The FTC has identified twelve scams that are the most likely to arrive in your email box. These opportunities catch your eye with promises of how easy it will be to start a business that will bring in lots of income without much work or cash outlay. Start your own Bulk Email business - These solicitations offer to sell you lists of email addresses by the millions, to which you can send your own bulk solicitations. Some offer software that will automate the sending of email messages to thousands, or even millions, of recipients. In addition, inserting a false return address into your solicitations, as some of the automated programs allow you to do, may land you in legal hot water with the address's domain name.
Some states also have laws regarding the sending of unsolicited commercial email.
Remember, few legitimate businesses, if any, engage in bulk email marketing for fear of offending potential customers. They don't work. Easy money is appealing, but success generally requires hard work. The Better Business Bureau encourages you to be alert and not fall for the scams no matter what form they come in.