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by ryanborja | July 9, 2008 at 07:17 am
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There are many surprising ways we can be deceived--when we are buying a car lying in a hospital bed, sending a check in the mail, or even standing in a checkout line.
"Nothing is more common on earth than to deceive and be deceived," said the 18th century German author Johann Seume. Seume would feel right at home in today's world where, thanks to the Internet, money-making seams have reached global proportions, netting fortunes for online hucksters whose ploys, although often quite obvious, nevertheless find plenty of gullible victims.
But life without a computer is no cakewalk either. Rip-offs, bogus deals, and consumer headaches are all around us. They range from shady (but not actually illegal) practices commonly referred to as "tricks of the trade" to full scale frauds in which identity thieves purloin our very names and reputations through access to our bank cards and Social Security numbers.
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at 17:32 on March 19th, 2009
i am tried of getting this email. i refuse to answer it. i am sure it is a scam. can this be reported to the goverment and if so, whom. thanks
Dear Sir/Madam,
Are you ready to pick up this $5,000.00 sent today.
We have concluded to effect your payment through western union$5,000.00 daily
until the $800.000.00 is completely transfered. Meanwhile, Samson Nkono has western union $5,000.00 in your name today. So contact Western union Agent to pick up
this $5000 now:Contact person:
(Mrs Chisomu)
TEL: +229-93-41-39-75
E-mail: (western_unionmo@sify.com
Ask her to give you the mtcn, sender name, question and answer to pick
this $5,000.00. Also you should send to her your informations
YOUR DIRECT PHONE NUMBER
Thanks
Mr John Green,
at 20:34 on March 23rd, 2009
Hi Debra,
Well, that is definitely a scam.
It is really quite easy to tell if an email sent you is a spam.
First, it promises you will earn or get millions of pesos by revealing or signing up with their online form.
Just be cautious in clicking also any email you received.
In my case, I try not always delete if I receive emails from people not known to me. I think it is best to be overly cautious, especially in the cyberspace.
at 17:36 on March 19th, 2009
please advise me on how to get rid of the scam emails. example :
ATTENTION
Now we have arranged your payment of ($2.8millions) two millions Eight hundred
thousand united state dollars in atm payment card to be sent to you through western union money transfer payment,
Your payment will sending to you by western union, the amount you will receive per day is $5,000,
The minister trust funds of Benin Republic will send you the currently standards track details you need to pick up your ($5,000) payment by western union, you will receive every day till you receive the $2.8millions united state dollars, now no need to send you this atm card because you can not be able to withdraw the atm card due to the atm master card contain large money on it.The director administrtor trust funds have already signed your payment, now you are free to comply with wemaco payment office on this
email address:( western_u_d_b_2006@live.fr)
however, kindly contact the below person who is in position to release your payment by western union per $5,000 a day.
Dr Andrew Peter,western union department Financial Bank Benin,
The financial western union payment canter has been mandated to issue out your
payment and you have to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) to avoid any hitches in receiving your payment.
Note that the administrator payment need this details from you to process your payment:
Receivers name-----------------
Country-----------------------
City--------------------------
Tel---------------------------
Test question-----------------
Answer------------------------
sex___________________________
age___________________________
ID____________________________
Comply now because as soon as you sent this required details to Dr,Andrew Peter E:he will start sending your payment by western union.
Regards,Barrister, jocken juel
at 04:53 on August 20th, 2009
I have good success on Gmail. As soon as a pre-set number of people mark something as spam, Google blocks it from my email box too. I still get a few, but for the past 30 days Gmail blocked 7555 spam mails and I've gotten about 3-4 of these types.
I have not yet known of it putting a legitimate email in spam either, but it may have happened without me knowing it.
Other than that or some other really good spam filtering system, there's really nothing you can do about it. They prey on us from other countries without any laws addressing it, or with governments that get a piece of it, so they won't stop it and our government can't.