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If you have an email account, you probably get
unwanted mail promising you all sorts of wonderful
things.
The senders of these emails take you to a fantasy
world where whatever you want is yours - with
no effort, education, or work of any kind. They
say they know the secret to boundless wealth,
with money dripping from your mailbox and they
are willing to share it with you - for only $9.95,
$29.95, $369.95 or whatever.
If I had taken up all the personalised, exclusive
offers that have flooded into my mail box over
the past week I would be enjoying all of the following:
- Millions of dollars being regularly deposited
into my bank account by helping unfortunate
Nigerians transfer their vast wealth out of
their country.
- A full head of luxuriant hair, no acne, and
a quality house for only $5,000
- No Septic tank problems
- Free DVD's and cable television
- Thousands of dollars of income a week from
my own gambling sites
- Unlimited hits and high commissions from visitors
to my website
- The ability to eat whatever I wanted, while
losing weight
- The ability to promote my website to 2000
million eager prospects without spamming them.
- Protection from Terrorist attacks by installing
a pirated copy of Norton software
- A whole range of new female friends that like
farm animals
- Enough free Viagra to share with all of them
- A pre approved loan of $118,937.45
- Legitimate Bachelors and Masters degrees
in whatever field I wanted without the hassle
of
doing any study. My extensive life experiences
would be sufficient to qualify. (Makes me
feel
stupid for spending 7 years studying part time
for a business degree)
- Winnings of $100,000 in a lottery sponsored
by Bill Gates and the Sultan of Brunei
- Methods of keeping my family safe in the event
of a terrorist attack
- Free bottle of VP-RX which will add 3 1/4
inches to the length of an important part
of
my body. (Not sure how this will go with the
potion that adds 8 inches to my non existent
bust line)
- An offer to submit my website to over 300,000
vital search engines and directories
- A mysterious offer to invest $369.75 in a
new, secret opportunity that will make a fortune
really soon. Unfortunately it's too secret
for them to provide any details at this stage,
so
I'm asked to trust them. No problem! sure I'll
do that.
Many people get sucked in, send off money, and
are surprised when they find they have become
victims of the same old cons that have been around
for years.
Remember the old saying - If an offer seems too
good to be true - it probably is. You CAN make
money on the internet, but it takes hard work,
knowledge, and it doesn't happen overnight. Just
like a non-internet business.
Before you are tempted to spend money on an unbelievable
offer, check it out. Some places that provide
information are:
www.friendsinbusiness.com
- Set up by Leslie Fountain, who was conned
on the internet many, many times. She tells
her
story on the site, and provides a forum where
you can ask questions about any program or
company
that you may be thinking of getting involved
with.
www.scamwatch.com
Contains some good information about the types
of scams common on the internet, with real life
stories organised in categories of scam.
(However, I'm amused at their claimed affiliation
with the "International
Web Police" founded in 1986 - long before
there was a web)
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