I am amazed at the same scams that I continue to receive in my inbox every week. Scams that tell me a story of some individual that has passed away in some tragic accident leaving a very large sum of money & I am the surviving beneficiary, all I need to do is provide my correct address & information. This is of course a fishing scam in order to get you to give private information about yourself to the person on the other end of the email. It obviously is still very effective or I wouldn't continue to get these emails. Other email scams come from the BBB which look very official, these also are fishing scams, as well as now I get emails from what appears to be the IRS saying that my tax payment has not been received. This too is a fishing scam as well as mal-ware that could be installed on your computer if you click on the link provided in the email that looks like a payment receipt. Other similar scams look to be from pay pal as well. Any time you get an email wanting you to divulge personal information about yourself look very very closely at the email. It may look official, but you can see flaws in the email, hover over the links & you will see that they do not send you to where they say they will take you.
I know that these posts don't seem to show you how to make money online, but by keeping you from spending money on scams as well as keeping your personal information safe from unscrupulous individuals, actually puts money in your pocket. I will continue to look for online scams & I have uncovered a few that have actually come in the mail lately as well. I will post these regular mail scams in my next post. I want to here from you too!
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