Exposure x alien increase thumbnail11/13/2023 ![]() “It’s important for people to take a strong stance on their personal affairs and try not to let their heartstrings get pulled,” he said. ![]() “If it smells like a scam, it’s probably a scam,” said Carbondale PD’s Lieutenant Chris Wurtsmith. Even in our relatively safe and trusting mountain town, scams are infiltrating (mostly from overseas) to separate us from the contents of our bank accounts. But contacting the email address provided in the ad resulted in solicitation of personal information. Last month, The Sopris Sun inadvertently enabled fraud by publishing an advertisement, arranged and paid for by a live human, offering clerical work for a fair wage. Few people indeed have not received a suspicious phone call or email. The ease with which technology has allowed unscrupulous individuals to mask their identity, fool targets, and increase their exposure via digital interface has made the problem almost rampant. It is a vibrant ecosystem of predators bound by one common aspiration, and that is to take your money and vanish. ![]() It’s a big business with perpetrators of all types – sophisticated, idiotic, eloquent, bumbling, those who target the masses indiscriminately and play the numbers, those who focus on specific individuals and cultivate personal relationships, some who specialize in ripping off vulnerable populations such as the elderly or undocumented, those with legitimate business shells offering potentially useful services, others with purely malicious intentions. Scamming people is a booming business, and unfortunately it’s here to stay.Īlthough many victims do not report the crime they suffered, from the reports collected in 2018 the total damage is estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars. ![]()
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