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Email communication,
though integral to the functioning of
astrofonix, leaves us open to spammers,
scammers, and worms. If you do see or experience
spam messages or bulk email then please let us
know at our support section of our site
click here and open a new ticket and select
the appropriate department.
Here are some
examples of scams which are sent bulk on the
net:
Overpayment scams.There
are several different scams to watch out for but
all are basically to do with overpayment for
your goods.
One scam works when you are contacted by someone
offering to pay for your item in full. They will
say that they are living in a different country
but that someone in such and such country owes
them money. They will offer to send you a cheque
for far more money than the actual price and
then ask you to send the difference with the
goods.
Another one works when the person who has agreed to buy your goods says a
mistake has been made and instead of $100 the cheque has been made out for
$1,000 and would you cash the cheque and send back the difference.
In both cases, the cheque will clear into your bank, only to be
stopped/refused weeks later. At this point, the Banks will take the full
cheque amount back out of your account. Not only will you have lost the
goods, you will be out of pocket for the amount of their original cheque
($1,000) and the amount you passed on as the difference ($900).
If this happens to you, contact your local police or law enforcement
Officer.
The Nigerian 419 scam emails.
The most familiar
Nigerian scam is an e-mail offering lots of free
money in exchange for helping someone with a
name like Barrister Richard Okoya. The offer
varies, but the theme is the same help a
downtrodden victim recover a large sum of money
trapped in an overseas bank, and you will be
rewarded handsomely.
Work at
home and business opportunity scams.Scammers
who used newspaper ads to promote the old
"work-at-home" scam are now plying their trade
via e-mail. They tempt victims by stating "no
experience necessary," promise high earnings and
claim to have inside information. These scammers
usually require victims to pay anywhere from $35
to several hundred dollars or more for
information, kits or materials that do not
provide the promised results.
Frequently, these schemes involve making
handicrafts, stuffing envelopes, medical
billing, or state, "Use your home PC to make
money fast in your spare time."
In
the handicraft making or envelope stuffing scam,
after paying fees and completing the assembly of
the products, victims are told their work is low
quality and unworthy of compensation.
Medical billing scams require victims to
purchase supplies and lists of doctors who,
inevitably don't exist or are not interested in
the service.
These are just some examples of some of the
scams you may be receiving.
We try to combat the spamsters on our site to
the best of our ability but if you do have any
concerns
or know of some circulating on our site then
please let us know by
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