Tuesday, February 3, 2009

How to be wary of fraudelent emails?

Veterans need not bother but for 'just entrants' into the web, there are plenty of tempting offers to click and submit personal details. I hope you realize what I am referring to.

But even veterans are not spared. After all the senders of phishing emails won't even know who they are sending the emails to!

The 419 SCAM:
We all have been receiving anonymous e-mails promising untold wealth if only we help a widow of some politician whom the world had never heard of. This email will seek your help to move huge funds out of the sender's country.one helps a wealthy foreigner quietly move millions of dollars out of his country. Don't fall for sympathy raising words.
Lottery scam:
How many email you have received in the past informing you that your email is chooses as a winner of a big lottery amount? And how many times such emails were supposed to have originated from the might Microsoft?

When you have not entered into any lottery campaign, who can you win? But I know of a lawyer who has sent big money and sought my help afterwords.

Of course I could not help.

Work at home SCAMS:
Indians are big victims of work at home scams and Indians are also big villains of work at home scams. Yes, they float a web site offering form filling/data entry work that will fetch you Rs1000/- per day to fill out a two line form and submit in websites.This idea is borrowed from other countries.

If everyone in India comes to know of it, the webmaster will eradicate poverty in 30 days and claim for a Bharata Ratna award.

The latest type of SCAM that is yet to be named (smile) requests you to assist someone to encash their cheque as it is not allowed in his/her country.

BEWARE! BEWARE!

That's all I can say.




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