How to Identify a Scam Email

Remember the good-old days, when a Nigerian Prince would offer you riches beyond belief if youd just help him get some of his ill-gotten gains out of the country? That prince hasnt e-mailed me in years. Hes been replaced by a wide variety of scam tales, all of them just as hell-bent on making you do things youre sure to regret later on.

Just the other day, a new scam e-mail arrived in my inbox. Though it was from someone I didnt know, the subject line didnt give it away. It said simply, ATL INVITATION. No misspellings, no histrionics. The capitalization, though, did the trick and got my attention.

On the other hand, the email itself was ridiculously brazen,…
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