Comments on: Beware of Common Internet Scams and Frauds

By: sunny

sunny — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 19:00:06 +0000

once i was trapped in email scams thanx for your post

By: mangesh

mangesh — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 18:58:17 +0000

thanks srikanth sir i have read many post of yours you are just great

By: Asanabs

Asanabs — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:54:30 +0000

May be you should take the lead to try to correct the wrong. Isn’t that what it should be about? If you agree that its not right to make such reference then do something about it knowing that a journey of a thousand miles only starts with a step. Please use your power to change the tagging on your site to show the way to others.

Does it make it right to do something you have acknowledged to be improper because others are doing same?

I am mindful that you cannot be pushed here, I am rather making a passionate plea to you to help us Nigerians who are working hard to change the wrong perceptions people have about us.

Thanks so much.

By: Srikanth

Srikanth — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 05:51:49 +0000

@ Asanabs

Since most such scams are being mainly reported to be from Nigeria, it is termed as Nigerian scam. However I agree with you that it may not be right to blame the country itself, but this is the term most people use on the Internet. So as obvious I have used the same term here also. I am sorry if I had hurt anyone’s feelings

By: Asanabs

Asanabs — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:55:34 +0000

Hello Srikanth
Its a pleasure to read your tips.
I just want to let you be aware that what you have labelled as “Nigerian” scam is misleading. This type of scam is called “advanced fee” scam. Indeed, most perpetrators have been known to be Nigerians; however, it is not right to schackle a whole country to a fraud committed by a few crooks. In calling it “Nigerian” scam you have absolved other participants (even the victims are involved in the scam)from other countries who do commit this type of fraud.

To buttress my point, you have listed “Lottery” scam which is mostly perpetrated by Europeans (especially UK) but failed to list it as “UK or European” scams. Please be careful in the way you label things or actions of a few people so that you don’t drag the name of a whole nation into a negative pit.

By your name you may be from Asia. There are a few crooked Asians in Nigeria who are sucking the country dry in collaboration with crooked Nigerians.

Please remove this DEROGATORY tag and be kind and balanced in your approach to labelling in the future.

I thank God for your wealth of knowledge and will continue to enjoy your writings

By: ds

ds — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:01:01 +0000

hi sri, ur posts r fantastic.here is a request: pls post on: how to protect our privacy of yahoo and gmail.. I.e., others should not monitor our activities, updates,ungoogable, etc.thanks in advance.
Also, how to get free gprs/3g(bsnl).

By: Praban

Praban — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 03:38:08 +0000

Thanks for helping me…

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