Are you being scammed? What can you do?
With a site that has so many wonderful members who are honest, trusting, and sometimes naive, there is a chance there will be people coming in to prey on people with those wonderful traits. If you fear that scamming might happen to you, I have written some things to make you aware and to give you tips to avoid it happening to you. Thank of them as from Jeff Foxworthy.
What to look out for:
A. If someone tells you they love you and you haven’t even accepted their friendship request, you might be scammed.
B. If someone shares the sadness in their life; like their parents dying ten minutes after they were born, more than one spouse has died, their car battery died on the way for coffee, they are dying to see your bank account, then you might be scammed.
C. If they want to keep you just to themself, telling you to not let anyone including your hairdresser or barber about them, you might be scammed.
D. If they are more than 15 years younger than you and they want you badly, you might be scammed.
E. If you don’t know to pronounce their name and you know how to speak ten different languages, you might be scammed.
F. If they want you give you an opportunity to invest in a huge project where they need one million of your money, it might be a scammer.
G. If they want you to deposit the money into a Swiss bank account, you might be scammed.
What to do:
a Tell them, hey I am old enough to be your mother which means I wasn’t born yesterday!
b. Tell them to wait while you go get your violin, you like to play it when listening to sad stories.
c. Tell them you are on a speaker phone on the computer and your neighbor who is a policeman is listening.
d. Tell them that your looking for someone to be the daddy to your six children that still live at home and the one you think you are pregnant with.
e. Tell them that you don’t get involved with someone named (fill in his name) because that is the name of your four ex husbands. What a coincident!
f. Tell them you don’t put your money in banks, you invest in hog futures and you can send them 100 hogs if they like.
g. Tell them the only Swiss you like is either chocolate or knives. Then tell them about the hogs again.
I am sure I didn’t cover everything that might happen, but you get a sense of what I am saying. Be alert, if you feel something is a little questionable, check the other friends they have made and if you know any of them, ask them if this person seems questionable. If yes, then tell an SC administrator. They work hard to remove scammers to make the site safe.
It is not only men who might be scammers but also women who try to entice poor unknowing men with seduction. Heaven forbid! lol And no, I don’t have any of their names. so don’t ask me. lol
Be safe, don’t give out money, and don’t give out any of your personal information like phone numbers or email addresses until you are sure they are who they say they are.
If you want a hand typed copy of this email, send five hundred hogs to me. Hey, just kidding. I mean it… no hogs!
Have a safe time on SC!
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Very funny approach to a very serious subject!
Another thing that is sometimes a clue, is when the person claims to be from your country, but doesn’t use the language properly. I know that all of us make grammatical errors at times, but you’ll be able to tell after reading a few emails, or in chat , that the language difference is an issue. I share from experience on this one. Follow your gut instinct!
I was Scammed on here about 7 years ago , my own fault I guess for being too naive and gullible and for being too trusting . I hope I have learnt my lesson
Never talk about money.
Never give out your home address or telephone number.
Never tell them if you own your own home.
Never tell them you live alone.
Never tell them where you work.
However, If you are 60 like me and he says he is 30 younger, ask for a picture and see if he is single. 😀 😆 😉
ha ha ha polly pie ….
Too funny girl!
I know they are a scamer if I get a friend request and he says I am beautiful.If he’s not a scamer he’s blind and needs a helper not into that lol .
ha ha Cathy like that x
Macathy, I feel the same. Or he wants a sugar momma.
i know its a scammer if they say they are aussie but want the english to win at something lolol
CEFn I am neutral and like either side English or Australian to win, because i like either team especially in cricket …. and definately no scammer … lol
if they are all over you , the minute you meet , send you pages and pages of hearts every day , and you are forced for peace to block them and they commence rubbishing you , go into facebook and say openly do you know such and such , i would be careful,. he.s a groomer , which to my mind is ….. ha ha
Is that why all my friends are called ISLAB, and tell me you is very beautiful woman, bugga……..and here I was thinking I had pulled………oh well SANJA, lets give it another go…………….seriously though good advice Linda, we read everyday about gullible, lonely women being taken for suckers…..xx
ha ha ha star xx
Is it a chance or isn’t it chance; that question is very hard to answer for a women. I think Star is very right with what she is saying which I can only add with this; let the common sence come first.
The worst thing you can do is ANSWER ANY MESSAGES that don’t seem normal or from someone you don’t know. It is very easy to hide code in a text in messages or photos where is difficult for even good security to pick up.
So be careful Don’t read Delete and never open Attached files or Photos unless you know where its from Delete don’t open.
If you don’t do that you can be hacked easy
Good information, thanks.
Scammers spend a lot of time perfecting their game. They know the general wants and needs of their prospective victims. They seek out weaknesses within us and exploit them. So your best armor and protection against scammers is knowing yourself.
The Scammers, the low life pieces of what you occasionally pick up on your shoe, are always with us.
On here it’s a lot safer than in the mainstream internet, because we have vigilant and effective monitors and admins and that type don’t last long.
There has been a lot of very good advice given so far, despite some of it being in a very jokey form.
This site uses call signs not real names. That’s good, but I notice many people give their real names out quite casually. Not a good idea anywhere on the internet
A lot give their location quite specifically. again, not a good idea. For instance I never give mine any closer than the country and county I’m in.
So to conclude, admit nothing, deny everything and the scamming brotherhood have nothing to work with.
Think what is a Scammer:
scammer – a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
≡chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, grifter, swindler, gouger
card shark, card sharp, card sharper, cardsharp, cardsharper, sharper, sharpie, sharpy – a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
clip artist – a swindler who fleeces the victim
con artist, con man, confidence man – a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim
beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat – someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
welcher, welsher – someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager
A hacker,
one who hides code in text of messages or email and photos,
they are after your details, passwords, and take control of your computer if they wish and pretend to be you, to get the next vitim.
so what the best you can do to be safe,
Buy the best security you can and do as i wrote earlier here,
all the best stay safe
good descriptive text Derek, just updated my internet security ……
Good for you Lani always pay to get the best you can, a lot use FREE security off the internet thats absolutely usless.
What would you recommend derek?
Way,
I tried the “Admit nothing,Deny everything” thingy with my first wife…but she divorced me anyway. 🙁
You were not convincing enough capps……….or maybe too convincing…….xx
Linda. Here on SC, I have had very young men, usually 50, 51,52, with no friend or under 10, telling me wonderful things and seeking friendship. I don’t accept friendship. What kind of conversation would I have with such a young man. I don’t think they are looking for motherly advice. I stay as far away from these people as possible. I am sure that most are scammers.
Well done Rose. , I delete any younger man now. , I have even changed my profile so they won’t be able to say. They like my pic ,can we talk more. Etc ,
Great postings folks. Hopefully we can watch out for each other. I appreciate the advice many have given. Stay safe.