Scams Scam's Lexicon


Scammer's Scam Glossary


Scam's Lexicon
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
W
Wire Fraud

This means that anyone who willingly and knowingly uses United States communications devises to defraud or willfully misrepresent with the intent to defraud is a bad guy. This includes anyone from outside the U.S. wiring to someone inside the U.S. because in order to do so, U.S. communications devices must be used.

Wire Transfer

This is the method of transferring money from one person to another. Generally scammers request the victim to pay the money using wire transfer service like Western Union and Moneygram stating that the speed at which the payment can be received and processed, allowing quick release of the supposed payoff is high.The real fact is that wire transfers and similar methods of payment are irreversible, untraceable and, because identification beyond knowledge of the details of the transaction is often not required it is completely anonymous.

Western Union

Most of the scammers prefer this money transfer company as the validity of the transfer can be checked online.

Weekend Slow Down

It has been experiential that, throughout the weekends, there is a noteworthy goes down in the number of scammers calling and e-mail baiters. Obviously scammers are fond of to take on weekends.

Worms

A virus accomplished of doubling-up itself with no needing a host program.