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Hopefully most around here are hep to the many email scams abounding on the net.
There is of course the recent revival of the old "foriegn money" scam where an alleged official of some politically unstable country needs to get funds out before the excrement impacts the air motivation device. All you need do is set up an account to help funnel the cash through.
There are many more legitimate appearing scams afoot as well. Some of the most popular involve working from home in your PJ's and earning extra bucks. The required investment from you is small and many times the business model seems logical. Excercise caution.
Stay-at-home schemes abound on the Internet. Common sense should tell you that you're probably not going to make thousands of dollars stuffing envelopes. What happens when you respond to this ad?
You're offered a kit, for which you must pay $20 or $30. What a surprise! There are no envelopes to stuff! The kit is nothing more than a spam mailing list, which you must send out. It's the same solicitation you received, except this time the gullible are to send the money to you. If you're lucky, you won't land in jail.
Another favorite is the product-finishing proposal. Respondents are asked to assemble Christmas wreaths, sew baby booties or put together something else equally useful. The company agrees to buy the goods, assuming they meet its standards. Most never do. The victim is left to sell the goods. Have you ever tried to sell booties? Difficult, I imagine.
There are more, use your head. If it sounds too good to be true....
There is of course the recent revival of the old "foriegn money" scam where an alleged official of some politically unstable country needs to get funds out before the excrement impacts the air motivation device. All you need do is set up an account to help funnel the cash through.
There are many more legitimate appearing scams afoot as well. Some of the most popular involve working from home in your PJ's and earning extra bucks. The required investment from you is small and many times the business model seems logical. Excercise caution.
Stay-at-home schemes abound on the Internet. Common sense should tell you that you're probably not going to make thousands of dollars stuffing envelopes. What happens when you respond to this ad?
You're offered a kit, for which you must pay $20 or $30. What a surprise! There are no envelopes to stuff! The kit is nothing more than a spam mailing list, which you must send out. It's the same solicitation you received, except this time the gullible are to send the money to you. If you're lucky, you won't land in jail.
Another favorite is the product-finishing proposal. Respondents are asked to assemble Christmas wreaths, sew baby booties or put together something else equally useful. The company agrees to buy the goods, assuming they meet its standards. Most never do. The victim is left to sell the goods. Have you ever tried to sell booties? Difficult, I imagine.
There are more, use your head. If it sounds too good to be true....
