| They're out there. Individuals trying to make a | | | | VERY CHEAP PRICES'''''''' [The subject always |
| quick buck at your expense. You labour hours on | | | | varies.]PHONES SELLERS INCORPORATED |
| end to produce quality content on your website | | | | 12 Ademola drive,ikoyi |
| only to get repetitive requests for huge numbers | | | | Lagos Nigeria [Many, many, many emails have |
| of product or promises for the greatest deals | | | | come with Nigeria as the purported origin, doesn't |
| online. As a webmaster for a cell phone and PDA | | | | mean it's from there, but out of country |
| site, I've had my share of spam and scams come | | | | addresses are always suspect of being |
| through, mostly via email, some posted on my | | | | fraudulent.]Dear Sir/Ma,LETTER OF BUSINESS |
| forum. The purpose of this article is to provide a | | | | RELATIONSHIP |
| few methods of detecting spam and scams, and | | | | We are mobile phones wholesalers. We deals on |
| provide a few examples as well. Take a look over | | | | all brands and models of mobile |
| and protect yourself from online cellular | | | | phones such as Nokia, Motorola, Samsung and |
| fraud.Anybody catch the 60 minutes episode | | | | many more at very cheap prices. We are using |
| where Andy Rooney teaches faithful viewers | | | | this medium to look for buyers of mobile |
| how to detect junk mail? Junk email works in | | | | phones.Do kindly reply |
| much the same way. Items with subject headings | | | | back if you are interested and as you do you will |
| 'Great deal', or 'limited time offer' usually can wait, | | | | be glad you do,thank's and |
| and definitely don't have great offers hidden inside. | | | | God bless.Fola David |
| Webmasters and consumers should have a golden | | | | President.[A variation of the above is instead of |
| rule, if you don't know where an offer came | | | | written body content, they will actually send a |
| from (you don't know the sender) then delete it. | | | | product list of the cell phones they require asking |
| Plain and simple. Most free email accounts, GMAIL, | | | | for a dozen of each. Sounds like great |
| Hotmail, Yahoo!, have good filters that label | | | | business!...Here's the next one]CONSOLIDATED |
| incoming spam and scams as, well, spam. | | | | PHONES LIMITED |
| However, the majority of webmasters do not | | | | 152, OZORUMBA MBADIWE STREET |
| use free email accounts for the sake of | | | | OFF KINGSWAY ROAD. |
| professionalism. To these individuals, a basic virus | | | | VICTORY ISLAND LAGOS, [no record of this |
| detector usually includes email protection and | | | | address] |
| generally will detect possible spam items before | | | | TEL: 0803-3870-694 |
| they hit your box. Having said this, if you're doing | | | | FAX: 1- 817-0845, [not even a real number] |
| link campaigns, or joining forums, etc., in order to | | | | [bad domain] |
| promote your site, it may not be a bad idea to | | | | or consphone@galmail.co.zaDear sir,COMMERCIAL |
| enlist the free online email account and prevent all | | | | SALE OF BULK MOBILE PHONESWE ARE |
| the unwanted junk from hitting your work | | | | EXPORTERS AND IMPORTERS OF GSM, TDMA, |
| emails.It's been my experience that some people | | | | AND CDMA |
| out there hand pick contact pages of potential | | | | PHONES. [CDMA Phones do not run the majority |
| victims, and therefore the email may be | | | | of African networks.] WE ARE ONE OF THE |
| somewhat individualised to your site. Your name, | | | | LEADING COMPANIES IN NIGERIAN |
| the site name, or similar content, may be | | | | COMMUNICATIONS SECTOR, AND WE GIVE |
| communicated within the email making it appear | | | | OUT OUR BEST IN SATISFYING OUR |
| somewhat legitimate. Be mindful of your email | | | | NUMEROUS CUSTORMERS. WE SELL IN BULK |
| accounts (contact pages) that are exposed to the | | | | AND AT A VERY CHEAP RATE.WE WILL LIKE |
| world wide web. Some smart scammers have | | | | TO USE THIS MEDIUM TO INTRODUCE TO YOU |
| created bots that will automatically harvest emails | | | | OUR VARIOUS PHONE BRANDS AND |
| that are sitting live on the web and input them | | | | ACCESSORIES LISTED IN OUR PRICE LIST. |
| into a spam list. Remember this when trying to | | | | THESE ITEMS ARE READY FOR SALE AND THE |
| determine whether something from the web is | | | | PRICE LIST IS AS GIVEN BELOW. WE WILL BE |
| legit.If an questionable email has contact | | | | WAITING AND READY TO ASSIST YOU IN ANY |
| information, Google it. If it's a legitimate company | | | | INFORMATION REQUIRED BY YOU, AND ALSO, |
| contacting you, they should have some type of | | | | WE ARE READY |
| online presence. I've noticed that the majority of | | | | TO DO BUSINESS WITH ANY COMPANY, |
| spam and scams have fake mail addresses, but | | | | INDIVIDUALS OR GROUP AS LONG AS THEY |
| no online address. Furthermore, emails usually | | | | ARE NOT FRAUDULENT. [Of course you |
| come from online web accounts like Yahoo!. Not | | | | wouldn't.]WE WILL SEND OUR RANGE OF |
| only can you search contact information, you can | | | | PRODUCTS AND PRICE LIST ON DEMAND.BEST |
| serach content as well. Chances are a webmaster | | | | REGARD.JULIAN JONES (MISS) |
| has posted the contents on a forum somewhere | | | | Email: [This email is different than the ones atop] |
| wondering about its legitimacy. I can't stress this | | | | For: CONSOLIDATED PHONES LTD.But two |
| enough, take 4 seconds and doabout the email | | | | examples of two spam/scam emails. Keep your |
| before you consider replying.With these simple | | | | eyes peeled webmasters!Barry Nagassar is owner |
| and quick tips you should be able to identify the | | | | and operator of DiscussWireless an online cell |
| majority of scam and spam emails. If in doubt, | | | | phone and PDA forum that provides the latest cell |
| delete. If something was important that you | | | | phone news, reviews, and cell phone fraud |
| deleted, or legitimate, the individual will likely try to | | | | discussion. Included is a comprehensive compare |
| contact you again. With this in mind, here are | | | | and shop section for the latest cellular and PDA |
| some examples of spam and scam emails from | | | | phones. Compare competitor prices in one |
| the cellular and technology industry, my | | | | location, or join the forum and post the latest |
| comments are in brackets.Subject: WE HAVE | | | | review or service provider issue. Complete cell |
| LOTS OF GSM/NEXTEL MOBILE PHONES AT | | | | phone fraud forum included. |