Romance and sugar mama/daddy scammers

Romance scammers are (excuse the expression) a ballsy bunch. They start by telling you how beautiful you are and get insulting when you decline the advances. It usually escalates quickly. Sometimes I have the energy to play with them a little before shutting it down and others, not so much. I’ve shared screenshots of some exchanges on Twitter for funzies. Here’s one of the most recent ones:

See the model-like photos? His profile also includes pics with friends, kids, dogs, and what could be shots from the office. He started following me and I did not follow back. That apparently was not enough of a hint that I was not interested. He decided to drop into my DMs anyway.

This one dropped it after I made sure to include married in my response. Not all of them do. some ask for a What’s App number to continue the chat, others ask for pics (which is especially annoying when they approach me on Instagram).

Be careful, y’all. I’ll share full exchanges here sometime so you don’t necessarily need to see my Twitter ramblings (and puppy pic retweets). but if you do decide to check out my feed there or on Instagram, please feel free to say hi.

Until next time, be safe and take care.

Heartbroken

Those babies, teachers, and staff went to a regular day of school and work. A normal Tuesday but close to summer vacation. Just a few weeks ago, people were grocery shopping like they usually do on Saturday morning. A few years ago, people were sitting at Bible study at church. It’s too much.

Instagram Bitcoin contest scams

If someone offered you a reward for a contest you did not enter, it’s 99.9% likely it’s a scam. If you request more details and they tell you to decline the winnings instead of answering, it’s 100% a scam. I have my own message screenshots to share and can share my experience with at least one of these scammers, but the info shared by Coinbase and CashApp tell you what to look out for.

Be safe, y’all. They are out there are they are grouchy,

Extra Life 2022

Hi, y’all! It’s been a minute, eh? Life gets in the way of this passion project of mine and I do apologize for that. I have been posting the DMs and emails from scammers more often on Twitter and Instagram, so feel free to take a peer there if you haven’t already. The romance scammers have been in full force.

Never go outside of whatever platform they approach you on, no matter how curious you get. This is one way they try to get around getting their accounts banned because they don’t do anything to violate the platform’s more serious Terms of Service. Scammers are jerks!

This post is not about scammers or the time I’ve been away. This is about the kids. I’ve been helping my employer raise funds by participating in Extra Life. We stream and game to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals in our area. Anything I raise is in support of the MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital. They have been good to my family and I will never forget it. If you can, please consider donating.

I hope that your year brings love and light. Take care and be safe.

Scammers gotta scam

I don’t know about you, but the scam calls, texts, emails, and DMS have been all over the place. The business partnership scams are still around, but there are more blackmail and romance scammers than anything else. My favorities are the ones that include “trust me” and “I will broadcast/share your adult video/photos if you don’t send Bitcoin.”

Yeah. All-aorund scams.

I play with some of them and ignore others, but I will make sure to share them more often.

A few will be posted in the coming days.

See, I haven’t forgotten this blog, I’ve been working (thankfully) and trying to stay sane in all the 2020 madness. See you again soon.

Wash your hands!

It’s not that hard, people!

• Wash your hands
• Practice social distancing (even in the checkout line, Fred)
• Don’t make shopping a family affair if you don’t have to
• Stay home if you’re sick
• Stay home if you have been around someone who’s sick
• Stay at home unless you have no choice but to go out
• Thank the medical professionals who are working to save as many of as they can
• Thank the teachers and other educational professionals who are rolling with this and still teaching their students
• Thank the custodians and housekeepers who are making sure spaces are safe and sanitized for all of us

  Thank you for doing your part to keep yourself and others safe

• Make sure your loved ones know they are loved

Take care and be safe.

Still swimming – are you?

It’s been a 2017 for the ages already.  The hits that we all took 2016 refuse to let up.

So, tell me how you’re doing so far.  How’s the job search?  Have you found any leads that made you smile?  Have you gotten better at spotting scams?  What would you like to see here? Bring on the comments!

Shipping scam from sanch_02003

Some scammers don’t even try.  Remember, any job that requires you to receive packages and reship them is not legitimate.

Here’s the full offer for your reading pleasure.  Bear in mind that the email addresses used may be compromised accounts or owned by the scammer.

From:  sanch_o2003 (sanch_o2003@yahoo.com, maribethhamonswnkn@yahoo.com, career4drinaz@gmail.com)
Subject:  Employment 9864149296337449

Good morning!

We got your profile via Careers job-site.

We are in need of a self-driven worker who will take care of all aspects of day-to-day receiving, delivery and goods handling needs.

Our company deals with the flow of packages by tracking the movement of local and worldwide transportations. Also we are responsible for the shipping details and documents.

First month will be your probationary month.

You will get $40 for the shipped package. After you will earn basic $2,200 plus $20 for the shipped parcel.

Main role conditions:

– Be a citizen or a resident of the USA or have work permit,

– 25 years old or older,

– High School Diploma,

– Negotiation skills.

On this post candidate should be able:

– To operate global delivery services online,

– To accept and forward customers goods,

– To do shipping and receiving schedules,

– To keep the data entry and track down deliveries.

Please write us back to take this post or to have more detailed information!

Thank you

Be safe, people.  Also, make sure you’re up-to-date on any news regarding compromised email accounts.  Your account may belong to scammers now.

Keep those comments coming! I like hearing about your experiences and any feedback you have regarding my posts.

 

Business deal from Yuan Peng – just another bank scam

When someone approaches me offering to transfer funds from a  deceased family member’s bank account, I smell scam.  Lost and forgotten accounts are real, but you need to find them yourself.  No news report regarding a bank tracking down family members to give them money have ever come across my radar.

Here’s the message from Yuan Peng, complete with the email addresses used.

From:  Yuan Peng (yuanpeng806@sina.com, yuanpeng806@gmail.com)
Subject:  Re: Important (Business) Deal

Dear,
I am Mr Yuan Peng, I work as the head of audit within our bank’s account management team. It has come to our attention while in the process to a new digital banking system that a late family member of yours still has an active account within our bank, containing a significant amount of funds. We are bound by law to transfer the funds to any surviving family member as the beneficiary of the deceased account, please respond at your earliest convenience so I can send you the details to get this process in motion.
Best Regards,
Yuan Peng

Notice how there is no name entered in the greeting?  Someone was in a rush to throw the message out there and did not bother to address me by name.  Sloppy.

Be safe out there.  Scammers are busy all year, but seem to ramp up the intensity after the holidays and before school starts when people traditionally need a little extra cash.

Until next time, beware of offers of free money.

Exactly what she said

Honestly, I could not have put this any better than she did.  

 

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