http://chris.pirillo.com/how-to-protect-yourself-from-scams-2/ News and Reviews! Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Hardware Addict, Software Junkie, Book Author, Once TV Show Host, Technology Enthusiast, Shameless Self-Promoter, Tech Conference Coordinator, Early Adopter, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Media Personality, Technology Consultant, Thicker Quicker Picker Upper. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://chris.pirillo.com/how-to-protect-yourself-from-scams-2/#comment-699859 Vaughn Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:22:07 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=11014#comment-699859 Scams are getting pretty bad now. I get all kinds of scamming Emails to. Scams are getting pretty bad now. I get all kinds of scamming Emails to.

]]> http://chris.pirillo.com/how-to-protect-yourself-from-scams-2/#comment-699453 Zenova Hahn Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:11:51 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=11014#comment-699453 Every day I get a half dozen e-mails telling me I've won a foreign lottery or asking for help to get money out of Africa. I wonder who falls for these things, but someone must or they wouldn't keep doing it. Every day I get a half dozen e-mails telling me I’ve won a foreign lottery or asking for help to get money out of Africa. I wonder who falls for these things, but someone must or they wouldn’t keep doing it.

]]> http://chris.pirillo.com/how-to-protect-yourself-from-scams-2/#comment-699288 Arturo Servin Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:23:06 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=11014#comment-699288 Scammers have been always there, they are just changing how to make the scam. In the past was postal mail or by phone as your dad. Then e-mail like the Nigerian scam. Probably today is social networks and twitter (or micro-blogging) is gonna be next. But, that is our nature. We humans tend to evaluate risk vs. benefit, and we are greedy. So we are a little blind as well and that is why we fall in scams. So little to lose and too much to win, but rarely we will win (except for the scammer). Bruce Schneier has a very interesting post in his blog about this "risk assessment", unfortunately I cannot find it. Scammers have been always there, they are just changing how to make the scam. In the past was postal mail or by phone as your dad. Then e-mail like the Nigerian scam. Probably today is social networks and twitter (or micro-blogging) is gonna be next.
But, that is our nature. We humans tend to evaluate risk vs. benefit, and we are greedy. So we are a little blind as well and that is why we fall in scams. So little to lose and too much to win, but rarely we will win (except for the scammer).
Bruce Schneier has a very interesting post in his blog about this “risk assessment”, unfortunately I cannot find it.

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