You have won a trip to the Bahamas!!!!!!!!! Of course I am only kidding, but I am sure many of us have been victims of scams like these. If we believed everything we read we would have the recipe for Neiman Marcus's famous secret cookie recipe, we would have won airline tickets, we would be the winners of lottery tickets we never bought, we would own our own business and be making money "so fast" we wouldn't have time to spend it all! Of course almost all of these emails are so hard to believe that most of us don't fall for their scams. However, there are some that seem so real that some people do fall. It also depends on how desperate the person is to believe it. If they haven't had a job in a while, they have been looking left and right, and suddenly they get an email that says "Make Money Fast!!!!!!!" (beware of too many exclamation marks) then they might become victims. These people that organize these scams know that, and they are waiting for the right person to fall into their trap. Some people even forward these emails to friends thinking they are doing a good deed, but sometimes these emails have hidden viruses, trojan horses, or worms that are waiting to be sent to invade other computers. Here is a video with tips on how to avoid SPAM mail:
As they say with food, when in doubt...throw it out! Do not keep suspicious looking emails in your inbox, delete them as fast as you can! And never, ever forward a SPAM email to a friend, even if it says you will die if you don't send it to at least ten people. Trust me, I'd be dead at least 2,000 times by now!
Now repeat after me:
"Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited email message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community."
This is so true there are so many bad people out there that pray upon, people the are going through tough times. These evil people really get our elders as well with their tricks. I saw on the news were this lady needed a job so badly she applied to this add that was on a popular job site, the company sent her certified checks to deposit into her account so that she could send the money to them thorough western union. Well she was later contacted by her bank after 3 checks for 2500 had gone through that the checks were fake. This lady lost all her savings, so sad. We all must repeat to ourselves there are no free trips,and companies that need you to deposit their money into your account in order for you to get paid is a joke. Great post!
I got an email from a supposed educator, with a typical k12.edu ending earlier today, and it was spam. I am amazed at how spam comes in the form of "student grants and loans" or copycat banks. One accidental click and email accounts can get hacked! Thanks for the humorous post and tips on such an important topic!
This is so true there are so many bad people out there that pray upon, people the are going through tough times. These evil people really get our elders as well with their tricks. I saw on the news were this lady needed a job so badly she applied to this add that was on a popular job site, the company sent her certified checks to deposit into her account so that she could send the money to them thorough western union. Well she was later contacted by her bank after 3 checks for 2500 had gone through that the checks were fake. This lady lost all her savings, so sad. We all must repeat to ourselves there are no free trips,and companies that need you to deposit their money into your account in order for you to get paid is a joke. Great post!
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I got an email from a supposed educator, with a typical k12.edu ending earlier today, and it was spam. I am amazed at how spam comes in the form of "student grants and loans" or copycat banks. One accidental click and email accounts can get hacked! Thanks for the humorous post and tips on such an important topic!
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