It seems to be a problem that just won't go away. Internet users are subjected to perpetrators day in and day out. The perpetrators are usually people you meet on a networking site or a friend site such as facebook.
Cyber world is the perfect scenerio for the con-artist who is out to take your money. It's usually the guy or girl who seems just so nice and friendly and trusts you so much that they tell you their whole life story.
Perpetrators want You to think that They can trust You enough to share their most inner secrets and that you in turn will reciprocate. Why would you be suspicious of someone who just told you their entire life story? Most likely you wouldn't be and you wouldn't have any reason to suspect that everything they told you was a lie.
You might want to bookmark this site and check every now and then to see if one of your "new facebook" friends or an acquaintance is listed.
"Pyramid Scheme Alert" is the first consumer organization to confront the abuses and trickery of pyramid scheme perpetrators.
http://pyramidschemealert.org/