Things To Know
Posted by Michelle Moquin on February 4th, 2014
Good morning!
New Job Scams, Car Theft and Facebook Tricks
Despite repeated warnings and work offers that are just too good to be true, hundreds, maybe thousands, of people still fall victim to job scams every week.
And sometimes it’s the simplest of scams that pull in the most money and victims.
Pyramid schemes are perhaps the best known. They work on the premise that each person has to bring in at least two more paying participants, who in turn must bring in two more — and so on until the whole thing collapses.
The lure is always that you can make a lot of money, fast — but that’s usually only true for the perpetrator of the scheme.
In one recent case, at least 65,000 people, mainly stay-at-home moms, were lured into a scam promoted in parenting magazine ads.
It was as simple as having to pay an upfront fee of $30 to $50 for a stack of postcards that victims had to mail out to people they knew, inviting them in, in turn, to sign up (and pay $50) to join the scheme.
If they signed up, the sender earned a payment of just $2, though fake testimonials claimed they could earn thousands.
Happily, this scam has been shut down by postal inspectors, but not before it pulled in an estimated $1 million for the alleged perpetrators.
Action: The message is clear — don’t pay to get a job, especially a work from home job, or one that promises easy big money.
Is It Locked?
Staying with rest stops, or at least parking lots in general, police are expressing concern about two new car theft techniques in which crooks intercept signals from remote locking devices.
In the first instance, seen mainly in Canada and the UK so far, thieves use a cheap device, bought on the Internet, to block the signal from a remote.
So, when the remote locking device is clicked, the lock doesn’t engage and the alarm is not armed. Once the driver is out of sight, the thief can simply then open the door and either steal the vehicle or its contents.
Action: After using your remote, check the vehicle is actually locked — or lock it with your key.
More worrying, in the US, is the growing use of devices which actually intercept and record the remote signal to keyless locks, which can then be duplicated.
So the car may be locked at first but the crook is subsequently able to unlock it by replicating the signal.
Action: Keyless-lock cars have a button inside the vehicle, which ensures it locks when you get out. Use that, rather than the remote.
Beware of Duplicate Facebook Friends
Now, a new Facebook scam to be on the lookout for.
In this trick, you get a “friend” request from someone who’s already a friend.
Their page looks like the real thing, with a genuine photo and often a list of other friends you already know — others who have been fooled into following the same imposter.
It’s not clear what the motives are for this trick but it could be an attempt to find out more about you or your friends, for the purposes of ID theft, or to set you up for an emergency or distress scam — you know, the phone call or message from a supposed friend or relative in urgent need of money.
Or the imposter may just want to spam them.
Action: Don’t accept a duplicate friend request. Message your friend using their original listing to check if it’s them.
And once you’ve confirmed it’s a fake, tell Facebook about it and let your other online friends know.
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February 4th, 2014 at 10:53 am
Damn, that’s how my car got broken into. Fuck this world and their technology.
February 4th, 2014 at 11:05 am
I have an inbox full of these bogus ‘offers’ to pay to play (& get wealthy, work from home or the BEACH! Uh, yay?!) – hmmm all questionable.
Didn’t know about FB though ill have to monitor closely, mostly I’m busy deciding which if my girls 15 year old friends can handle my posts bc I get friend requests from all of them, kind of flattering but weird nonetheless…
Nate, very sweet, never saw myself in poster size but I sent a pic to a friend who mailed me back a almost poster size photo with a note ‘your eyes melt chocolate’ hmmm maybe they do and whatdya know valentines day is coming up so ill break out my super powers and try that : )
Wanted to give you the energetic view of this past months (90+ Days thang) and just when you thought you were done hahaha…
Pay attention to whom you share your intimate energy with. Intimacy at this level intertwines your aural energy with the aural energy of the other person. These powerful connections, regardless of how insignificant you think they are, leave spiritual debris, particularly within people who do not practice any type of cleansing, physical, emotional or otherwise. The more you interact intimately with someone, the deeper the connection and the more of their aura is intertwined with yours. Imagine the confused aura of someone who sleeps with multiple people and carries around these multiple energies? What they may not realize is that others can feel that energy which can repel positive energy and attract negative energy into your life.
And that’s it for now…
Luv, Zen Lill
February 4th, 2014 at 11:17 am
By the way that’s a Lisa Chase Patterson narrative though Abraham Hicks has wonderful things to say about sexual energy and relationships also.
For those of you think I’m obsessed with sex and/or relationships perhaps you’re right but without relationships (of various kinds) in this world we have nothing (though we will always have rethug LSOS’s, a comforting thought, oui? ; )
- ZL
February 4th, 2014 at 8:37 pm
I would love to mix some AURA with you.
February 4th, 2014 at 9:49 pm
Never underestimate AURA and personal psychic energy, Bret, it would be at your own peril. On the upside mine runs between clear red and orange…quite powerful so I have to watch very carefully who I mix with, that combo can create stalkerish behavior with the wrong match. I’ve learned my lessons.
-ZL
February 5th, 2014 at 12:59 am
HI Bret
February 5th, 2014 at 9:31 pm
If there are ladies here looking to make a connection. I am 43 never married with four teenagers I adopted because my sister and her husband died in a car accident 9 years ago. I haven’t had time to date because 9 years ago the oldest was seven. Today the girls are 16 and 14, he boys 15 and 13.
I love them but, it has been a trial. I have been on this blog for 3and a half years. It has been my sole connection with my peers except for the fact that I write programs for companies looking for a java supported language.
I make a little less that $300k a year. Most of it goes toward saving for their college and clothes and gadgets. But I could fine time to have you come to visit me in San Diego. I bought our home when I was a making a mint as a single investment minded greedy fool.
It was supposed to me a great attraction for the single ladies. But those days are gone. I am now looking for a lady who can put up with me and 4 teenagers.
Hello out there.
Ken