Internet Fraud

are there ways to know or tips to determine if something that you have browsed is a scam or not?

Yes there are LOTS of internet scams. One idea might be that if you were trying to go to ebay.com, someone might create a website, ebay.net, which looks like the real one, but is used to get people's credit card info.

Yes there are, even mobile phone scams (if you call or text a certain number, you're supposed to get free load or a prize of some sort) and it's impossible to control these scams because it would be quite difficult to track all of them (like expecting companies like yahoo to track vulgar messages or spamming). The best way to avoid getting fooled by these scam artists is first, keeping your wits about you and to not forward financial information about yourself; if possible, just ignore these emails. Second, directly correspond with the big businesses that are supposedly involved in the scam (e.g., yahoo, microsoft, aol). In our country, because text (sms) messaging is a big thing, people try to scam you into giving away your load. What our telecomm. companies have done is to post information on their websites and their branches about these scams. Oh, and another thing, it would be good to do a search on the scam (through your preferred search engine) because some websites have been posting "popular scams".

Site Advisor often reports " 'Fake' sites ". I find SA useful for safe surfing. Get Firefox and download the SiteAdvisor extension. Otherwise, just keep your eyes peeled for scams and phishs. In emails, it is better not to use their link, but to go on to the actual website and confirm the alert. Example: If ebay emails you a scam saying an item has recently sold, go to ebay.com and enter there. Ebay would show it in 1) your alert/inbox section 2) your selling/sold section.

just keep your eyes peeled for scams and phishs.