Scams & Spam

Anytime you receive notices (whether by email or the old fashioned way through the Post Office) about your Web related services, don't hesitate to check with us prior to taking action. You can usually find out a lot just by going to www.google.com and entering the subject of the email or company name as search words and checking out the results. If it's a scam, chances are that someone else has already seen it and posted some information.

Here are some examples we've seen...

Maybe it's morbid, but lately we've found ourselves being amused by some of the spam we've seen. We decided to start displaying our favorite spam on it's own page.

More Information

If you would like some further reading, here are some documents with information regarding the dangers of spam, scams and Internet security.

• Email Address Harvesting: How Spammers Reap What You Sow
• Who's Spamming Who? Could it be You?
• The Lowdown on Chain Letters
• You've Got Spam: How to "Can" Unwanted Email
• The "Nigerian" Scam: Costly Compassion