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Welcome back to Fraud Fridays!!
Today, we will be discussing the many comments that plague our Fraud Fridays!
I will be pulling all comments and names from our former posts to explain the rampant skullduggery that plagues any anti-fraud, informative posts.
Now, what do we call these ne'er-do-wells? Recovery scammers or Double-Dip scammers. If you've been reading these FFs for a while, you would likely recognize those terms. They "specialize" in targeting people who have been scammed with the promise of recovering your lost funds, for a fee of course. Therein lies the scam. They will syphon as many funds as possible from your account as long as they can keep you on their hook. The means in which they reach out will vary widely. Sometimes, they buy a list of names and contact information from other scammers. Other times, they use an algorithm to find posts online about scams and fraud. This algorithm, after finding a post with based off keywords, will then create a comment on the post. These comments often say something like,
"It's hurts so much loosing your account to someone else , My business account was hacked sent alot of mails to the support team but nothing was done until i came across *alleged username* on Instagram and fixed it completely *scammer's phone number*."
If you proofread this carefully, you will likely note several grammatical errors which could be because of the bot, or scammer error. For those who don't care to check, "It is hurts" doesn't make sense, "loosing" should be "losing," the comma after the emoji should be a period before the emoji, missing comma before sent, "a lot" is two words, run-on sentence, and didn't capitalize "I." Another example will be shown below.
"Have you tried reaching out to *alleged username* on Instagram?
he is legit am sure he will help you recover your account
message him via Instagram *Instagram link to scammer's profile*."
Again, a few simple mistakes are present. First and foremost, "he" should be capitalized, there should be a period and "I" between "legit" and "am," the period after "account" is missing, "message" should be capitalized, and half of the comment is the same run-on sentence.
Now, those of you who know grammar better than I do probably realize by now why I'm not proofreading for a living; however, I like to think my sentences are well constructed overall. A few mistakes here and there are understandable, but the consistency in which errors show up tell us that these messages are likely written by a bot or through other means. In any case, both of these comments are definitively from scammers who are out to find easy marks.
So, why am I saying any of this? Where's my usual Fraud Fridays? Is the world ending?
As for the "why," this is purely to inform every reader of Fraud Fridays about these comments that will plague these posts. Generally, I like to keep these comments available for viewing so that you, the reader, can see them as examples of fraudsters in the wild. This, naturally, comes with the risk that someone sees the comment and believes it. If you check the comments on many Fraud Fridays (likely even on this post) you will see these scummy heathens. This post is to showcase exactly why you can tell that they are scammers.
Where's the usual Fraud Friday? Well, here. Just with a slightly new design. If you like it, let me know!
Is the world ending? Probably, but those are issues beyond the purview of my employment.
Bottom line is, dear readers, please remain vigilant online and in person as there are always bad actors who will try to convince you to part with your money with unfavorable returns. If something doesn't feel right, it probably isn't. If something seems too good, it probably is. Thank you for stopping by for this semi-PSA and have a Fantastic Friday!