Dear Psychic Friends
and Pagans,
Please Read This:
I was contacted by a
friend who copied and pasted a “HELP!” request from another
“Wiccan”. The first red flag on this request was that a National
and very liberal about what gets posted page had refused her request
to post her plea for help. I can't imagine what tipped them off.
The fact that this
plea of persecution arrived for this very ill person just days into
one of our elders losing her fight with illness was suspect and I am
sure the karma is going to crash on this person.
The hallmark of a
con is that it is vague enough to allow you to draw conclusions
without directly accusing or stating the party making them a target.
In this case, the target was an institution I know well as I have
been in their facilities several times. Any complaint immediately was
addressed by the management and rectified when I made it.
There was no way to
help this person as they were carefully allowing you to conclude
where they were without saying where they were. The object here is to
engage you in further communications so they can determine whether
you have what they want. This is separating the easily duped from the
smart ones who know a con when they see one. This is the one free
question psychics trying to determine how desperate you are and then
the next move is sympathy and then into your wallet.
A quick check of
local pagan organizations revealed no one know this person. She was
picking targets out of a national group via the target's general
location.
Now you might say,
aren't you a little hard on someone who might need help?
Really? I checked
this person out and discovered except for a private Facebook page,
she doesn't exist and I even recognize the location of the photo on
her page as being a senior citizen condo and she looks about 30! Yup,
I smell something really fishy.
It gets better.
Today I get a friend
request from this person.
Okay, now let's do
the logic thing. Can you view who viewed your page? I bet 90% of you
will say no. Now here we have someone being persecuted, in a facility
trying to regain their health who apparently has lot's of access to a
computer and external programs to track visitors to their page and
even manages to access the locations of members of groups with
thousands of members......how rotten is that barrel of fish right
now???
So, before you fall
for the help me message from anyone, start by asking how they got
your number, Email or Facebook account information? That should
immediately alert you to a scam. Then just google the name. Everyone
leaves a foot print and if this person has none, red lights should
start flashing. Then always stop and think how this person is getting
information if you couldn't do it. If that starts pointing to someone
who is computer savy, you probably have an experienced scam artist.
I don't care what
the request is or how benign, you don't want to engage. They want to
get access to your accounts and the only way they can go that is if
you open an electronic door for them. The next thing you will know
is your Facebook account is hacked and from there, your email account
to your computer to your bank accounts...to your phone.
If you are planning
on making friends on these social sites and giving out your phone
number, for the love of the Goddess, buy a cheap limited number
refillable minutes phone that is untraceable. Just think about how
much information is on your phone that is open to hackers that know
how to get into it! Do you pay bills on it? Is your paypal account
linked to it? How many in your address book? Oh, everyone on Facebook
is your answer there.....
Be Wary. Be Safe.
As I have said
before, there are real people in real jobs who take care of these
things. It is their profession. Let them do their jobs and you stay
safe.
This person
carefully did not give enough information for any of us to call
anyone to help her. There was a reason for that. It is a con.
When I worked in
psychiatry I guarantee you anyone in that position is calling
EVERYONE for help that they think they know. They are NOT calling
STRANGERS. That is just human nature.
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