<?xml version="1.0"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
<channel>
<title>Switched - Comments for </title>
<link>http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</link>
<description>Switched Comments for </description>
<image>
<url>http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif</url>
<title>Switched</title>
<link>http://www.switched.com</link>
</image>
<language>en-us</language>
<copyright>Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.</copyright>
<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</guid><description><![CDATA[How fitting.  The first for replies to this blog are all from slobbering spammers with websites that I'm sure are there to scam people.  I'm amazed that moron who claims she's in love with Mr. Power Colon Blow or whatever her fake product is hasn't posted yet.  Oh well, what can one expect, the spammers and con artists are so blatant that they will post on a website about how to detect scams.  They should add this:<br><br>11)  Never, EVER buy or go to any URL posted on a blog, 9 times out of 10 it's spam and/or contains a virus.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blurgle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 26th 2009 6:34AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</guid><description><![CDATA[Blurgle, you are so right. I don't understand why these posts aren't pulled. When there is the option to report them I always do, but never get any results. I wonder if it's this bad on Yahoo, MSN, etc. I may start getting my news and info there. I've had more Colon Blow than I can stand. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[disgusted]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 26th 2009 7:24AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</guid><description><![CDATA[AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[DCMGWHH]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 26th 2009 7:39AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</guid><description><![CDATA[Don't forget the Nigerian bank scam.  This happens a lot when you list an item for sale  or offer to rent an apartment or house on Criagslist.  You will get an email from a person who is definitely going to buy your item or rent your place.  They will then send you a bogus check / money order FOR MORE THAN THE AMOUNT REQUIRED and will ask that you wire or send the difference back to them.  THESE ARE INCREDIBLY EASY TO SPOT ONCE YOU'RE AWARE THAT THIS HAPPENS.  When talking about buying what you're selling, they'll usually refer to it as "your item" and they'll invariable giving some song and dance about why they want your apartment but are currently living in the UK, etc.  Now there are Americans who are trying this, and they will mention the name of the item you're selling, but it "will be picked up by my drivier, shipping company, etc" and you again must send back the extra amount from their check / money order.  Don't fall for this! ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen Kinnane]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 26th 2009 6:43AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</guid><description><![CDATA[lol i get it they wnat our money so they don`t ahve to work that is easy and they think americans or stupid in the fact that most of the americans wnat soemthing for nothing if you send them a few hundred then they will send you millions now that is funny but yes i do get it and if say 1 million americans sned them a few hundred then they are millionars them selves and don`t ahve to do anything for it so yes i get it and like i posted i tell them sorry but if u think i am gonna send you any money then yuo are NUTSSSSSSSSSSSS lol]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[david]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 26th 2009 8:17AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</guid><description><![CDATA[what all the phishing scam from FedEx, UPS & DHL..Bank drafts,ATM cards that they have and need security keeping fees(SCAM). and beware of Barclays Bank plc, HSBC. Central Bank Of Nigeria. Mrs Farida Warizi of Efcc of Nigeria. U.S.Customs & Border Patrol and HomeLand Security ...the list can go on forever!  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[michael]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 26th 2009 8:58AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</guid><description><![CDATA[  michael you are right about what you are saying . I am getting email from all of them, even the FBI are in on it. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JJJSWN2aol.com]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 26th 2009 7:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</guid><description><![CDATA[Is the Irony here lost on everyone but me?<br><br>An article all about web scams and in the comments section are a million different comments trying to get you to go to a website so they can con you.......<br><br>Also, the average American doesn't know the difference between "your" and "you're" or have any idea what proper grammar is, so that isn't really something to go by.  <br><br>I'm sure I've illustrated my point by making some sort of grammatical error in this comment]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dude]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 26th 2009 7:44AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</guid><description><![CDATA[dude (and I mean that literally for a change), that's exactly why I'm always telling my kids to pay attention to their grammar and spelling. Where bad writing once just made a person look somewhat ignorant, now it also makes them look like a Nigerian Internet scammer. <br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Coop]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 26th 2009 9:34AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</guid><description><![CDATA[dude -- I agree with Coop.  