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ELLEN JOY C. CAYABA
Common E-mail Scams: You Won, Your Bank Account is Suspended, You Can Be My Heir
Ellen Joy C. Cayaba is a prize-winning blogger who writes about motherhood, parenting, home businesses, home management, home design, blogging, online earning opportunities, and family and child rearing. She also features health-related issues and technology and gadget updates every now and then. In 2011, her blog www. mommysurvival. info was recognized as one of the Top 10 Emerging blogs in the Philippines.
Did you ever get an email saying that you have won a huge amount of cash, a car, or a house and lot? Have you ever received an e-mail noting that your bank account has been suspended? What about e-mails from old men or women noting that you could inherit their huge amount of money? These e-mails are among the most common types of scam so you have to be cautious when responding to such.
When you get a Winning Notification email, do not respond unless you are sure that you have joined the giveaway or contest mentioned in the e-mail. If you frequently join tons of contests and you are no longer sure what you have joined or not, do a background check on the supposed contest you have won. Check
with the company if they do have such types of contests. You should also never give confidential information which can be used for identity theft. These include your full name, birthday, home address, mobile and telephone numbers – and most especially your bank account numbers. Some scammers would ask you to send them a certain amount of cash or they may require you to open a new account and send them a check or something, before they will supposedly send your huge winning amount. Don’ t do anything.
The same applies when you receive emails noting that you can inherit or transfer a huge amount of cash from some aging man or woman – who supposedly wants to spend their money on humanitarian purposes,
32 PEOPLE MANAGER I January 2013