First of all, I am not talking about the people who actually are making normal or even more money in this time of recession. For example: people who can provide jobs [via job fairs etc] in this time of recession may earn some good money.
I wanted to talk about some other people who are taking advantage of the current recession and are actually making lot more money these days.
So many people have lost their jobs and are now looking for ways to earn some money. People need to pay their bills and for that they need money.
Now: scammers are on the move. They know that the current recession is the best time to strike and scam down innocent people. People are in much need of money and scammers are planning different kinds of schemes to hunt down their pray.
For example: you may have noticed some increase in the spam emails that you receive in your mailbox. Many of these spam emails will talk about money making in time of the recession.
Some emails may mention that there is a company that can lend money to you in this time of recession: if you show your interest in this offer then later on, they will demand a small processing fee and in return they will promise to lend you money.
Once you pay this small processing fee, these scammers will then stop replying to your emails.
The truth is that: these spammers only want to scam money from people who already have very little money for themselves.
No matter how badly this recession has affected you: I suggest you to not fall in any traps that scammer lay down for you. Do not read any suspicious email that you get in your mail box.
One way to be safe from scams is to never ever pay any money to anybody on the internet and never give your important details to anybody.