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REALITY CHECK:
TRUST:
Do you distrust others for potentially harbouring the same self-serving motives as you?
Protect Yourself From Scams
A Little Advice To Make You Think Twice.
It's been proven that corporations and politicians are frequently the perpetuators of massive economic fraud and opportunistic deceptions. They can generate billions in revenue, as invading Iraq has done for Haliburton and other companies close to the Bush Administration, and they can also ruin many lives to enrich the already wealthy, as the Enron debacle proved. Yet civilian level scams are probably the most common and directly harmful to us.
The internet has helped to publicize many of the common scams. They include getting fake emails from people pretending to be a company that we do business with. They'll ask us for personal information which they'll use to invade our computers, use our credit cards or even steal our identity. Legitimate companies don't ask for personal information via email, but until everyone knows this fact, there will always be people too naive, trusting, or too distracted to investigate further and protect themselves from such scams.
