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The hoaxes found on the internet or e-mail primarily share one thing - they are false! Some of the more common e-mail hoaxes try to get you to pass on an e-mail to others or try to separate you from your money. Others just try to scare you.
One of the more frequent scams is often refered to as the Nigerian or 419 scan. This where someone sends out an e-mail saying that someone else needs your help in transfering money out of their country, often Nigeria, and needs your bank account information so they can send the funds to you. For your help, you will receive a portion of the funds. Sometimes, the catch is that in order to setup the transfer, you will need to transfer some money to them first. This is one way that these scam artists get their money from you. Another way is simply to transfer money from your account with out your permission.
Many popular hoaxes (scams?) center around getting people to pass on an e-mail that some company is monitoring and that company will supposedly pay those who pass on the e-mail some reward for doing so. The capability to do this does not exist at this time! Some of the more popular versions of this hoax have very well know names attached to them, such as Microsoft, Disney and so on.
As this web page is updated, we will continue to explore this topic and some of the known hoaxes.
For now, don't believe everything you read. If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
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