Another e-mail scam to beware of

[Rangie]

Stop congratulating yourselves on spotting scam emails that a five year old would not be taken in by. There are some very professional con merchants out there and, if they decide to target you, and the timing is right, you'd be surprised just how convincing they can be.

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Doesn't sound like the real Stemo to me..😂

[TheBoy]

Stop congratulating yourselves on spotting scam emails that a five year old would not be taken in by. There are some very professional con merchants out there and, if they decide to target you, and the timing is right, you'd be surprised just how convincing they can be.

Yup, anyone can fall victim.  The usual email ones are generally trivial to spot, and simple rules stop you falling foul.

Some are more clever now, and will include your name and maybe your credit card number or bank details, just to make it look more genuine.  These are rarer, because the suckers lists with this level of detail cost more.  Again, simple rules (never click the link, always type in www.barclaycard.com or whatever into the browser).

Then there are the highly targeted multi faceted ones, which are very convincing by building up layers slowly.  If you get targeted with one of these, you probably won't know until its far too late.

[Rangie]

I think the really sad ones are some females who fall for the the undying love of usually an African gentleman, and then hand over their life savings dreadful to think folk can be so gullible.