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With all that has been being stated about hackers and scammers, I thought that it might be good as a public service, to have a series of posts alerting out fellow members as to popular scams and how these jerks work them. Statistically, the part of the population that tends to be taken on is the elderly, and while I would be hard pressed to call our members "ole timers", I would bet the "median" age to be 50 or older. Therefore, it couldn't hurt to State the common or not so common scams. I will add to this series of posts in just a little bit, but the wife is calling.
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I would first say do not under any circumstances touch BITCOIN or any other so-called cryptocurrencies! Wanting a payment in Bitcoin is the sign of a scam. -
Good point. Also, a common scam is to desire payment by use of those 50 dollar cards, and then, after purchasing the cards, they will ask for the individual numbers from the cards. That earlier post I put up illustrated that. Another factor when it comes to these scammers is they're poor use of grammar. It's a reoccurring pattern. The heading of the emails is convincing enough, bit the grammar is a dead giveaway.Comment
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