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 I get these things all the time. I fail to see why people fall for them. If someone sends me a bill I do not owe through the mail, do I pay it? Of course not. The basic lesson, not to trust any transaction you did not personally initiate, has not been well recieved with the American public. Consumer Reports latest survey puts the tally at $7 billion dollars lost to phishing, and other scams, over the past two years. Sigh... this can easily be avoided, employing common sense. VNUNET Reports... A million US victims lost "billions of dollars" to email phishing scams in the past two years, new research has warned. According to Consumer Reports's latest State of the Net survey, American consumers lost more than $7 billion over the last two years to viruses, spyware, and phishing scams. Additionally, the survey shows that consumers face a one in four chance of succumbing to an online threat, a number that has slightly decreased since last year. Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites           
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