Tips and Hints - Issue 5

Many of these TIPS are from email I received this week

SCAMS on the Internet are abundant these days. One of our readers got caught in the following mess recently – she was even arrested. Those sending these SCAMS advertise to be looking for a contact in the USA to receive and deposit checks to the bank. They pay in counterfeit checks, western union, Wal*Mart money orders etc. to be deposited into your account. Recipients are asked to withdraw part of the amount deposited to return it to the sender – minus of course what they say they owe you. By the time the bank realizes that the checks are fake, you have already sent some of your money. The ‘new employee’ then must find a way to pay the bank. This writer was even arrested – she was released, but others have not been so lucky. Some have even had to deal with prison time along with a damaged reputation. Her credit rating was also damaged.

Soooooo if an email ‘opportunity???’ sounds too good to be true rest assured it probably is. DELETE THAT EMAIL IMMEDIATELY – DO NOT OPEN IT, ANSWER OR CONVERSE WITH THIS TYPE OF EMAIL Friday morning I received an email offering to pay me incredible commissions for website advertising. I knew it was a fake because the amount of payment was too large for what they wanted me to do but I was curious. My friend Bonnie reads ‘legalize’ much better than I do and she found some fine print on their site that explained it was a pyramid scheme - no money if no sales result. In this case I was alerted to the SCAM mainly because the payment amount was way too large for anything legit. Sometimes the email offer sounds so normal. Another friend was renting rooms for students from overseas in her house and she too got scammed with phony over payment checks – she was then instructed to return the overages. Her lesson cost her more than she wanted to spend, but it was not a major amount.

BOTTOM LINE – NEVER RESPOND TO LOTTERY WINS OR TO ANY GET RICH QUICK SCHEMES or to other form of easy money on the ‘Net. You will come out on the losing end of things. Think about it – if you never bought a ticket to a lottery why would anyone consider giving you millions of dollars? OR Why would someone offer a complete stranger cash left in an inheritance.

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BIT MORE ON MAKING 411 CALLS – Agathe shared that those over age 65 in Canada can call Bell Canada and be exempt from fees in using 411. Her husband Yvon applied and has just been exempt from these charges. As Canadians we do not always come out on top in some things – why not give this tip a try?

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PROMOS THIS WEEK

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ARE YOU PLANNING TO BUY A PRE-OWNED RV? – Gas/Fuel and Maintenance costs to operate RV’s are on the rise. As a result many RVers decide to buy a unit that was a travel home to someone else. However if you are untrained on what to look for you can be making a huge mistake in the unit you chose. It helps to learn from the experts. Les Doll is a working RV tech from BC as well as author of an up front look at How to Avoid Costly little know buying problems. If the RV in your future will be a pre-owned unit, you owe it to yourself to read this book first.