SCAMS ABOUND

[Kip Powick]

I have taken the liberty of posting this information here in the AVIATION FORUM  and will duplicate it in  the NON AVIATION  forum in hopes that anyone  interested gets to see this.

I have never been a victim of a scam but I do receive  at least one TEXT a week from an unknown person(s) with local and out of country originating telephone numbers.

Most of the texts are one line, for example ;

1. Are you OK? I tried to call but did not get an answer
2. Haven't heard from you for quite some time, are you ignoring me?
3. I hope you have a great time during the holidays, let's catch up.

Obviuosly I DO NOT RESPOND and delete all similar Texts.

I know it is hard time for  alot of people with the sag in  the economy but view/listen and perhaps you know someone who might benefit from this link, especially those that feel they can easily make a lot of money with little effort.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/12/22/myanmar-pig-butchering-scams-watson-pkg-intl-ldn-vpx.cnn

 

 

[moeman]

https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/12/asia/chinese-scam-operations-american-victims-intl-hnk-dst/

 

[Jaydee]

[Junior]

I had a well-known scammer promise me a modest short-term deficit of less than $10 billion for each of his first three years and then a balanced budget by the 2019-2020 fiscal year.

I was obviously smart enough not to fall for it but so many naive people were so easily fooled that I now have to help pay for it for the rest of my life. And those naive people never seem to learn their lesson.