Now, we all know there are plenty of scams on the net. From the old standard Nigerian prince that needs to launder some money through you to the free 1000" TV you just won. Now, there are a couple new scams to be aware of. Both of which are fairly amusing for someone like me, who knows that there's nothing to be scared of.

The first is the African Yorkie puppy dog scam. These guys over in Africa are actually sending out emails threatening people that if they don't buy a Yorkie from them for $15k, they'll kill some Yorkies. For one, I'm a dog lover, I love animals, but Yorkies irritate me. Second, I can buy many, many Yorkies for $15k. Third, if you've been on the net as long as I have you can see this as a crap scam from a mile away. Think about it, Yorkies in Africa? What are they doing, roaming the savannah with the lions? Look people, don't fall for stupid crap like this.

The second scam is this one. It is a death threat stating that if you don't send some stupid amount of money to this person, they're gonna kill you. I'm a redneck. My response to this might be "bring it on, I'll be waiting with my shotgun". For some reason, I never get scam emails... damnit. I get left out of all the fun. Again, this is dumb. If someone wanted to kill you, they damn sure wouldn't email you about it. For one, that would give investigators WAY too much info to go on AND make it a first degree offense. No one's going to kill you if they email you about it. Calm down.

There's always someone wanting to make a buck without working for it. These lowlives that think they can push people around on the internet need to be ignored, don't play into their game.

But of course, I'm sure my readers know better. Tell your friends, though.

EDIT:: These scams have actually hit kinda close to home, I've heard of two people lately that have experienced these scams, one a peice. Read about it here. While you're at it, check out Steve Mallard's (who is mentioned in the article) technical blog, cool blog with lots of valuable information.