Some say that they are single parents, who just lost their job and are in need of money for food... a variation of this is they are living with a sick mother, and the lost job is still there... being a single parent is optional.
Some are tying to sell you an opportunity to invest in cyber currency or bit coin, and claim to be 100% legit with company documents and certifications, and other stuff to make them appear authentic. They claim that they are doing business all over the world but only through these social media forums.
Some are offering investment opportunities that will turn hundreds into thousands and have all kinds of affidavits from people who claim to have made money with them... however, when you communicate with them, one quickly discovers how inappropriate their grammar is, which leads one to quickly believe they are con artists... hence the title of this posting.
I am a member of both LinkedIn and Facebook and joined both of them for networking opportunities and to share information with colleagues. While on LinkedIn I posted hundreds of opinion articles, but someone hacked my profile and posted a piece that got me permanently banned... and, the only way I could prove my innocence was to share a copy of my passport which I refused to do for obvious reasons. Being on LinkedIn was no longer that important to me to take that kind of a risk.
While there are literally millions of people on these social media forum outlets, there is an increasing opportunity for con artists to try and take advantage of those of us who are still naive and relatively trusting of other people.
0THAT TRUST WILL SOON STOP AND IN SO DOING WILL RUIN SOCIAL MEDIA FOREVER...
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