The other day I shared a tongue in cheek post claiming that I was about to give up blogging for good because I was on the verge of inheriting $20 million from a long lost Nigerian relative. Although I did receive one email from a concerned reader warning me I was being scammed, I think most of you caught on pretty quickly that I was just kidding around.
But scams like these are no laughing matter. Did you know that internet based scams cost consumers an all time high $559.7 million in 2009? That’s more than double the amount from 2008, which means that the scammers are winning. If you want to avoid being victimized you need to familiarize yourself with some of the most common web scams so you know how to avoid them.
Make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed because over the next couple of weeks I’m going be posting a regular series of articles detailing some of the most popular web scams, how they work, and how to avoid them.
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It still amazes me how easily people can be scammed, even on line when there is no face to face contact. Can’t wait for your future posts.
Even smart, careful people can get scammed…. It’s important, and tough to be vigilant all the time.
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