[tbeltrans]

I, too, agree that it is likely most of these email scams come from outside the US. However, I also believe that there are plenty of folks within the US looking for ways to scam you via the internet. A lot of the scammy phone calls sound as if they are from other parts of the world, especially from India, such as those posing to be a Microsoft representative wanting access to your computer to "fix" it. My point is simply to be careful all the time with these folks. When you are scammed, it doesn't matter where they are from, you are simply scammed.

The poster who expressed concern about identify theft as his primary concern is, I think, put his concern in the right area. It is relatively easy for most people of average intelligence to spot a scam, but identity theft is a whole other story.

Tony