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Scam, Scam, Everywhere a SCAM....
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Scam, Scam, Everywhere a SCAM.... I take laptop in hand once again as a public service. No doubt you have heard that the Internet is full of scams. Well I am here to tell you that this is greatly true. With great freedom always comes great responsibility! Now some scams come from where you have always expected them to appear, IE , Craigslist and Ebay. As I did my research for this post, I was amazed to find that scams also come from other places. Like dating web sites, and any ad you might click on. I will begin with : Common types of scams : 1) Any ad or page that redirects you or stops you from navigating away from it. Especially to offer you a discount to return. I fell for one of these Latest Diabetes "cures". (only cost $47). Everytime they sent a new discovery to my email, it was another pitch for something similar for another 50 or 100 dollars. 2) Anyone that asks you to go to a site to be "verified" so they know YOU are real. Usually accompanied with very sexy nude pics and a note saying how much they would like to have you come over and have sex.........after you are verified. Verification is for the purpose of gathering credit card info and or stealing money with a card or selling this info to a third party to run more scams your way. 3) A longer more elaborate scam in which you and the scammer are "dating" via the internet. Okay, I fell for this one once, also. I was dating a beautiful 26 year old girl from Sacramento for 3 weeks. Turned out to be a man in Malaysia. Because of your "relationship" you will be asked to wire money for them to travel to you or for some medical emergency. 4) YOU place an ad on a trade site. Someone answers your ad and they are very interested. And they want to send you a Cashier's Check for your floor jack, chupacabra horns, motorcycle, room for rent......... They send you the check. And surprise! It is for $2,000,00. Not the $800.00 you were asking for. The thief explains that HE is trusting YOU to deposit the check in your account and wire the $1,200.00 to the moving company, Car transport Co., shippers, catering Co....... As soon as you deposit the rubber check that they paid to overnight to you the clock is running for them. The Thief wins only if he can convince you to send the money by Moneygram or Western Union or Walmart to Walmart before the bank informs you that the check is bad. As soon as you acknowledge that you have deposited this hunk of crap. The thief will message you incessantly with a new sense of urgency. Now clues to spot a Scam. 1) These are sophisticated, Big Time Scams, with millions of dollars behind them. So, they have all the window dressing of a legitimate Co. The clues here are: Your computer not wanting to respond to your control, a very long video that could knock a meth head unconscious, the discount and full money back guarantee. No broken English here! 2) Pictures that look to good (professional). Usually a lot of broken english with wrong gender and tenses. Asking you to prove you are real (verified). Or, just go to this site and after a signup for free membership (no credit card) you can see all of my info, including phone and address and more pics. 3) Men! Stop Drop and Think! Why would a beautiful young lady just out of college with a nursing degree be prowling the interwebs for a divorced potbellied 50 year old alcoholic? But I digress...... Massive amounts of broken English, don't appear to answer the questions that you ask but do answer others. Always will not talk on Skype or the phone to you.Why? IT IS A SCAM!! 4) My favourite! Here we go! They ask if "the item" is still for sale,rent, lease. Their next communication is that they are satisfied with the pics you posted and and the price is fair. Tons of broken English and missing prepositions here! Would like to move forward with the purchase! They can't come to inspect it because they are a U.S. Marine stationed in B.F. Egypt (literally). They will immediately overnight a Cashier's Check to you. And they will. Just dribble it down to an ATM machine near you and deposit that trash! The check will always be for a much greater amount than your price. NEXT MONTH: I will tell you how I scammed some of these idiots out of time and money It feels GOOD! JIM |
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The fishing is real good here on this site. Take your pick, almost 30% of the single female profiles are fake.
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Yes! Reported one last night. JIM
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1 post 9/24/2015 6:43 pm |
Where do you report scam? i got one to report also
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Top right of your home page click on help. on help page scroll down to "abuse and spam". Click on that. JIM
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