The Internet

Pub's Note on the Internet: Most of us, if we aren’t just now crawling out of our caves for the first time, understand that if a Nigerian big shot needs your help to move a large sum of money out of the country, it is a scam. And they are coming out with new ones everyday.

"Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy,

you must have somebody to share it with."

We know not to trust people who ask for our social security numbers or tax IDs, we know not to give out our banking information and we know not to download, buy or even look at suspicious things we get in email. If it says free, be specially careful.

The Internet has made us all a bit more wary of being scammed but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t a few cons out there taking in otherwise bright intelligent people. When presented with any deal, stop for a minute and try to figure out what the other side gets out of it.

"The House Of The Rising Sun" by The Animals

If you think about the deals you are offered, your odds of getting suckered goes down drastically. In the end, the reason people get taken in by scams isn’t because they are stupid or foolish, but because they didn’t think for one crucial moment and made a bad decision. That can happen to any of us and that is why we have to always be on our guard.

When it comes to deals that are too good to be true, they almost always are. And some Credit Card companies are in the deal too. Be very careful. Of course, this also means that some people don't trust our blogosphere. "You are doing this for free?" Yes, I know, it cannot be true. Be careful, just ask around and you will find out, and you will come to your own delusions.