This article is for everybody that sells Ebooks, income product or physical products on the internet, either on eBay or on your own website because there always will be someone trying to scan you.

1. When you receive an offer that is much larger than the actual worth of the product, the scammer hopes you send the product before you figure out that this is a scam.

2. Watch out for suspicious emails. Scammers have gotten very good at copying other sites. Even PayPal can be copied. Actually scammer have gotten rather good at it.

3. If someone ask for another payment method than the ones you’ve mentioned, watch out. If you sell products you most likely have a merchant account and everyone should be able to pay through your site.

4. When a buyer offers to pay with more than one credit card you should be careful.

5. When the buyer is pushing for fast reactions and wants the product immediately you should be aware as well. Scammer often want everything fast.

6. If you receive emails telling you to hurry or legal action will be taken against you because they already paid, you should carefully check the payments, if they haven’t paid you don’t have to worry.

7. Replies and letters that aren’t written correctly are suspicious as well because a professional company or buyer will very carefully check reactions.

8. When using eBay, iOffer or sites similar to them you have to be fast of course, but check whether you and your buyer are following the site’s policies because they are designed to prevent scamming.

9. Be cautious when people are trying to make you use a payment method that you don’t like or are not familiar with, if a buyer really does want the product you offer they will use the payment method that you want to use.

10. Last but definitely not least use your common sense. Think about the buyer and his offer before you accept, don’t randomly accept orders.