n the last ten years, the it. The victims will receive an
Internet has gone from an e-mail message from someone
odd curiosity embraced by purporting to be a friend or
computer geeks to a tool that relative of someone who used to
nearly everyone finds be a high-ranking official in the
indispensable. We now use it for Nigerian government. The e-mail
shopping, paying bills and all will explain that the sender
manner of other useful things, needs help smuggling millions of
from finding sports scores to dollars in funds out of Nigeria,
looking up recipes. and that you can share a portion
Unfortunately, unscrupulous of the proceeds if you will allow
criminal types are using the them to use your bank account for
Internet for another, more the transaction. Of course, the
malicious reason - to steal your sender will require some fees,
money. and some bribes and some money
for customs and who knows what
With the Internet becoming a else. If you send them any money
bigger part of our lives, it is at all, they will reply that they
important that users be on the need still more money from you.
lookout for scams and fraud You will never get any money
opportunities that may show up back, however. They are just
through e-mail. Here are taking you for a ride. If anyone
descriptions of a few of the most sends you e-mail that says they
common scams currently making the will share millions of dollars
rounds. with you, don't believe them.
The Nigerian e-mail fraud - This A very similar scam is one that
one is amusing, because it seems informs you that you have won a
so over the top that one wouldn't foreign lottery. You may not
think that anyone would fall for remember entering a foreign
lottery, and you almost certainly hucksters will continue to take
didn't, as doing so is illegal money from you for as long as you
under U.S. law. Still, the are willing to send it.
message reads, you are the winner
and your millions of dollars in Some things are too good to be
cash is waiting for you in a true, and any e-mail message that
European bank. All you need to do tells you that there is a large
is contact the person mentioned sum of money waiting for you is a
in the message. Once you do, that scam. Watch out for the e-mail
person will mention hundreds, or that comes into your inbox, or
even thousands of dollars in fees you may find yourself much poorer
that you must pay in order to for it.
collect your winnings. As with
the Nigerian scam above, these
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