IDENTITY DECEPTION:

Common countries participating in online scams include Nigeria, Romania, Ukraine, Spain, UK, Italy, and Netherlands. It doesn't mean that scamming is limited to these countries. It could be anywhere in the world.

The most dangerous type of online scam is identity deception. Some merchants intentionally disguise their identity inorder to defraud the customers and avoid detection. The technology of the Internet makes it very simple for the users to disguise their identities. Some of the marketers claim to be their location in China. They will be using the location either to disguise their true location so that they can fool the customers and swindle their money or simply to promote their business. The fact is that they will have no connection with China at all.

There are some simple ways to identify these kinda scammers. These scammers usually use a VOIP number to disguise their location. The numbers with prefix +4470 or +4487 are not usually used by genuine companies and are not used in China at all. The simplest method of checking the location of the companies is through their phone numbers. Using the Website numberingplans.com one can search for the geographic location of any phone number. If the location differs from the one that has been claimed by the company, say no to them straight away, no doubt it is a scam.

The predominant way to identify a scam is to make an effort to check the information provided. “Please! Be smarter than the scammer”