[Jacob-list] Internet fraud

[snielsen at orednet.org]

I was at a meeting last night with Oregon's Attorney General Hardy Myers,
and he was going over his list of 10 most common complaints to the AG's
office. Internet auction fraud was 3rd, and what is formally called
Nigerian Fraud was 5th. It's unfortunate, but the volume of these
incidents is so large the AG simply cannot address them all.

Susan

Mary Ellen wrote:

>   Because I run my own business on the internet, I wind up getting a
> minimum of 2 requests for immediate purchase of my products---both in
> small and large quantities---from e-mails every day.  The count is
> usually more like 5-10 daily.  These are the e-mails that get through
> the spam filters as well.
>
>   Responding adds a legitimate e-mail address to somebody's sale portfolio
> as well as puts you at risk for any number of other problems.

-- 
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