Does it seem to you that it is getting more and more difficult to trust anybody? It seems to get more and more discouraging to simply answer the telephone, for fear of being bombarded with scam telephone calls. It’s just as discouraging to turn on a cable news program for fear of being bombarded with fake news. And when it seems humanity can’t get any lower, we’re even afraid to open our email. Why? According to the Worldstart Computer Tips & Techniques Newsletter another email scam has been making its rounds on the Internet and it’s scary.

This scam is going by the name of the “Hitman Scam.” It works like this. You receive an email from an unknown scammer saying they’ve been hired to put a “hit” out on you. They then tell you that they can stop this from happening if you pay them a certa…