Avoiding Email Scams
Unsolicited commercial email, or “spam,” is the starting point for many email scams. Before the advent of email, scammers had to contact each potential victim individually by post, fax, telephone, or through direct personal contact. These methods would often require a significant investment in time and money. To improve the chances of contacting susceptible victims, the scammer might have had to do advance research on the “marks” he or she targeted.