Scams

The purpose of this book is to describe the latest scamsgoing on the Internet today and how to avoid some of thesescams which have been going on for years. The book will consist ofthe different types of scams, by chapters, examples of scams triedsuccessfully on me and others not successful that still continue on the Internet today.The biggest scammers in the past and still today are Nigerians.Russians and Eastern Europeans are not far behind now, and I will also add South Africans.Nigerians have been scamming since the Internet became worldwide.I think all Nigerians have a PhD in psychology and are the number one inscamming techniques which are done in stages for you to keep sending money.Scamming is part of their culture no matter the educational level. Therewas a front-page column in the Wall Street Journal about Nigeriansscamming about twenty years ago.Once in a while you will see a news report of the Nigerian governmentraiding computer centers “arresting” scammers, trying to improve theirworld image, but scanning still goes on today, and Nigeria is listed as one ofthe most corrupt countries in the world. With the technology in copying andprinting, documents that can look “very” official. (Be my legal partner.) Beprepared, once you answer a scam, your e-mail address will be passed around.