| They're out there. Individuals trying to make | | | | come with Nigeria as the purported origin, |
| a quick buck at your expense. You labour | | | | doesn't mean it's from there, but out of |
| hours on end to produce quality content on | | | | country addresses are always suspect of being |
| your website only to get repetitive requests | | | | fraudulent.]Dear Sir/Ma,LETTER OF BUSINESS |
| for huge numbers of product or promises for | | | | RELATIONSHIP |
| the greatest deals online. As a webmaster for | | | | |
| a cell phone and PDA site, I've had my share | | | | We are mobile phones wholesalers. We deals |
| of spam and scams come through, mostly via | | | | on all brands and models of mobile |
| email, some posted on my forum. The purpose | | | | |
| of this article is to provide a few methods | | | | phones such as Nokia, Motorola, Samsung and |
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| few examples as well. Take a look over and | | | | this medium to look for buyers of mobile |
| protect yourself from online cellular | | | | phones.Do kindly reply |
| fraud.Anybody catch the 60 minutes episode | | | | |
| where Andy Rooney teaches faithful viewers | | | | back if you are interested and as you do you |
| how to detect junk mail? Junk email works in | | | | will be glad you do,thank's and |
| much the same way. Items with subject | | | | |
| headings 'Great deal', or 'limited time | | | | God bless.Fola David |
| offer' usually can wait, and definitely don't | | | | |
| have great offers hidden inside. Webmasters | | | | President.[A variation of the above is |
| and consumers should have a golden rule, if | | | | instead of written body content, they will |
| you don't know where an offer came from (you | | | | actually send a product list of the cell |
| don't know the sender) then delete it. Plain | | | | phones they require asking for a dozen of |
| and simple. Most free email accounts, GMAIL, | | | | each. Sounds like great business!...Here's |
| Hotmail, Yahoo!, have good filters that label | | | | the next one]CONSOLIDATED PHONES LIMITED |
| incoming spam and scams as, well, spam. | | | | |
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| use free email accounts for the sake of | | | | |
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| basic virus detector usually includes email | | | | |
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| spam items before they hit your box. Having | | | | address] |
| said this, if you're doing link campaigns, or | | | | |
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| your site, it may not be a bad idea to enlist | | | | |
| the free online email account and prevent all | | | | FAX: 1- 817-0845, [not even a real number] |
| the unwanted junk from hitting your work | | | | |
| emails.It's been my experience that some | | | | [bad domain] |
| people out there hand pick contact pages of | | | | |
| potential victims, and therefore the email | | | | or consphone@galmail.co.zaDear |
| may be somewhat individualised to your site. | | | | sir,COMMERCIAL SALE OF BULK MOBILE PHONESWE |
| Your name, the site name, or similar content, | | | | ARE EXPORTERS AND IMPORTERS OF GSM, TDMA, AND |
| may be communicated within the email making | | | | CDMA |
| it appear somewhat legitimate. Be mindful of | | | | |
| your email accounts (contact pages) that are | | | | PHONES. [CDMA Phones do not run the majority |
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| Google it. If it's a legitimate company | | | | IN OUR PRICE LIST. THESE ITEMS ARE READY FOR |
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| online presence. I've noticed that the | | | | WE WILL BE WAITING AND READY TO ASSIST YOU |
| majority of spam and scams have fake mail | | | | IN ANY INFORMATION REQUIRED BY YOU, AND ALSO, |
| addresses, but no online address. | | | | WE ARE READY |
| Furthermore, emails usually come from online | | | | |
| web accounts like Yahoo!. Not only can you | | | | TO DO BUSINESS WITH ANY COMPANY, INDIVIDUALS |
| search contact information, you can serach | | | | OR GROUP AS LONG AS THEY ARE NOT FRAUDULENT. |
| content as well. Chances are a webmaster has | | | | [Of course you wouldn't.]WE WILL SEND OUR |
| posted the contents on a forum somewhere | | | | RANGE OF PRODUCTS AND PRICE LIST ON |
| wondering about its legitimacy. I can't | | | | DEMAND.BEST REGARD.JULIAN JONES (MISS) |
| stress this enough, take 4 seconds and | | | | |
| doabout the email before you consider | | | | Email: [This email is different than the |
| replying.With these simple and quick tips you | | | | ones atop] |
| should be able to identify the majority of | | | | |
| scam and spam emails. If in doubt, delete. If | | | | For: CONSOLIDATED PHONES LTD.But two |
| something was important that you deleted, or | | | | examples of two spam/scam emails. Keep your |
| legitimate, the individual will likely try to | | | | eyes peeled webmasters!Barry Nagassar is |
| contact you again. With this in mind, here | | | | owner and operator of DiscussWireless an |
| are some examples of spam and scam emails | | | | online cell phone and PDA forum that provides |
| from the cellular and technology industry, my | | | | the latest cell phone news, reviews, and cell |
| comments are in brackets.Subject: WE HAVE | | | | phone fraud discussion. Included is a |
| LOTS OF GSM/NEXTEL MOBILE PHONES AT VERY | | | | comprehensive compare and shop section for |
| CHEAP PRICES'''''''' [The subject always | | | | the latest cellular and PDA phones. Compare |
| varies.]PHONES SELLERS INCORPORATED | | | | competitor prices in one location, or join |
| | | | the forum and post the latest review or |
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| | | | fraud forum included. |
| Lagos Nigeria [Many, many, many emails have | | | | |