Email alert hoax scams want your money
The Email Alert Hoax, Scam or Fraud
Thankfully, most hoaxes are simply orchestrated for attention and to satisfy the pitiful need for publicity for the hoax creator. However, some hoaxes are intended to sucker you out of your money. These hoax scams are sent through email and the most popular form is the email alert hoax scam. When you receive an email alert hoax scam, you’re told that someone has been searching for your information in an online directory. Though this may actually seem quite helpful and far from a hoax scam, it surely is.
The Truth about Email Alert Hoax Scams
The catch with the email alert hoax scam is that you have to purchase a membership to the email sender’s website in order to find out the name of the person that has been searching for your information. Memberships to the hoax scam website can range in price from $15 to $45 and can be a one-time or recurring fee. If you were indeed granted the promised information, all would be well. However, according to the Hoax-Slayer.com, many people that actually do pay the required membership fee to the hoax scam websites aren’t given any valuable information at all. Essentially, joining the hoax scam website will be wasted money because no one has been “searching for your information.”
As you can see, hoax scams are devious and are truly only devised to scam you out of your money; hence the name hoax scam. If you ever receive an email that appears to be a hoax scam, don’t respond directly to the sender. Unfortunately, as of right now, there is no specific organization devoted to putting a stop to the email alert hoax scams of this sort. But, you can stop hoax scam websites from contacting you immediately by placing them on your email blacklist or simply blocking them. Help others as well by marking the email as spam and reporting to the email address which the hoax scam originated from to the spam control center of your email host.
