the people in their trap.

A. Types of scam email or advertisements, which directly hijack the money through cheating and fraud:
1. Email sender claims himself/herself as a son or wife of any dead or killed millioniare or political leader.
2. Claiming himself as a bank manager.
3. Claiming himself/herself as a leader or commander of any defeated warring faction, or an ousted president of any country.
4. You are the visitor number 50,000,00 of this website, please claim your prize.
5. You have won the Lottery.
6. Your payment has been received.
7. Offering any big order.
8. Data Entry Scam.

B. Identity Theft:
Some people encourage you to send your email password to them, which will be used to theft your credit card or paypal account.

C. Fraud Softwares:
Some fraud websites persuade you to download their software which will be starting to irritate you until you buy their paid version.

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]]> By: gcblues_coolazulhttps://insidecostarica.com/2013/01/08/banco-de-costa-rica-warns-of-new-internet-banking-fraud/#comment-3021 gcblues_coolazul Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:18:48 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=5335#comment-3021 if you use facerupt, nothing you do is private.

]]> By: Daniela Rosaurahttps://insidecostarica.com/2013/01/08/banco-de-costa-rica-warns-of-new-internet-banking-fraud/#comment-3017 Daniela Rosaura Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:18:46 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=5335#comment-3017 I just received the letter and Google received it as spam. No problem. But what I would really like to know is how the would-be thieves were able to obtain my email address.

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