A Scam for Everything

Story Info
Scams on the net.
773 words
4.35
22.3k
0
Story does not have any tags
Share this Story

Font Size

Default Font Size

Font Spacing

Default Font Spacing

Font Face

Default Font Face

Reading Theme

Default Theme (White)
You need to Log In or Sign Up to have your customization saved in your Literotica profile.
PUBLIC BETA

Note: You can change font size, font face, and turn on dark mode by clicking the "A" icon tab in the Story Info Box.

You can temporarily switch back to a Classic Literotica® experience during our ongoing public Beta testing. Please consider leaving feedback on issues you experience or suggest improvements.

Click here
dirtyjoe69
dirtyjoe69
972 Followers

Don't get me wrong I love the internet. It allows me to do a plethora of different things from banking, chatting with friends, online gaming, keeping up on my favorite sports teams' statistics, playing poker and many more things, but I am really getting fed up with all the online scams that are out there.

Gone are the days when the scams were just on the phone. You remember them don't ya?

You have just won a brand new car! All you have to do is send us 500 bucks to pay for the taxes or shipment!

I have never fell for one myself but do know some older people that were taken advantage of. Now with the internet the scams are world wide and constant. It really starting to piss me off with the continuous emails from bullshit companies trying to get you to buy crap or telling you that you have won something and all you need is to send them some money. I would like to send them something, I would like to send them my foot up their ass!

And the most disgusting ones are the people who take advantage when a terrible event has occurred. The number of scams that were in effect after Hurricane Katrina and the terrorist attacks was repulsive. Some people wanted to help so much they were just looking for a way and in walks Mr. Crooked to scam away the money the innocent helping bystander was giving with the belief someone in need was getting it.

Stealing from people this way is bad enough and I don't feel the punishments are heavy enough for those who get caught, but when they make scams based on terrible incidents the penalties she be at minimum doubled!

All though the internet is a great tool for everyone to gain information, it also allows these losers (understatement!) access to this information too. I mean really if you are going to scam or steal don't do it to 80 year old Edna that doesn't know any better, you want to steal from someone steal from the government! They have been stealing from us for years...LOL.

It is probably why so many of the elderly are afraid of the internet and it could be such a great social tool for those not able to get around so easily any more. They can chat with family and friends, play cards on line, and bingo to mention a few. And for those involved in baking or crafts there are endless sites. Once again jerkoffs who can't make an honest buck has to go and ruin it for others.

How many of you have received this email before:

Hi, my name is Nygupi from South Africa and my father owns a gold mine and he just died. I am looking for investors so I can keep the mine running. This opportunity will net you millions! Just send a check to.

Or this one:

My name is (Random little girls name) from (either some eastern block country or once again Africa) I am a college student and I have been accepted to (random university) in USA. Unfortunately I can not afford the cost of travel. Please help me and send a donation to (random account).

Now as soon as I see an email where someone wants money from me they go right to the trash bin but others are suckers for a hard luck story. Not that I don't have a heart and I don't want to help out those that need it but my family comes first when it comes to opening my wallet. Plus I give an allotment off my paycheck every week to a host of reputable charities. My self I tend to give my money to mostly children's charities, probably because children haven't done anything or capable of helping themselves.

In closing just be aware of what evil awaits you out there in internet land. If it sounds even a slight bit sketchy, it probably is. Please watch what you do when out on the net and be careful of who you respond to when answering emails.

Don't let these scam artists line their pockets anymore! If you do receive these types of emails find out who to contact in your area forward a copy of the message to them. Hopefully if enough people take the time to alert authorities maybe we can slow down this influx of criminals trying to steal our hard earned money.

In closing, be mindful and take care. I wouldn't want my list of people I know being taken to grow any bigger!

Peace

dirtyjoe69
dirtyjoe69
972 Followers
Please rate this story
The author would appreciate your feedback.
  • COMMENTS
Anonymous
Our Comments Policy is available in the Lit FAQ
Post as:
Anonymous
8 Comments
MattKesterMattKesterover 1 year ago

techreader brought up a good example, and I think this whole topic needs to get revisited again.

I was minding my own business, browsing Quora, not too long ago, and I received three separate messages from people who wanted to transition over to Google Chat. Now, in Quora, I pretty much stick to professional, industry, and academic topics. So, when someone starts asking me questions about my values and such, my radar is activated.

So, we go to Google Chat, and within a day, each one starts talking to me about <fill in the difficulty>, and can I go to WalMart and get a <Apple, Amazon, Steam Card> for them. The prefered card right now seems to be Steam.

I have reported these to Google, who really does respond and cancel the account. One of my pursuers (not sure of a better word) e-mailed me from a different account.

It's important to beware and protect yourself!

KOLKOREKOLKOREabout 17 years ago
Do we nurture our own criminals?

The reader from India brought a challenging question. Does the fact that the dominant American culture encourages individual gratification and greed could be affecting the type and rate of this kind of criminal behavior? He further suggests a connection with American foreign policy.

Personally, I can see the relevance of his first point (the influence of societal values). I am not so sure about foreign policy though.

BTW I wonder if anyone knows about any studies on the rate of this type of scamming in different countries or regions (Eastern Europe: Asia; Africa)

KOLKOREKOLKOREabout 17 years ago
I would not expect crooks to be decent

I understand your outrage about the level of depravity of those who scam old people. But if you thing about it, our own outrage is unrealistic. It’s as if we were expecting the crooks to behave decently. I think that this distinction is a romantic myth (originated from the movies maybe?). If anyone is ready to “cross the line” and engage in illegal activity – you never really know nor do you care the impact of the damage on your victim. It could be minimal it could be catastrophic. The truth is, rarely do they pre select their victims according to ANY demographic.

If there is intentional scamming of the weakest and the most vulnerable my guess is that it happens when the criminal can actually see the victim.

asiaprofasiaprofover 17 years ago
If you sow the wind, you shall reap the whirlwind!

We have a saying in India

"Yatha Raja, Tatha Praja!

Translated, that means:

People follow their king's example

These scamsters are just following the lead of their country, and yet earlier, their founding fathers

who have been scamming the international community

for a couple of hundred years, and where it doesn't work,

bullied and killed them to achieve their ends.

In a society focused not just

on individual life and liberty

but also the pursuit of happiness,

of its citizens and residents

but not those of their neighbours,

this is practically inevitable.

AnonymousAnonymousover 17 years ago
Another warning

Don't EVER reply to a possible e-mail scam. That alerts the scammers that they have found a live address. Then you wind up with your inbox overloaded by crap.

If you can, block any flash and HTML images from opening in your e-mails. They can trigger a "Hey! Someone's home" message back to the spammer.

Show More
Share this Story