too good to be true

I get emails from my mom on a regular basis informing me that a long lost relative in Nigeria has left us a BUH-zillion dollars. All we have to do is send him $20,000. OR I need to send my name and business card to help out the someone ... etc Sometimes, it's something new and I don't know if it's true or not.

I laugh - then head over to Snopes

in a nutshell - if it sounds too good to be true, it is! Bill Gates will NOT give you $1 for every email, People you know will NOT leave you a buh-zillion dollars and FBI does not trace your keystokes.

BUT if you visit my advertisers I'll thank you! ;)

Here's a really useful site if you're curious about big websites and engineered phishing attacks
SiteTruth Phishing Report