There are so many scams out there and the sad part innocent people lose millions each year to scammers. Fortunately, the laws regarding scam artist have been upgraded and now those get caught face stiff fines and prisons sentences. Many of the email scams are actual money laundering schemes where the scam artists sends the victim a bogus money order or check, he or she is to cash it, keep a percentage and send the rest to the scammer. Of course a few days later the check or money order is returned and the victim is out of even more money.