I think almost everyone reading this post has received an e-mail from Nigeria about a way to get fabulously wealthy, commonly called the Nigerian Scam. Well I did a little research and found out that this has existed in one form or another since the 1920s. Even more astounding is that it is still bilking people out of money, 100 million in 15 months according to a 1997 newspaper article. Click the link above to read all about it. What got me thinking about that particular scam is an article titled 7 Small Business Scam To Watch Out For and one of them was Phishing E-mails. Here's the complete list:
- Directory Scams
- Office Supply Scams
- Overpayment Scams
- Data Breach
- Vanity Awards
- Stolen Identity
- Phishing E-mails.
I had never even thought of a few that were mentioned in the article, so hopefully you'll find the list helpful. We've also done some posts in the past on some scams that you might be interested in Tis the Season and Another Scam Alert. Do you have any other scams that you've heard about or experienced first hand?
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