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Stop SPAM eMail Once & For All : Free
Guide
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Beware
The Spam Scams
As the section
above mentioned briefly, there are plenty of spam scams going
on out there. These are spam emails that come to you and
request money or donations to various charities and such.
These types of
spam are illegal. Real charities only use their client contact
lists when asking for donations. Spammers will do anything
in their power to get you to part with your money. Some of
them even offer viable products or services, the catch is
that the links to these products or services are rarely usable.
Here is a list of some of the spam scams that will ask you
for money.
Asking
for Charitable Donations
Some even have
viable sounding names like the American Heart’s Association.
(There is no such company) They are relying on the fact that
you have heard of the American Heart Association and they
have simply pluralized it. It is a really good cover because
they know that everyone has heard of the American Heart Association
and just changing it a bit causes no real difference to the
sound of it, so you are more likely to give up your money.
You really have
to watch out for slight name changes like these because these
are the scams that are harder to catch. Of course there is
one way to know if your email donation request is real. REAL
CHARITIES DON’T SEND MASS EMAILS!
Don’t get me wrong
legitimate charities do advertise on the internet, but they
do it on their website alone and generally offer their charity
number and a phone number that you can call as well. Be careful
on receiving these. If you know that you are a bleeding heart,
just don’t open them.
Sometimes spammers
will get your attention by making the email look like it
has been forwarded to you. This is silly really, but it often
works because the recipient believes that the email is from
a friend or family member. Don’t be fooled by the forwarded
email. Not all of them are from your friends.
Making
Money Scams
Spammers also
have a nice running scam that promises you the chance to
make some money. These can offer you things like legitimate
sounding jobs, and products. Some of them even have the nerve
to ask you in the email itself for your credit card numbers
etc.
Internet
Survey Jobs
These are just
telling you that you can make some money by filling out surveys
online. Of course they never tell you that you have to pay
a certain amount of money in order to get a list of the legitimate
companies that will pay you. Before they even give you that
amount of information, you are asked to fill out a registration
form, and then your emails from these people will never stop.
Online
Typing Jobs
This offers you
the chance to type files etc. and receive payment per word
or page. Some even offer to pay you by the hour. Ask yourself
this; how will they know how long you’ve been online?
Get Paid
To Surf
Everyone has heard
of the emails that offer you to get paid just to surf the
internet. According to them, you can get paid to go to any
website that you want. What they don’t tell you is that you
have to allow your computer to be hacked into first.
Payday
Cash Advances
These are extremely
annoying because everyone seems to get these spam scams on
a daily basis. These offer to let you receive a payday advance
through your email. All they ask is that you give them your
banking information like your account numbers etc. I can’t
imagine anybody being stupid enough to give that information,
but many still do. These mails tell you that they need this
information so that they can send you your money and also
get theirs back later. (Let’s just see if you have any money
once they are finished)
Some of these
warnings may sound repetitive to you, but they are mentioned
for a reason. Each and every piece of spam that is sent to
your inbox is there to entice you into buying something,
or tricks to hack into you computer. They are worth mentioning
more than once. You can never be too careful and the deeper
you can imbed these ideas into your head the better.
 
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