If you know someone new to the internet and they just
got a new computer. Make sure you show them this article or at least tell
them about it so they can avoid email scams.
People can do crazy things in the privacy of their own
homes and then it is too late. Someone has just lost their identity.
Many of these email scams are now being reported on the
news.
Chris Hanson of date line NBC is one such person who is
doing a good job to stop these scammers in their tracks.
You can read more about his and the work he is doing on
the NBC website.
So you may be asking the question, how do these scammer
get my email address anyhow?
Well, you need to be wary of giving out your email
address to just anyone. People sometimes visit pages where they think they
have a chance at winning a free ipod or something similar.
Sometimes these pages are fake and setup only to
collect email address so they can send spam.
Also never give out your email address over an instant
message. Scammers also tend to use these as a way to collect email
address’s to send email scams.
Another way they try and collect email address and send
email scams is
through dating website by the use of fake profiles.
They set up a fake profile which looks legit to most
people. They then ask you to send them an email so they can communicate
with you and viola, they now have your email address for email scams.
As you can see email scams are on the rise.
Remember to protect yourself and your identity. Never
ever just hand over your information to anyone you do not know and you will
protect yourself from email scams.