If someone doesn't know the difference between "your" and "you're," then how did he graduate from high school?  That's pretty basic English.  Besides poor writing skills and poor grammatical usage, the other thing going on these days that makes kids look stupid is that most of them print everything, instead of writing things in cursive.  We got letter grades in "handwriting" through the sixth grade.  Has that gone by the wayside too?  All of these things add up to create adults who can't see through scammers.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Byrd908]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 26th 2009 10:42AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</guid><description><![CDATA[Coop - Wow, "YOUR NICE." ..."YOUR a friendly guy"...that drives me crazy. The other ones: "I hope I don't loose my purse."  and "Looks like it's Mother" (not so much the last one)<br><br>really sickening computer slang from hell:<br><br>'puter<br>'siggy <br>'addy<br> <br>Are those terms used by people who just got their first computer and want some MySpace cred?  - hurl -<br><br>I am thinking about starting a blog regarding the slow death of the English language. I would go looking for a horrifically botched comment, from some bulletin board or a particularly scary post from somewhere, giving it the "Anyways Award" of the Day. Lord knows I'd have enough to work with. =D<br>the day. Print this comment, so you don't loose it. Later!<br><br>Nik]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[northside66]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 15th 2010 9:00AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</guid><description><![CDATA[why can't one of those computor geniuses develope a program that will burn up those spammers computor when they reply to a scam.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[lonnie bauer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 26th 2009 8:04AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</guid><description><![CDATA[probably because they are the scammers, (some of them anyways)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[catandy6469]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 26th 2009 1:35PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</guid><description><![CDATA[I agree: Why bother to run a story like this one and then have the messge board littered with SPAM and scam messages??? Filters AOL....FILTERS<br><br>And Question:<br>   Are there REALLY people out there who don't already know this stuf????]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sunny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 26th 2009 8:01AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</guid><description><![CDATA[Internet providers do have the capabilities to identify spams. Instead of intercepting and destroying them, they let the spams get through.<br>It is a disservice to the public.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[S. Myint]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 26th 2009 8:06AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</guid><description><![CDATA[I agree with you, S.Myint. These providers do need to filter out this spam instead of sending it on through. We pay enough to use their services so we should be protedted. Why do we pay for protection we don"t get? I am fed up.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 26th 2009 8:25AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</guid><description><![CDATA[i get the nigerian bank scam and i tell them if u think for 1 min. i am gonna send you any money your NUTS i don`t send my money anywhere i am sorry that people fall into that trap but i ammm not one of them and also they have a malware out tht will lock up your computer and will not let you open anything a page will open to put your credit info in and when or if you do they have it that page disapears and never to be seen again the only fix for this is to find combofix and malwarebytes transfer it to a thumb drive and run combofix first and then run malwarebytes and it will tace care of that problem]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[david]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 26th 2009 8:08AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</guid><description><![CDATA[David:  If you reply to any of these scammers, even to tell them you're too smart to fall for their scam, you are guaranteed to receive a flood of more phishing expeditions, because you have just let the scumbag know that he has hit a live emaill address -- and he will sell it to others.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[rwa325]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 26th 2009 1:09PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</guid><description><![CDATA[It kills me that AOL doesn't care enough to ban and/or remove these spamming comments. Honesty, they're an eyesore. They need to do something about it before everyone starts swiching to Yahoo!, MSN, and other sites you get your daily [world] news from. I don't care about the fact that people will start swiching, but they will lose their business and it'll be all their fault.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[EarthlyKayla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 26th 2009 8:12AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/10/26/10-ways-to-spot-an-e-mail-scam/</guid><description><![CDATA[I have a yahoo address(7 yrs old)and an aol address(only a few months old). I get a lot   of spam on the yahoo address especially the Nigerian and UK ones even with a spam filter and an automatic dump on bulk mail; absolutely none on the aol address.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[silverrider2009]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 2nd 2009 10:29AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>