AP: Man faces charges over World of Warcraft account fraud

USA  - Police in Clearwater, Florida has arrested a 23-year old Christopher H. Bouffard and charged him with two counts of grand theft. According to the Associated Press, the man was scheming to defraud people using his World of Warcraft account as bait. Bouffard never gave out the information to his account even though authorities [...]

The Reason Why Western Union Payments Are Unsafe

There’s only so many payment options for you to choose between when you’re buying or selling stuff online. PayPal, MoneyBookers and Western Union. The rest are just spin-offs offering similar products in different packaging.
The thing about Western Union is that payments are in no way traceable or accountable. The underlying system behind Western Union was [...]

Avoiding YouTube Scams

The web 2.0 era is not all good. Free World of Warcraft gamecards, free World of Warcraft accounts and free mounts, pets, items and weapons. YouTube videos are increasingly used to promise gamers the holy grail and all you need to do in return is submit a little information.

In this article I reveal the ground principles of scamming people on YouTube and where the scammers are getting all their inspiration. It’ll surprise you how organized this scam really is.