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"Email Scams"
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=== Email Scams Reviewed ===
From: Doug West
"2003 Scam Reviews - What Did We Learn?"
Body Parts
First off we all learned in 2003 that there are many ways to
expand or enlarge various parts of our bodies, and that
there are an endless number of individuals out there that
will go to ANY lengths to get this info to us!
Pay Pal
We should also have learned that if anyone sends us email
claiming that they are Pay Pal and that we need to
immediately send them our name and Pay Pal login information
or risk losing our Pay Pal accounts, that we better RUN the
other way. We would do better to try to enlarge a body part.
The truth is that Pay Pal will NEVER have us send them our
login info - They Already Have It! This is just an attempt
to get our info so that scam artists can access and drain
our accounts!
They Need Our Help!
We have also learned that there are many widows, daughters,
and sons of prominent government officials from unstable
countries all over the world that need our help to get
Millions out of their nations. The only draw back to these
rock solid deals is that they will need from $1,000 to
$25,000 or more of our own money to be sure that we are not
crooks! HA. Just tell me where to wire the funds (no
personal checks please).
Are You Lonely?
We also discovered in 2003 that there is MUCH help for those
who are lonely. That for the right price there are thousands
of singles in your area (even if you live like I do in the
rurals where there are only a few hundred people around)
just dying to meet you. Just send your money and they will
fix you up.
Another angle on this scam is the lonely Russian, Asian, or
about any other type of girl you can imagine that is just
dying for any ugly person that will pay attention to these
beautiful ladies. For the right price (online - of course),
they will show up at your door prepared for marriage.
Spam Solutions
We also learned that there are many "Simple" SPAM solutions
out there that will keep us from getting the offers
mentioned above (and of course all the porno emails). The
strange thing about these hot solutions is that they are all
promoted by SPAM!
Actually there are some very nice programs that run on the
mail servers and will help filter out most of the spam for
you. The bad news is that if your ISP does the filtering,
you will probably not get the email you want either.
If you have your own domain or web site, check with your
hosting company and see if they offer the Postini filter
system. This one will even catch virus infected email before
it gets to your inbox. After you watch your email for a few
days, the program will develop a rhythm of what email you
really want, and it will get rid of the rest (you have the
ability to look at all the banned email to make sure it is
not something you wanted. We found that after the initial
set up and monitoring, the program performed GREAT!).
Fish Food
We learned that "worms" on the net are not the same thing as
the creatures we stick on hooks to catch fish. The Blaster
Worm of 2003 infected MANY more computers than they would
have us believe. It did help us discover that there is a
simple firewall in Windows that Bill Gates forgot to tell us
about before the worms came calling (why were all PCs not
shipped with the firewall up?). That with a few simple
clicks we could protect against hackers and other insects
from contaminating our computers (at least until the hackers
learn to by-pass these features).
Overweight?
In 2003 there were MANY simple ways to lose weight offered
online. Most of them involved some little known pill. All we
had to do was pay the money and pop our fat away. Still
Americans are fatter than ever! I guess maybe they were not
charging enough or we were not popping enough of those
pills? Perhaps we did not take them correctly?
That's OK. In 2004 we are sure there will be even simpler
remedies that become available, and that every nut and his
brother will give us a GREAT online deal! Burger King, Pizza
Hut, Mickey D's here we come!!!
Free Money & Stuff
It seems that everyone from Bill Gates to Red Lobster was
involved in sending us cash or some sort of f'ree gift in
2003. All we had to do is forward the simple email message
to everyone in our address book. The more we emailed the
better. What a country!
Still waiting on your check and goods? Yeah, that's what we
thought.
Your Credit Card Will Be Charged
How is it that these guys have my card and are planning to
charge it so much every month unless I respond and give them
my cc details. Can you believe that folks fall for this one?
Remedy for these and other scams (even if they show up in
2004)? =>
Hit the Delete Key as Fast as You Can and Don't Look back.
###
Doug West is the editor for Opportunity Investigator Online.
Now you can get his all-new course on building your own
online biz while avoiding the scams and it won't cost you a
dime. Don't Waste Time Or Money. Just visit:
http://209.61.158.154/03scams.htm
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