Anthony Morrison: Anthony Morrison wants to remind you that each year the number or scams, money lost, and people who are victims of scam grows exponentially. Some of the factors that make internet scams so popular are: the internet provides scammers anonymity. This is what scam artists are counting on, that no one will know who they are.  Another factor is that the cost to produce a scam on the internet is very low. Scam websites and e-mails are very easy and cheap to create. This also makes the internet a good place to proliferate with scam.  This is another attractive feature that scam artist find very attractive about the internet.  The other factor that makes the internet so attractive for scam is the possibility to rapidly expand a scam. Due to the possibilities of connection that the internet offers; scammers are always on the look for new ways to attract possible victims. The internet provides scammers with a way to reach literally millions of people who they can scam. Many internet users are unaware of common scams and that makes them the perfect scam victims. Believe it or not, most of the scams that you can find online are also found in the real world. Sometimes these scams are complex in their schemes and therefore very difficult to detect; and due to the low cost and speed of the internet these scams can be spread like a plague.  Anthony Morrison concludes: “There is something that I heard recently that caught my attention – If there is a scam on the real world but is not yet on the internet, just wait 2 hours”. Anthony Morrison recommends that you read his other posts about how to stay safe from scam.

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