When internet first came around the only spam I worried about was the kind coming from websites that planted cookies on your computer if you clicked on their ads. Now companies have gone further in their technical know-how and engineer zipped files than get through spam guards. Here are a couple of spam scenarios to avoid like the plague.
- If you get a notice that you have receives a package in the mail from France and are required to click on the attachment to sign a form, delete the file immediately. This is a phising scam that will identify your computer if you click on the attachment or it will release a virus. People should know whether they're expecting a package from France in the first place.
- Beware if you receive a notice from hotmail saying they will delete your account with them because it has been inactive for sometime, unless you click on a link to notify them it is still be used. Hotmail would not contact you in this manner and the company does not need to advise people of a limitation of space by requiring them to click on a link in a separate notice mailing.
- There are also scams generated by companies posing as Paypal, Ebay and the like enticing people to verify their accounts in order that they stay active. I am sure that these companies do not notify people in this manner. The same can be said for credit card companies where yours truly advised people what to do about any suspected phishing scam.
- Banks also do not advise people to open up strange links in order to verify their ownership of certain accounts. Banks do not solicit over the internet and if anything would send a snail mail warning.
