The internet is a wonderful place, you can do an array of things in a few clicks of the
mouse. Some individuals like to use the internet in order to manipulate people to gain money
they do this by coming up with scams, these scams seem so stupid you would wonder how
the hell people actually fall for them but unfortunately they do.
Social Media Scams Ranging from fake Youtube Accounts to Facebook
scams people seems to fall for these all the time,
On youtube people make fake accounts of popular youtubers they then post comments on their
videos pretending to be them they post a link in the comment and ask viewers
to click it and sometimes fill out a survey to win prizes, Some viewers fall for it as they believe it
is the beloved youtuber, once the survey is filled out the scammers can use your
information in order to cause damage. There are also several facebook scams, have
you ever got a message from one of your friends along the lines of this, OMG CHECK OUT THIS
PICTURE OUT OF YOU FROM LAST SUMMER...
The truth is this isnt your friend its a scammer, their account has been taken over, if you
click the link that is included in the message then there is a chance
that your account might be taken over too. there are also scams that include fake facebook
accounts requesting money. These scams work because they promise us gifts
they also play on our curiosity and trust. They do this by sending a link from a fake
trusted source such as a friend or popular youtuber they then work on our curiosity by
claiming there is a embarrassing picture of us out there so of course we are
going to click the link. If you ever come across these scams then dont
click the links.
Performance Pills Scam These scams range from emails to advertisements,
You may of received one of these emails in the past or seen the advertisements
they claim their pills can boost a persons sex drive and sexual stamina
Truth is, for the most part they sell sugar pills and just hope the placebo effect takes
place. They are pretty much like modern day healers
of the 16th century who claimed there powder would help banish a curse.
in other words they're fake, some people have reported no pills arriving
once they have ordered. Some companies who run these scams bring in
millions of dollars selling the sugar pills. Its probably more reliable buying these pills
off the shady guy at the back of the strip club.
Online Dating Scam Do you ever get these type of emails? They
either claim your perfect woman is out there or there are single women in your local area
who are interested. Some of these scams include websites in which
you have to pay to sign up for then constantly get messaged by fake accounts which lead no
where. but it gets deeper than this.
Some others completely catfish people. To catfish someone is to lure somebody into a
relationship by adopting a fictional online persona.
What people do is make fake accounts of beautiful women and men they then prey on the lonely.
The fake accounts will message the victim constantly to earn their trust and even send
them fake pictures to add to the deception. as this continues the fake account may claim
that they want to meet the person but do not have money for plane tickets in order to fly
to them. well i wonder who will pay for them?
The victim falls for this and begins to send the fake person money, well guess what? they
never show up. Its very common for people to fall for the
catfish scam they have even made a tv show about it.
Charity Scam This might be one of the worst scam on the
list simply because the people who create them have no morales.
The scam is usually in the form of an email but also integrates social media scams in
order to obtain victims. The scammer sets up a fake website or donation
page asking for money for a recent disaster that has occurred.
They then send out emails and post on social media asking for money for the fake charity,
there have been reports of people faking such charities for the sandy hook tragedy, the
boston marathon bombing and the japan earthquake. Some scammers have made a considerable amount
of money off of this immoral scam. If you ever receive emails for charity some
might be real so just be sure to research it carefully before making a donation.
Nigerian Prince Scam Of course this had to be number one, it baffles
me that people still fall for this scam as it has been round since the early days of
the internet. We have probably all received an email from
a Nigerian prince claiming that they want to send us over millions of dollars for no reason.
So whats the catch? Well, sometimes you either have to send them a certain amount of money
over in order to cover the cost of them to send the money
or you will have to send over your bank account information so they can transfer the money
over. From this they are able to use your bank account
and spend all the money within it. Just last year victims lost 12.2 billion dollars
to this scam. people continue to fall for it and im not
sure why, If you ever receive an email from a Nigerian prince just dont reply.
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