Don't send me e-mail forwards about "Bill Gates is giving away his fortune and..." or e-mails that have anything to do with any financial scheme in Nigeria, or any off shore country that promises instant riches. Don't respond to anything that promises to save you money on your medicine, and if you aren't a member of the bank or credit union sending you an alert, don't even bother to open it up.
If an e-mail is legit, and from a banking institution that you belong to, then they will have your name on file, and address you accordingly. Never respond to an e-mail link to another site, no matter how authentic it appears, and never give out any personal info.
You would think that this post was unnecessary, but I have been receiving several "get rich quick" type e-mail scams from internet savvy users, who just want to believe that they will get $240 for every e-mail they forward, or that they have won an internet sweepstakes that they never entered. That's just not going to happen.
The internet in general and e-mail in particular, can be a useful and wonderful method of maintaining contact with family and friends. But I would much prefer to hear about your family or that new job, over just forwards, and maybe, if you're a Detroit Lions Fan, you can vent over the latest loss, or speculate as to when we will get our next victory. (Next week against the Saints, no sweat it's in the bag.)
Drumcoach
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Yeah, I'm getting sick of junk mail forwards as well...almost as much as the porn forwards and advertisements.
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