Top 10 Internet Schemes

How much illegal activity is occurring on the Internet is impossible to quantify, but there's no dispute that the Web is fertile ground for fraud. Here's a list of some common schemes:

  1. Auctions
  2. General merchandise
  3. Computer hardware and software
  4. Internet-related services
  5. Work-at-home opportunities
  6. Business opportunities and franchises
  7. Multilevel marketing and pyramids
  8. Credit-card issuing
  9. Advance-fee loans
  10. Job offers and overseas work

    Source: National Consumers League