"The side effects of Spam"

The big issue with spam isn’t the annoying solicitation for our business, but what comes out of it once they obtain our vital information. In most cases once you’ve gave you information to spam mail they will use it against you especially if they have your bank information they will make unwanted charges to it and may even steal your identity. Most of these spam emails are truly thieves in disguise who portray themselves as trustable sellers and once you exchange that vital information you come to find out you product never arrives and there are five charges on your card. This is happening more and more with weight loss products such as diet pill offers, male enhancement pills, property for sale and the list goes on. I believe as consumers we have to be smart and educate each other about what kind of information we shouldn’t be putting on the internet because all it takes is a name and a card number and bye-bye identity. According to the survey results, by the Federal Trade Commissions “Fifty-two percent of all ID theft victims, approximately five million people in the last year, discovered that they were victims of identity theft by monitoring their accounts. Another twenty six percent - approximately 2.5 million people - reported that they were alerted to suspicious account activity by companies such as credit card issuers or banks. Eight percent reported that they first learned when they applied for credit and were turned down” Looking at those numbers makes it even more real I believe most people don’t understand how spam can seriously affect one’s life. It is a lot more serious that we think spam leads to identity theft. With the internet booming out of control we must be aware of what we are putting out there and protect ourselves from those thieves in disguise, the spamers.