Scams!

Hey guys, it's Adventure Van with a blog about scams. Scams have been around for a while. It's the act of cheating people out of their (maybe) hard earned valuables. Phone scams, great deals and investment opportunities, and many other things can end up leaving someone with light pockets. So, what are common scams? How can you prevent them? And what are some ones that have been around since the beginning of time?

Common scams are still just as dangerous. Giving out just your name can be enough to ruin your reputation, and it's easy in this day and age to get tons of info stolen if you're not careful. And that's not even getting into scams that require human interaction, where you get duped into some pretty damn stupid things when you look back. Fake emails, virus warnings, phone calls from Apple Corporations, and misspells may seem like impossible to fall for things, but in the moment of seeing that your livelihood is in danger, you may not be so quick to judge rationally.

But thinking rationally and checking sources are the main ways of dealing with attacks against you. If you get an email saying your account has been broken into, go to the site thru your web browser, not clicking the link in the email. If you get a letter saying that your best friend is ill, call them and don't just send money to an address. Don't blindly donate to charities or causes that you aren't sure the profits go to the right people.

Scams have been around since there has been things to scam people out of. Since ancient Egyptian times, people have seeked to line their pockets. Be it sheep, or cows, or money, or stones, or tools, or food, or anything, if it has value, there's been an attempt to get it for yourself. And outright robbery is so much more likely to end up in an execution, so if you can get someone to give it to you, then you'll be able to at least get away when the going gets tough.

Adventure Van, with a nice shiny not glass diamond necklace.