LALLOUZ INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE

MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL

It takes all sorts to make a world

First things first

Better the Devil you know (than the Devil you don't)

Money doesn't grow on trees

Look before you leap

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

As the saying goes

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty

Forewarned is forearmed

Better safe than sorry

The best defense is a good offense

It's too late to close the stable door after the horse has bolted

It goes without saying

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing

There's one born every minute

... don’t let it be you!

-Contessa Rhonda von Sternberg

I simply couldn’t believe my good fortune. Imagine... me, the winner of $800,000.00 US Currency! Whatever will I do with all of this money? Truth would have it that I am well aware of such scams. The question remains, “Are you?” Millions of people worldwide are taken in by such fraudulence, especially the elderly. Such swindles can travel via regular post, but are growing especially popular in the Internet world.

How tempted one may feel at the miniscule sum of $300.00 comparative to a gargantuan Bank Draft of nearly ONE MILLION DOLLARS!

Although many of us are quite Internet Savvy, others remain clueless and vulnerable victims to such desperate modes of generating income, otherwise known as SCAMMING, HOODWINKING, CONNING, BAMBOOZLING, or simply PULLING A FAST ONE... terms that are recognized as an integral part of the world of FRAUD.

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Benjamin Franklin once said, “Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.” Advice that reiterates ‘nothing for nothing’. Beware of such crooked money scheming scenarios. The following proverbial compilation says it best...