So what's best thing to do when you or someone you know has fallen for one of these scams? Some people are embarrassed and don't want to tell anyone. But that's how these thieves get away with these things for so long without getting caught. The best way to stop these con artists from operating is to report email scams to authorities. The best place to report email scams is The Internet Fraud Complaint Center or (IFCC). They are a partnership between Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C). Their web address is: http://www1.ifccfbi.gov IFCC's mission is to address fraud committed over Internet. For victims of Internet fraud, IFCC provides a convenient and easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts authorities of a suspected criminal or civil violation. By becoming aware of these top five online scams and reporting email scams to IFCC you can make Internet safer for everyone.

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Trojan Horses A Trojan horse is a computer programs that claims to be one thing, but is actually another. For example you might receive a Trojan horse that is disguised as an image, but when you go to open file, it will do whatever it is that it was written to do.

E-mail Viruses Email Viruses are very common. They work by spreading themselves through email messages. Once they infect a computer, they will then go ahead and replicate themselves by automatically mailing out again to everyone in victim’s e-mail address book. Several of these virus’s have raced through internet. Examples of email virus’s are Melissa Virus, and ILOVEYOU virus.

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