Spam in Your Email an article that I wrote back in Dec 2010

http://voices.yahoo.com/spam-email-7331980.html?cat=15 Spam in Your Email Knock, knock, you've got email. So you go to your email box to start checking through to see what you have. Well first you check the inbox, and next you may glance at the spam box. Sometimes however you will find that you have spam in your inbox as it was not filtered. Looking through your inbox, you find that you have a rather very interesting email addressed to you. Seems you have a long lost relative or at least someone with your same last name that has suddenly died. Died leaving a very large sum of money. Now because you have the same surname as the now deceased possible long lost relative the kind hearted informant wants to let you know about this sum. Of course this individual would like access to your bank account so they can transfer this large sum of money to your bank account. Now just what is it about this that sounds fishy? Well let's just think about this, why is it s very important that you hurry up and send this unknown individual information that will gain said individual access to your account. First off are you so sure that this individual that has sent you this email is really truthful, and has your best interests at heart. And how are you certain, have you verified and checked references? If not just why are you so agreeable to sending your bank account information to someone you've never met. I mean seriously would you really give your financial information to some random dude on the street who walks up to you asking for it? If so may I ask why, or better yet, maybe I should I ask do you need to go have your head examined. Didn't you work hard to put your money in the bank? If you worked hard to put your money in the bank to keep it safe and to perhaps even so you could earn a little interest, maybe so you might eventually have a nice little nest egg to help you live a little comfortably throughout your golden years. Or at least a little more comfortably than not having any savings in the bank'" Well my friend if you are so naive to believe this bogus email that you have been sent, be prepared to lose a great deal of money, and possibly even have your identification stolen. Emails like this are no more than a heartless scams meant to separate you from your hard earned money. Now you may be wondering just how do, these scam artists come up with your email address or name. Well it is really fairly easy for those so inclined. For starters they make guesses, and then if someone responds to one of their email, they know they have a live email. So the number one thing you need to do or rather not do is to just plain do not open email from someone you do not know. Opening email from someone you do not know can at the least give you a small annoyance as you waste time with something that is of little or no importance. Or at the worst you could possibly open up an email that contains a virus that crashes your computer causing you a great big headache, and possibly a lot of time and money to fix, especially if you do not know how to fix a crashed computer. Not opening strange email can save you a lot of aggravation. Opening and doing what one of these scam artists suggests in regards to sending personal bank account information, may leave you with an empty bank account. In other words you may very shortly find yourself bankrupt. Now if you must open an email suggesting that you have a long lost relative that has left you several million dollars or so. Then my dear the best suggestion I have for you is to verify, verify, verify. And do not send any kind of personal bank account information to anyone, no matter how sincere they sound. Unless you just would like to take the very high risk of losing all of your hard-earned money. Now if you just would like to throw away money you have worked hard for, and saved throughout the years. I would like to suggest that you send your throw away money to me. Just kidding, as that may not be legal either, but at least if you send it to me, you'll know that you sent it to a worthy cause. Am I not just as creditable as some stranger knocking on your email box door suggesting you send personal banking information, I mean seriously I am not even asking for personal information or bank account information. I'd just like your money please -- Ok, so the point is don't believe everything that someone tells you or that you read. Especially when what you are being told comes from someone who you do not know and who may have alternative motives for requesting your personal and might I add private information. It also helps to not have a greedy spirit, being greedy will open you up to many difficulties and problems in life. And it is also like putting out the welcome mat for every scam artist coming and going. Ok, so now that you've read about spam that you may find in your email box suggesting that you have an inheritance of a fortune. We'll move on to pyramid schemes and such -- I believe the old saying there is a gullible, person born every second, or at least fairly often. If it were not so, I think the business of scamming would have died out a long time ago. Long before Tom Sawyer ever suggested his friends and acquaintances pay to white wash his aunt's picket fence -- think about it.