Here Are The Top Seven Sneakiest Scams of 2014

4. Ebay or Auction Reseller Scam

We start our list of 10 consumer scams with ebay or auction reseller scam. Here, the scammers pose as buyers and attempt to convince sellers into shipping goods prior to receiving payment. Usually the fake buyer claims it’s an ‘emergency’ like a child’s birthday and asks the seller to ship the goods within hours of notice.

The seller receives an email that appears as though it came from PayPal for the payment, but e-mails like that are easy for scammers to spoof.

5. Invisible home improvements

Home improvement scams vary little from year to year, and most involve some type of poor workmanship from unlicensed or untrained workers. The hardest for homeowners to detect, and therefore the easiest for scammers to pull off, are repairs or improvements to the areas of your home that you can’t see: roofs, chimneys, air ducts and crawl spaces.

Scammers may simply knock at your door offering a great deal but many are using telemarketing, email and even social media to target homeowners.