it is not unusual for me to receive hundreds of emails in my yahoo mailbox everyday and some of these may be from readers of my blog with their queries.
but i can safely say the vast majority of these emails (>90%) are purely unsolicited belonging to the spam category but within these, there are the more insidious kind with incredulous claims like being the winner of a $100 million lottery, sharing in the wealth of a dignitary/monarch of a faraway country who has passed away with no beneficiaries, how to get super rich in one day, grow your ahem, ahem by a few inches, and what not, etc.
lately, there have been emails of another kind like numerous facebook friend requests and messages purportedly from facebook prompting u to retrieve a lost message from a facebook friend. being the gullible person that i am (yes, seriously), i tried to open the emails and my gatekeeper (internet security suite) flashes me a warning that the message is embedded with all kinds of malware.
my comments:
my advice to all readers is simple, and my email always comes with this disclaimer which says:
The contents of any e-mail may contain viruses that may damage your computer system. Although this e-mail and attachments have been checked for the presence of computer viruses, we cannot be held responsible for any viruses or other material transmitted with or as part of this e-mail. In accordance with good computing practice, you should carry out your own virus check before opening any e-mail messages.
that's right, do make sure your computing is always updated with the latest internet security protection.
but more importantly, there is a very simple solution which is just press the delete button and u will have saved yourself any heartaches and money.
but relating this to the world of insurance, your finances and financial advisors, my best advice is caveat emptor or latin for let the buyer beware. and if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is just that, too good to be true!
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