Helpful and warning tips about emails

Hi all,

I thought I'd sit down and write some stuff about all the crap we receive in emails and in fact ... visiting websites we know nothing about.

I am very basic..so I don't claim to know everything but I'd save my readers trouble by offering what I do know.

1. Any email claiming to want to give you money...  is 99.9% likely  a scam.  Don't fall for it! Even if you are smart enough to NEVER send money to one of these people .... they still will sell your email addy to anyone willing to buy it for pennies. Nothing in life is free! Or 99.9% of the time. Not worth the effort and most times .... you'll be sorry if you follow up on these offers for obvious reason.

2. Visiting a website of unknown trust ... invites virus.... worms.. trojans.. and a number of other nasty things that can happen.

3. On a personal note... I never send out emails that are not first sent to me asking a reply. That said... many unscrupulous email spammers somehow (beyond my understanding or I'd stop it) .. send out emails that may seem to be from my website addresses .... or other website addresses you might trust ... and they are not from us.

4. If you receive an email from what looks like its your banking institution and it is asking you verify something in your account, do not follow the link in the email but rather visit your bank through a bookmark link or by typing in the website name into the address window and hitting enter, but never by a link provided in an email.