(Exodus 20:16)Ģ0 ‘You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. Lying is prohibited by the Ten Commandments:ġ6 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. The Bible teaches “love truth” (Zechariah 8:19) and that those who do not have the “love of the truth” will perish (2 Thessalonians 2:10). (John 8:44)ġ0 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. Scammers are, according to what Jesus said, a type of destroyer and murderer:Ĥ4 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. Scams are based upon lies, theft, and deception. Sadly, many people are greedy and do not care how they harm others. But other than number 2 (I have made some purchases over the internet that were misrepresented, so I took action), I have not fallen for any of the scams. Otherwise, numbers 3, 5, and 6 are very commonly pushed to me. The only one in the list that someone has not directly tried to involve me in is number 4 (although I may not have read every loan offer enough to see if that was the case). Īs far as these six go, a while back someone tried the fake check scam for a business I own. Recovery/refund cons that promise past victims a recovery of swindled funds in exchange for a fee. Phishing scams that attempt to get personal information to get access to your accounts, your tax refund or to open credit cards in your name.Ħ. Advance fee cons that promise a loan or line of credit, if you pay them first.ĥ. Sweepstakes/prize/free gift cons that request payment to get your winnings.Ĥ. Bad Internet sales – products never delivered or misrepresentedģ. By the time the victim realizes that the check used for payment was bogus, the con artist has walked away with the consumer’s money…Ģ.
Overall, the nation’s most prevalent scam remains a fake check con, which involves “overpaying” for a product or service and asking the recipient to refund the difference. CBS put out a report a while back about what one author believes are the top six scams that affect people in the USA:
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