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Going on internet? Hey, let's be careful out there!

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Vincent
Published date01 July 2022
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
Then there is a God fearing lady with two months to live in Burkina Faso who has asked me to process $8 million to good causes (with a generous percentage to myself for my trouble), several young females who regularly offer to send discreet photographs and Carmen who head-hunted me to become a home based executive company representative (just send my details)

I must be on a good luck streak because the offers keep flooding in. A cure for diabetes, click this link for a tax rebate, Amazon has said I qualify for a $750 gift voucher (send my details), plus the investment opportunity of a lifetime, if I have a spare 10 grand lying around, that gives a guaranteed 20% return by next Friday.

It appears the internet is full of friendship, bonhomie and amazing offers. Shame they're not true.

My pal Bryan suspected something was wrong when he received a message from Ian.

"Hi. How are you?" Which sounded odd as he had been with him in the pub the night before. "How's the family?" Also odd. Followed by: "I've discovered a real investment opportunity that I didn't want you to miss."

Investment opportunity? Ian's only investments are bets on the horses.

They all sound like daft scams but they actually work often enough to make them worthwhile. The internet is alive with them on emails, messages and social media. Booking a holiday villa? Take care or you could discover a genuine website has been cloned and, despite paying two grand in advance, you've...

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