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Winter sales : Avoid scams on the internet

Winter sales are about to start. But beware of scams.

Winter sales are a good time to do business online ! But be careful and do not fall into the trap of fake websites spoofing the name of big brands. What you think is a saving of money could appear to be waste of money in a scam.

On the net, there are many fake e-commerce sites. Those are created by fraudsters for the sole purpose to cash a payment from you. In order to achieve this goal, they offer goods at very attractive prices. But after having placed your order, you will not receive anything or, in the “best” case, a low-end product that has nothing to do with your order…

One of the usual ways to spot an e-commerce is the excessive amount of discounts it offers. But as the sales period begins, detecting a fake website will be tough because even official webstores offer discounts. It means that everyone must be more vigilant than ever.

But hope is not lost. There are other simple ways to doubt about the seriousness of an e-commerce site during winter sales: If the website is riddled with spelling mistakes or weird sentences, there is little chance that this is an official website. So do not order on it.

If the site title contains the words “cheap”, “discount” or even “clearance”, there is a good chance that this is a scam. Flee such websites.

Among the brands whose products are offered by many scammers, can be found : Abercrombie, Ralph Lauren, Moncler, Louis Vitton, Louboutin, Nike ….

PCS mastercard. Why do scammers love them ?

Scammers often ask their victims to send money in the form of PCS mastercard refill coupon.

Many of you come to 1sc.org after a request concerning the PCS MasterCard in your Internet search engine. Most of the time, you had never heard of PCS mastercard before.

What is behind that name? And why has it become the preferred tool for scammers to make you sending money to them ?

The PCS mastercard is a payment tool, which looks like a credit card. It also has much in common with a classic credit card as your traditional bank can deliver you. With a PCS mastercard, it is both possible to pay any merchant that accepts credit cards and withdraw money in from the whole affiliated Mastercard network, i.e. almost all ATM machines.

Benefits the crooks have clearly understood

The main difference between a credit card from your bank and a PCS mastercard is that the former is not connected to any bank account and then is completely anonymous. You can buy it in any PCS sales point worldwide without having to provide any identity.

This is already a great advantage for those who want to remain discreet under some barely lawful operations. But this is not the only advantage. PCS mastercards are being credited by PCS refill coupons, also easily available worldwide.

In the manner of a gift card or phone recharge, a PCS card refill coupon is credited with a certain amount. The PCS card is recharged by entering the code on the refill coupon. This is convenient for honest users who have a way to get a payment card with expense limited by the amount credited through those refill coupons. No way to make an overdraft.

But it is also a very interesting aspect for scammers. Indeed, in correspondence with their victims, scammers ask their targets to buy refill coupons and send them the code. In this way, scammers credit their PCS card with money from their victims. This is anonymous and irreversible, it is then impossible for victims to get refunded or find the crooks afterwards

A PCS mastercard can be a great payment tool for honest users, but is also a good tool for scammers to receive money during Internet scams. Our best advice is to run away as soon as a person met on the Internet asks you to send money via PCS card refill coupons.

Fight scams on the internet with 1sc.org !

Welcome to this new website called 1sc.org

1sc.org has been created to introduce you to the various scams that exist on the internet. 1sc stands for “Number 1 Scammer Cases”. 1sc.org is a new website that will help you to avoid scams on the web.

These scams go from the modernization of old scams that exist before the internet to scams created with the world wide web and its democratization. Always be suspicious when you are on the net!

Besides the home page, the website consists of seven categories

These categories are detailed below. You can access them by clicking the link at the beginning of each line or enter them via the dropdown menu on the side.

Phishing: Definition of phishing with general and detailed descriptions. What to do in case of suspicious movement on your bank account?
Scam by e-mails: Principle of scam attempts by e-mails with links to examples of inheritance scam, lottery scam and more
Scams on the web: Types of scams you may encounter on the internet : Romance scam, fake e-commerce websites, fake loan proposal, …
Internet scam – What to do? : Description of actions and remedies for victims of scams on the internet. Useful section for anyone looking for help
Gallery : A list of most common persons scammers pretend to be in order to convince you to send them money
Your stories: Send your testimony that describes the scam you have suffered and share your story online. This way, you will prevent others from suffering the same misadventure.

We hope 1sc.org will give you satisfaction. If you have any questions, comments, or want more information, feel free to leave comments in the section provided for this purpose at the bottom of the various pages and different posts.