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What are some of the commonest internet frauds?

What are some of the commonest internet frauds, and how do I spot them?

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1. The Nigerian Scam http://www.scambusters.org/NigerianFee.html The Lottery Scam http://www.scambusters.org/foreignlottery.html Work-At-Home Jobs http://www.scambusters.org/work-at-home-jobs.html Pump & Dump Stock Scam http://www.scambusters.org/stocktips.html Phishing (email claims to be from a bank, PayPal, eBay, etc. to fraudently get your account information) http://www.scambusters.org/phishing.html In general ... Scambusters' Top Ten List: http://www.scambusters.org/top10scams.html The best way to spot them is to just read up on them at sites like Scambusters and Snopes.com (see links below). After you get a feel for what scam e-mails are like, you'll know them for what they are when they show up in your in-box. Knowledge is your best defense, so go acquire some knowledge. Happy reading!
2. Unfortunately the list is long and ever-growing. A summary of the commmonest ones can be found at: http://www.celtnet.org.uk/internet-scams/ There are 14 internet cons/scams listed here, including the Advance Fee Fraud, also known as the Nigerian Letter, and the 419 fraud which is a onfidence trick in which the target is persuaded to advance relatively small sums of money in the hope of realizing a much larger gain. http://www.celtnet.org.uk/internet-scams/advance-fee-fraud.html The Charity request scams where emails are sent for bogus charites/causes http://www.celtnet.org.uk/internet-scams/charity-request-scam.html the holiday scam of the type 'you have won a trip of a lifetime' http://www.celtnet.org.uk/internet-scams/holiday-scam.html The romance scam, which is a money for romance fraud http://www.celtnet.org.uk/internet-scams/romance-scam.html the work from home scam where you are offered a sure-fire way of making thousands of dollars every week. The only way to make money from these is to sell the useless program to others. Basically it's a modern variant on the age-old pyramid scam http://www.celtnet.org.uk/internet-scams/work-from-home-scam.html http://www.celtnet.org.uk/internet-scams/pyramid-scam.html all of which are variants on the Elizabethan 'Spanish prisoner' confidence trick, the grand-daddy of all 'long cons' http://www.celtnet.org.uk/internet-scams/spanish-prisoner.html