Monday 20 August 2007

Sweepstakes Scam


Junk mail
Originally uploaded by Fernando Miceli
When I was young, I would look at the pile of junk mail on our foyer table with delight. All those bright yellow and red envelopes, telling us we'd won thousands! I wondered why my mother was throwing them away, thinking of all the lonely Barbie dolls I would never call my own. Once I ripped one open and it told me to buy a bunch of magazines. I got seriously confused, because, if I had a million dollars, magazines would not be first on my list. Perhaps the jolly grey-haired grandpa in the photo thought that was a good idea for me, but I had bigger aspirations.

Forbes ran a great piece on avoiding Sweepstakes scams this week. It's a good read.

-LiliAna A.

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