How To Avoid Internet Scams: Keywords

Keywords

If during telephone or internet communication you come across any of the above words, you should understand that someone is trying to con you.
It might be a salesman trying to upsell you on a purchase, but it also may be a full-on scam.

Whether the words are audibly enunciated or not, I want you to hear:

"I may be in a cafe in Lagos, Nigeria or in a call center in New Delhi, India, but right now my job is to scam you and the other marks that I am communicating with.
It may be daytime where you are, but it may be nighttime where I am.
I might be a man pretending to be a woman, or I might be a woman pretending to be a man.
I might be being held against my will, or I might just be saying that to earn your sympathy.
Even if you were to know where I live, I am quite likely outside the jurisdiction of your country's law enforcement.
It is very important that you understand that I am trying to scam you.
Do. You. Understand?
After this scam has run its course, someone else or I will then perform a recovery scam.
Do I have your approval to continue to scam you?"