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Online Romance Scams

This afternoon Wayne surprised me and came home from work early. Thank goodness I had just woken up from my nap. He’d tease me mercilessly if he found me conked out on the couch. (He thinks that’s what I do all day as it is, which I do sometimes, but not always. But he’d never believe me if he actually caught me in the act.) At any rate, he’d had CPE (Continuing Professional Education) training for half the day. Instead of going in to the office for only a few hours, he opted to skip the drive and come home … Continue reading →

Watch out for Scams in your Inbox!

Scams are everywhere, and they may even haunt your Inbox. In fact, I had a wonderful example of scam in my Inbox the other day. It was from South Africa and looked similar to the one below: —– It is my pleasure to contact you ….I need your help…I was left a ton of money and need your help. Now I have decided to invest these money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside XXXX for security and political reasons. I want you to help assist me claim and retrieve these fund from the Fiduciary Fund Holders and transfer … Continue reading →

Giving your email out on message boards

As a moderator to a few message boards, I often see people say “email me with more info!” Ohh! This is not a good idea for many, many reasons. 1.)Spammers. Email harvesters spend time combing message boards looking for email addresses to add to their list to either spam or sell. All that means for you is more junk mail. 2.)Solicitors. Now you have invited anyone and everyone to solicit you with their information. These people will email you once hoping you’ll respond. Though some of what you get will be legit, you will get a ton of scams sent … Continue reading →

Scams (Identifying email scams)

You will find a ton of information on avoiding scams all over the internet, yet people fall for them all the time. I wanted to share some tips that will help you identify a scam. In reality, a scam is usually pretty obvious. It looks like a great opportunity that you can’t believe you have actually come across something this great! However, there is always a little something that tugs at your conscious like paying for information, giving them money for a background check, or cashing a check and transferring funds. EMAIL JOB OFFERS SCENARIO 1: You get an email … Continue reading →

How Do You Know If You’ve Got a Good Idea?

Every small business (and large corporations too, for that matter) starts with an idea. A little inkling of an idea that you might have for the type of business you see yourself operating. I don’t know about you, but I knew that I wanted to work on my own long before I knew exactly what to do or how to do it. And there were dozens of little ideas along the way before I landed in the place where I am at. How do you know if you have an idea, talent, the resources, energy, etc. that you can turn … Continue reading →

The Hype!

You see the ads all over: *Make $1000 your first week! *Don’t miss out on vacations, cars and financial freedom. *Never “work” again! *Make tons of money, no selling! You go to the website to find out more and all you find are words, pictures of people on vacation, in front of a dream home, on a beach, more words, a few quotes from those who made it rich in one week; all painting a picture of living the life of luxury without having to lift a finger! The only way to find out more is to fill out a … Continue reading →