Cunning Cons

Sid says there are things you can do to prevent yourself from falling victim to scam artists:
 

• Be suspicious of any e-mail that comes from a company but has a Yahoo or a Hotmail address, instead of the company's address.
  
• Be suspicious of correspondence asking you for money.
  
• If you take a check to the bank, make sure you wait until the bank hears that the funds have been collected. Do not just let them tell you the check has cleared.