It's one thing to receive a scam via e-mail, but what if it has an attachment and you give in to temptation? There are dangers to clicking the file.

Lisa Cameron keeps a close watch on clients' finances at Credit Advisors in Omaha. Recently, she was going over a client's account statements and noticed some strange transactions.

“We started digging a little deeper and found out she'd been sending money to Canada and not getting any word back. No word back, no money back.

Lisa says it's a trap consumers keep falling for and scam artists keep getting better at. "They're brave. They're very brave. They do things that the average middle class mindset is going to go, who would think of that? They do."

There’s been a new letter popping up in boxes across the metro. It claims it's from Elana Morris, a sick woman who is unable to speak. The twist is it even comes with a picture of the alleged Elana, a picture it claims was taken in a hospital.

Lisa says when you get a letter like this there are usually trigger words or phrases that show it's likely an overseas scam artist looking to cash in. For example, it asks for your mobile number. How often in the United States do you hear "mobile number" instead of cell phone number?

At Credit Advisors they are constantly warning consumers to be careful before giving out any personal information because it's not just money scam artists are after.

This letter asks you to scan and send a copy of your passport and driver's license. "They can start duplicating your documents, getting into the country, then it all falls back on you because you're the one whose document they're using," says Lisa.

It all goes back to this: If someone is digging for your personal information, don't ever respond even if it comes with a picture of a woman allegedly so sick she can't ask for help herself.

Cameron also tells Six On Your Side that she's seen a case of scam artists taking someone's personal information they fished out of an e-mail. That information is then used when they are arrested, blaming the person whose identity was stolen.