Spam is the abuse of electronic messaging systems to send unsolicited bulk messages indiscriminately.

The percentage of spam originating from different countries is:

USA: 28.4%;
South Korea: 5.2%;
China (including Hong Kong): 4.9%;
Russia: 4.4%;
Brazil: 3.7%;
France: 3.6%;
Germany: 3.4%;
Turkey: 3.%;
Poland: 2.7%;
Great Britain: 2.4%;
Romania: 2.3%;
Mexico: 1.9%;
Other countries: 33.9%[9]

You can think of spammers as cheesy advertisers that use any means at their disposal to sell you something.

Scam is a "fraudulent business scheme" (noun) or "to deprive of by deceit" (verb).

A spammer and a scammer are two very different people. A spammer may be annoying but they are not necessarily trying to swindle you. A scammer will swindle you if they can get away with it. Also a scammer may use spam to make contact with their intended victim.

Types of scams:

Work-at-home schemes:

At best you pay a small fee and never get anything in return. At worst you unknowingly become part of a criminal operation. Such as the mystery shopper scheme where you are buying items with bad checks provided by the scammer. You could also be receiving stolen merchandise and if you give your boss your bank account information you could end up having your account cleaned out.

Dating scams:

A scammer pretends to be a sincere lonely person looking for someone to love but in reality it is a small business that is trying to get you to fall in love with an illusion so they can get you to send them money.

Money is a key object to know a scam. Different names and photos can be used. It's easy not to be caught in scam's spells. You can find a simple advice in these three words: "Don't send money".

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Telemarketing scam:

You are called and told that you have won a free gift and all you have to do is pay the shipping and handling. You will be pressured to act right away.

Here are some guidelines:

-Never give out your Social Security Number, credit card number, banking information, or date of birth if you have not initiated the call. Ask for contact information and return the call.

Online Scams:

The Internet has become a easy way to find and purchase the goods and services you want. However, it has also opened up a whole new way to scam consumers out of their hard-earned money.

Here are some guidelines to follow when doing business online:

· If you are not familiar with a seller, check them out. Search for
other sites with information about the company or check with the Better Business Bureau.
· Use a credit card for online transactions. If something goes wrong, you can dispute the charges.
· Check out a company's contact information before you do business with them.

"Nigerian" Scams:

You receive e-mails, faxes, or postal mail that offers you a large financial reward if you will help to transfer money out of Nigeria or another country. The sender asks you to pay a number of fees for a variety of reasons. You are promised repayment of those fees as well as a percentage of the millions of dollars you help to transfer.
The millions of dollars do not exist. And not only do you not ever
receive reimbursement for the fees, but you may have provided
information that will allow the scammer to place charges on your credit cards or clear out your bank account.

Important guidelines:

· Do not respond to any solicitations of this sort. Report them to the U.S. Secret Service or FBI.
· Be skeptical of offers of large sums of money for doing little or no work.
· Do not provide your personal information.