Oka

joined 9 months ago
[–] Oka@sopuli.xyz 76 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

The strategy is to get you onto a different platform to make instant messaging easier. They are just "advertising" on Lemmy.

Once you're on a chat platform, they will likely attempt the Pig Butchering scam: make the target fall in love, then persuade them to send money for things like "travel expenses" or "family medical bills". Also involves buying crypto.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_butchering_scam

[–] Oka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 days ago

It's not a good idea to send them pictures of your face. They can use it for identity theft.

[–] Oka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That..seems like a language i could learn, and could probably be taught in schools as a second language.

I feel like the only reason we use English as much as we do is tradition. Time to break tradition.

[–] Oka@sopuli.xyz 20 points 6 days ago (4 children)

How to avoid getting scammed:

  • DO NOT SEND MONEY
  • DO NOT ACCEPT MONEY OR CHECKS
  • DO NOT GIVE CREDIT CARD DETAILS
  • DO NOT OPEN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT WHILE SOMEONE IS CONNECTED TO YOUR DEVICE
  • CALL THE INSTITUTION THAT THE OTHER CLAIMS TO BE AND VERIFY THE INFORMATION THEY PROVIDED
  • DO NOT PAY FOR SOMETHING YOU KNOW IS STOLEN OR ILLEGAL TO PURCHASE
  • BE AWARE OF COMMON SCAM SCRIPTS AND TACTICS
  • IF YOU FALL IN LOVE ONLINE, MEET THEM IN PERSON
  • DO. NOT. SEND. THEM. MONEY.
[–] Oka@sopuli.xyz 51 points 1 week ago (2 children)

A couple of them would have already lost (or "lost") their worksheet.

Several kids started coloring before being given directions.