Scam identifying tips
By Valce1
@Valce1 (173)
Canada
September 10, 2007 8:09pm CST
Anybody got tips for avoiding money scams?
There are a lot of websites I know... But my general rule so far is that if anything either...
A: E-mails me without my consent/signing up and asks for personal information
B: Has several typing errors
C: Uses e-mails from unbusiness-like domains (e.g. gmail, hotmail)
D: Asks me to send them money
Then it is probably a scam. I usually don't even bother looking it up anymore... So many scams out there :(
What are your guidelines for evaluation?
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3 responses
@Mitraa (3184)
• India
12 Sep 07
Your points on C and D is not agreeable to me. It is the E-mail address of millions of people, utilized for E-mail marketing as well as a major part of Internet business. So marketing programs or tools need to be mailed from many maketing persons using their unbusiness-domains. This does not form a strong criteria to be considered as a scam. Also in some programs running in the internet, some small joining amount is said to be sent in order to start up and run one's participation in the program. I don't say that it is totally scam free. But we shall have a very good speculation over the programs before we decide to join and work to get paid. Thank you for this nice discussion.
@Valce1 (173)
• Canada
13 Sep 07
Thanks for your input.
I see your point... but from what I've seen, professional services and websites have their own domain name that they use for e-mail. I don't see the reason for a professional to ever use an unbusiness-like domain name hotmail or gmail or yahoo for business purposes - it makes me doubt the credibility of the professional, or at least his competence.
And when it comes to sending money... Well, maybe not all e-mails that ask you to send money for more money is a scam, but I would say the chances of such an e-mail NOT being a scam are like the chances of being hit by lightning in the same spot at the same time every day for a week.
@nishdan01 (3051)
• Singapore
11 Sep 07
I have written an article on this topic a few days ago. There are a few more points. Read at:
http://www.webupon.com/Money-Making/Tips-to-Remember-While-Looking-for-Sites-to-Earn-Online.43839
@Sir_bobby88 (8231)
• Singapore
11 Sep 07
Some website that tells you , listen to their words and you will become millionare yea
