There are two words that every one who has ever tried going online encounter: SCAM and SPAM.
What's the difference?
Well, according to the online edition of Merriam Webster Dictionary a SCAM is "a fraudulent or deceptive act or operation" while SPAM means "unsolicited, usually commercial e-mail sent to a large number of addresses".
A scammer is out to get your money or any vital information about you by promising you the sun, the moon and the stars; heck even the entire galaxy! They try to sweet talk you to pull out your credit card ... then milk you dry. They promise you a diamond then give you a worthless piece of glass.
A spammer sends those ads that you receive in your email. You always wonder how were they able to get your email addy without you subscribing to their list.
Are all spam scams? Not necessarily. Most of those who spam offer legitimate products. If you are into sales you know that it is a numbers game. So if you blast your campaign to a million and only 1% of that buys from you, then that is still 10,000 customers.
Do all scammers resort to spam? No. There are different ways on how to deceive a person online, and spamming is just one of them. A very popular one is from someone who proclaims that you can get XXXXX amount of money (usually in millions) because somebody died. The problem is, it is kept in a bank somewhere and the only way for you to get it is by providing information about you. Tsk ... tsk ... tsk...
So spammers are not all scammers and scammers are not all spammers.
If you want to know if a company or money making opportunity online is legitimate just type on your browser window "company name + scam".
Hope this helps ...
What's the difference?
Well, according to the online edition of Merriam Webster Dictionary a SCAM is "a fraudulent or deceptive act or operation" while SPAM means "unsolicited, usually commercial e-mail sent to a large number of addresses".
A scammer is out to get your money or any vital information about you by promising you the sun, the moon and the stars; heck even the entire galaxy! They try to sweet talk you to pull out your credit card ... then milk you dry. They promise you a diamond then give you a worthless piece of glass.
A spammer sends those ads that you receive in your email. You always wonder how were they able to get your email addy without you subscribing to their list.
Are all spam scams? Not necessarily. Most of those who spam offer legitimate products. If you are into sales you know that it is a numbers game. So if you blast your campaign to a million and only 1% of that buys from you, then that is still 10,000 customers.
Do all scammers resort to spam? No. There are different ways on how to deceive a person online, and spamming is just one of them. A very popular one is from someone who proclaims that you can get XXXXX amount of money (usually in millions) because somebody died. The problem is, it is kept in a bank somewhere and the only way for you to get it is by providing information about you. Tsk ... tsk ... tsk...
So spammers are not all scammers and scammers are not all spammers.
If you want to know if a company or money making opportunity online is legitimate just type on your browser window "company name + scam".
Hope this helps ...
There are really a lot of scams right now, some people see the recession as an opportunity to lure the many employees laid off from their jobs. tsktsk..
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