Net-Scams Scam Scores

New Scam Scores!

To quickly summarize the legitimacy of scam, we will now be supplying a Net-Scams Scam Score. This score builds on top of the existing rules we previously established and sums a score from those rules.

50 pts ~ Responsible Party

In all legit offers and giveaways, there will always a person or company held responsible for fulfillment of the prize. This company may or may not also handle inquires of possible participants. This responsible party must uphold their end of the agreement.

20 pts ~ Regulations and Tax Requirements

Do not account for US tax requirements and regulations

10 pts ~ Professional Conduct

Poor grammar used through out the site

10 pts ~ Server Location

Servers located outside the United States are not able to be governed by US law. This applies a sense of distrust.

10 pts ~ Other

This includes usage of Non-English languages in an English

Russian language used on the site

By adding points of each qualifying rule, we can derive a risk score of each potential scam:

 0 - 20 pts - Low risk

20 - 40 pts - Medium risk

40 - 60 pts - High risk

60 - 80 pts - Extreme risk

80 - 100 pts - Severe risk, extreme caution advised!