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Questions tagged [internet-scam]

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Is the game company required to help and take actions for a player who got scammed in the game for virtual currencies?

According to the answers in this question, you are legally responsible when scamming someone for virtual goods in a game. However, in most of the cases it is very hard to actually get any information about a player, who he or she is, which just…
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Is it legal for internet service providers in the EU to severely and systematically undercut advertised bandwidths?

I have a new mobile data plan with a contractually agreed-upon bandwidth limit of "up to 3 Mbit/s". To my knowledge, the "up to" only accounts for unavoidable reductions in bandwidths, e.g. due to infrastructural limitations, regional differences in…
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Is Web Wed legal?

My question is very simple: are marriages arranged through Web Wed legal? Specifically: Are such marriages fully recognized in the United States? With the apostille service, are such licences fully recognized in all countries? For this part of the…
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Is it legal to use fake credit card to sign up?

I know that there are many scam sites in the Internet so I want to use a fake credit card generated by Luhn's algorithm. Is it legal to use it to sing up for an online pay service? I don't want to use real card number.
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How could one be informed of an accusation of child pornography and what would this look like?

TL;DR; I keep getting fake E-Mails from "the federal crime police" with attachments like in the image below, where I'm accused of child pornography and exhibitionism. I don't know what the spammers intend with these mails, as there's no link to…
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Is it possible to prosecute Booking.com if a scam was done by another party through their portal?

Due to an in app message request to verify my credit card on Bookingcom I lost a lot of money. I reported it to my bank, Booking.com and the property whose account was compromised.The transaction was tracked to a gaming site and they said they…
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Is it legal for one email service provider to send emails using the exact identical email address of another email service provider?

Question - Is it legal for one email service provider to send emails using the exact identical email address of another email service provider? This happened to me in the last 3 days. The two companies are not connected. I have an email account…
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Is there a legal distinction between “phishing” and “simulated phishing”?

Phishing emails are illegal under laws such as the Anti-Phishing Act of 2005. Many companies are becoming increasingly aggressive with sending “simulated phishing” emails to their employees. Employees who click on them can face disciplinary…
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Legal Implications of Receiving Unsolicited Cryptocurrency in Potential Scam Scenario

I recently joined a WhatsApp group that claims to allow people to test out their "Quantitative Trading System." As part of the test, they provide participants with 2000 USDT to use while evaluating the system's performance. I was told I had to…
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Breaking Filipino laws outside of the Philippines

If some one breaks the laws of the Philippines in their own country and then visits the Philippines, what happens?
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Is it a crime to pretend you're someone you're not and ask for money?

TL;DR: I have the local bank account details of an online romance scammer and want to know if they've committed a crime, and which authorities to turn to with the highest chance of bringing justice. I have (what I think is) a very interesting…
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