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Alternative Payment Scam

Alternative Payment Scam There are literally hundreds of scam techniques that have already been established, but as long as there are humans who want money and have no moral compass to guide them, there will be new scams. This scam is yet another variant on the older Western Union scam , using an Online service that Western Union started called Money Gram . Jimmy wants to buy the product.  He asks for the condition; a normal question on this app.   He sent the seller a question about two different products that the seller had available. The first clue that Jimmy might not be a legitimate buyer is his poor mastery of the language in the last comment "do i will no what to do".  It's not obvious what he meant by that comment and might just be the translation program that he is using, did not translate into English from whatever language he was using. The next statement is also somewhat confusing, he says "and how seriousness are you".  If it is ...

Welcome to Scam Sentinel

Welcome This blog is intended to help everyone avoid and protect themselves against scams, frauds, extortion, confidence schemes, and every manner of falsification in business and life. Trust in this world is incredibly important and often takes hard work to find, even within our own families.  We all want trust and confidence in our lives, it enables so many things to work smoothly.  The struggles and troubles of life would be so much less if Trust were a constant companion. This blog will display examples of scams and then outline and teach its readers about how the scams can be realized and reported, if not completely avoided. The ultimate goal for Scam Sentinel is to fortify the populace against the scammer-foe so that it is powerless. I hope that you can find value in the following posts.