🤔How do we discourage everyone from not acting safely on social media.

 🤔How do we discourage everyone from not acting safely on social media.

👎Do not accept a friend request from someone you do not know. Anywhere. Does not  mean accept some and not others. Have a look and see if you like the look of the person. Say No ! one day but Yes! on another day. It means *NEVER* accept a friend request from someone you do not know !

➡️We have MASSES of information across many platforms and other organisations have it too….. yet, it really is never looked at and learned from at the start of the stranger contact.

🚩We have RED FLAGS.. we do Live Chats… we spend time every day to try to help but what do we hear most? People want this stopped, but that has to be a mutli-peopled effort.

🤍It is understood that being lonely is a huge vulnerability that scammers exploit. Does having someone to text lessen loneliness? Looking up from the phone… you are still alone. Ok, so loneliness. There is a future offered and a ‘happy ever after’. To get to this you have to keep sending money. As much as you will and often all you have. If you don’t send money often the scammer gets nasty, who would want an abusive partner !

💫Celebrity scams…. Pretending to be your favourite celebrity, Actor, Singer, or just TV personality. Now, if your favourite celebrity contacted that is suspicious. Then they want Gift Cards ! That is just not right and people with experience of life know the strange and the odd !

😜People will Google a cough, a bad stomach or long headache. Someone comes to them and says ‘Hey Beautiful, can I get to know you’ and it’s said YES ! and goes to Telegram, Whatsapp or some other Chat App.

No Googling ! Even searching on ‘Man oil rig is it a scam’... will tell you in Google.

🪖Military, even a General, nobody authenticates with actual military.

The scammer asks for a first small favour. They'll find themselves drawn closer. It is called ‘The Benjamin Franklin' effect is a cognitive bias that causes people to like someone more after they do that person a favor.

Nobody really likes to doubt and so when you feel good about doing someone a favour, it breaks down any barriers you may have felt.

Also if you are a good person and would do no wrong, you tend to believe everyone is good and so your defences are down. When you feel happy, the one who is holding your interest makes you happy, your connection is important and nobody wants it proved to them the connection is not real. So the scammer keeps on with the mantra .. ‘Am real babe’  the victim keeps believing in them being real ?

There is a phrase ‘allure lives in a pause’.. by not getting contact for a few days, when they do contact, the relief is great and the connection deepens.

➡️Social media platforms can add  warnings before accepting unknown requests: “This account has no mutual connections. Are you sure?”

We have seen this tried. But everyone clicked YES and went on to talk to the stranger!

So how can we get people to practice ‘Safe'

“Strangers online aren’t always who they seem.” People respond to clear, relatable risks and easy-to-follow steps. Unless they have to initiate those steps! Mostly they just walk blindly in.

All platforms could do so much more. Their AI should make it easy for them to flag suspicious accounts based on behavior. Imposters and fraud doesn’t seem high on their list of importance.

💀SO IT IS DOWN TO US TO WARN, YOU TO TAKE CARE AND CHECK AND EVERYONE REPEATING ‘NEVER SEND MONEY FOR ANYTHING CONCERNED WITH SOMEONE YOU JUST KNOW ONLINE, IT WILL ALWAYS BE FRAUD.

We could stop scams tomorrow… WHEN THE MONEY STOPS THE SCAMS STOP.

One Minute Warnings of Ones to Watch .....Michael Rogosin

 One Minute 

Warnings
of
Ones to Watch

Michael Rogosin

If you have been contacted by these pictures .. you have not been contacted by the person in them, but by scammers who have stolen them from real identities for their own benefit. They will ask you for cash, prepaid cards or bank transfers, deposits, investments, purchases of goods or bitcoins.


NEVER SEND MONEY TO ANYONE YOU HAVE MET ON THE INTERNET. THIS WILL ALWAYS BE A SCAM.

RED FLAGS MUST MAKE YOU THINK. Ignore the red flags and you are in danger.

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'A friend or a follow request from a stranger is a HUGE red flag. 

NORMAL AND ORDINARY PEOPLE DO NOT DO THIS. 

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RED FLAGS MUST MAKE YOU THINK. 

Ignore the red flags and you are in danger. 

BE MORE CAREFUL ONLINE EVERYWHERE 

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OIL RIG.... or oil ship, it is always 100% Fake 

MILITARY... ANYWHERE AND DOING ANYTHING. When they say Military they are 100% FAKE. 

 

One Minute 

Warnings
of
Ones to Watch

Joey Tuccio

If you have been contacted by these pictures .. you have not been contacted by the person in them, but by scammers who have stolen them from real identities for their own benefit. They will ask you for cash, prepaid cards or bank transfers, deposits, investments, purchases of goods or bitcoins.


NEVER SEND MONEY TO ANYONE YOU HAVE MET ON THE INTERNET. THIS WILL ALWAYS BE A SCAM.

Being a money mule in a romance scam is a crime

 🫏💰Being a money mule in a romance scam is a crime because it involves facilitating illegal activities, typically money laundering or fraud. Most don’t like the term ‘Money Mule’ or, at the start realises what is happening. However money taken in by scam victim can vary from a small amount to Millions.

🫏💰A money mule receives and transfers funds obtained through fraudulent means, often unknowingly, on behalf of scammers. Also often the scammer (love interest) will bribe the victim by saying they will pay off their credit cards or just give them some money.

🫏💰It can be taking money in cash (often mailed), Cheques/checks or accepting money into your bank account. Money Mules will often make Bank Accounts (In their own names) for their online ‘friend’. Even register an LLC/ Ltd Company. ALL OF THIS IS ILLEGAL.

This is all for someone they have never met in person.

Please Know.
😠IF YOU ARE HELPING MOVE MONEY, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE IN ANY WAY ACCEPTED MONEY OR GIFTS FOR DOING THIS, YOU HAVE BECOME A PART OF THE CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE.

👎ALWAYS SAY NO.. AND PLEASE THINK !!

Here's why it's illegal:

🫏💰Money Laundering: Transferring money from romance scams helps conceal the illicit origins of the funds, violating anti-money laundering laws (e.g., in the U.S., under the Bank Secrecy Act or 18 U.S.C. § 1956). This enables criminals to profit from their scams while evading detection.

Fraud Facilitation: Romance scams deceive victims into sending money under false pretenses. By acting as a money mule, you’re aiding the scammer in completing the fraud, making you complicit in the crime, even if you were unaware of the full scheme.
Legal Liability: Ignorance isn’t a defense in most jurisdictions. If you handle illicit funds, you can be charged with crimes like conspiracy, wire fraud, or receiving stolen property, depending on the country’s laws (e.g., in the UK, under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002).

Harm to Victims: Romance scams exploit vulnerable people, often causing significant financial and emotional harm. As a money mule, you’re enabling this harm, which authorities treat seriously.

Penalties can include fines, imprisonment, and a criminal record. For example, in the U.S., money laundering can carry up to 7 years in prison per offense.

❤️Always verify requests to transfer money, especially from online relationships, to avoid legal trouble.

One Minute Warnings of Ones to Watch ..... NICK LARSEN

 One Minute

Warnings
of
Ones to Watch

NICK LARSEN

If you have been contacted by these pictures .. you have not been contacted by the person in them, but by scammers who have stolen them from real identities for their own benefit. They will ask you for cash, prepaid cards or bank transfers, deposits, investments, purchases of goods or bitcoins.


NEVER SEND MONEY TO ANYONE YOU HAVE MET ON THE INTERNET. THIS WILL ALWAYS BE A SCAM.