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Email Scams
Of course, I must be naive not to believe that it is perfectly plausible that some office worker from Iowa is able to collect money that was to be inherited by the great-grandson of the King of the Zulu nation. I am sure you could just walk in to your local branch of the Lack of Common Sense Bank & cash the check. You are their last resort. No one can accomplish this but you. They must not have lawyers in Zulu. I assume that they used African nations for these scams because, sadly, most Americans know little about them. Most high school history still focused on European and American history. You get the usual blurbs about Asian or South American influence. Potatoes were brought to Europe from South America and thanks to China we have gunpowder, but that’s about it. I am happy to report that this is slowly changing. My nephews in junior high tell me that they are learning about Native American and ancient Asian cultures, but still not a lot of African study. How about the work from home reading emails deal. Or the do you want to make $200,000 this year working only 3 hours per week one. If someone offers you a deal where you make lots of money, do no work and only have to pay $199 to find out about this great opportunity, please, pass it by. At least email scams have gotten a little more inventive. Now they pretend to be Bank of America, PayPal or ING and tell you there is a problem with your account & please log in through this secure link. They call is phishing. Meaning they are phony fishing schemes, trying to hook you into giving up your information. I have received similar email scams in the past, purportedly from eBay. They tell you that you have qualified for the eBay Power Seller program and to log in to your seller account thru the link provided. Hmmm, you think. I only sold Aunt Ida's old records for $35. But you log in anyway. The next thing you know your My eBay screen shows that you are selling a Cadillac located in Indonesia. I just received one of the banking type today. It said that I needed to update my security questions in order to access my line of credit at some bank I have never heard of. I guess if you are stupid enough to click the link and enter your mother’s maiden name, your middle name, the high school you attended or whatever, then they can try to use that information to break into your legitimate accounts. I am not saying that there aren't good ways to make more money, that you can do part time for a small investment, there are. Direct selling or network marketing like Avon, MonaVie, Melaleuca or Amway are legitimate businesses. Starting your own website to sell your original art or ebooks with is also a bonafide, proven business. But unless you request information or are on a mailing list, to just receive an email out of the blue is not credible. Do you have any Email Scams to Rant about?
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