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Profile of a Scam Victim
- 1-14-2007
- Categorized in: Knowledge Sharing
Although there are many scams going around, not many people will bite the bait everytime. The point is this, the scammers don't need to have a good respond, but what they need is just one or few out of the million to fall into the trap. Let's say 10,000 victims were selected, after which say, only 100 responded. During the transaction, probably another 95 decided that "whatever" they are going to do is risky or smell the rat, and dropped it off. The scammers still have 5 victims, who are willing to pay, say an advanced fee of $10,000 each. That would be $50,000, or one year's pay for a middle-income earner. Well, if that sum of money is not good enough for you, it is good enough for a scammer.
Then again, we ask who are these 5 victims, or the 100 potential victims who would respond to the scammers? Since you have found our website, or those in the same cause or alliance, you are unlikely to be one. But I know, some of you out there would hope that these scams are not scams.
Profile of a Scam Victim
Type 1: You are likely newcomer to the internet, and you have not heard of such scams.
Type 2: You are in need of money, and was hoping to find a cash pot on the world wide web and make it rich quickly.
Type 3: You have been hoping/dreaming of winning a lottery or being offered a sum of "free money". (You may not in dire need of money)
(please feel free to comment, so that we can update the list)
Type 1 is basically referring to the ignorant or ill-informed group of naive internet users. We can expect all sorts of people to exist in the world, from a scammer to a person who is naive enough to be scammed.
Type 2 and 3 is referring to the human weakness or "need", "want", "dream", etc. If you are in dire need of air (e.g. you are drowning), you will grab anything that is above the water hoping to get out, only to find that it is a redhot ironrod that burns your hand so badly, and sends you back to the water even deeper.
This explains our observation why some of those who received such emails are still asking or rather, hoping that someone would tell them that "it is real". They are the ones who might make it into the 100 out of the 10,000, if their greed or desire overtakes their common sense. Whether or not they make it into the top 5 to become the victims would depend how much of each Type are they.
In life, we cannot avoid falling into the trap of Type 2 and 3. However, we can help to educate our friends and love ones so that they would not be a Type 1.
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People in love has feeling in love and have being scam due to the fact that love is splendid i fell too i was scam $35,000 USD by mark David [Alias] in Nigeria this made me sold my father company just because i want to please him. he told me that he will come and marry me in fact i traveled down to the country Nigeria i never knew all was been set up i can't believe that a white man could get himself in the shit business of scam. why this happen was because he told me that he is handling a project of building an estate for the Lagos State Ministry of Housing then i believed him not only that he told that i should make up some money to buy the contract of $11million USD off with $200,000USD and he also said he will be able to get 175,000usd and i should help him with $35,000USD which i foolishly gave him due to the fact that i have seen the work site with my own eyes physically.
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Paulina Lopez
Mexico City, Mexico
The Consumer Federation of America released the results of a survey in May 2009 which relates directly to information we at Scam Victims United work to educate people about. They found that fifty-nine percent of the respondents incorrectly believe that when you deposit a check or money order, your bank confirms that it is good before allowing you to withdraw the money. The number goes up to 70 percent among young adults age 18-24, and 71 percent of people with incomes under $25,000 and who did not complete high school. More than 40 percent of those surveyed do not know that they are liable if the checks or money orders they deposit or cash are counterfeit. Fifty-two percent age 18-24 and half of Hispanics incorrectly said the person who gave you the check must pay the bank back. This is precisely the type of information that we at Scam Victims United work to educate people about.
As you can see by the results of this survey, there is a great need for education in the area of banking terminology and the check clearing process. One of the major reasons that counterfeit cashier's check scams work so well is that when a bank customer hears the terms "the check is clear" or that it will be "verified in 24 hours" it gives them a false sense of security that the check is legitimate and that they can use the money with no repercussions.
Sincerely,
Shawn Mosch
Co-Founder of ScamVictimsUnited.com
http://www.retaggr.com/page/ShawnMosch
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This person is currently promising me an internship. What should I do?
Deduct your 10% from the funds Then wire the money to:
NAME ...................ALLISON DOMINIC
ADDRESS................ 374 NO 31
CITY................... PHNOMPENH
COUNTRY..................CAMBODIA
ZIP CODE ................855
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