Learn how to recognize con men from tv show
Erika Tweedle
Issue date: 9/20/07 Section: Opinion
Agreeing to handle a business transaction over the Internet could result in the loss of a whole life's savings. People also need to beware of giving Internet strangers personal information like their names and telephone numbers.
MSNBC's dateline correspondent, Chris Hanson, has a show entiltled 'To catch a con man' that reveals a few con men that play a big part in these seemingly sincere, but fishy e-mails.
Most of the con men that have been caught on this show seemed to be real intelligent businessmen that never planned on giving Hansen any money; they only planned on taking his.
During the show, after Hansen kept stalling and making the men wait for their money, he finally told them who he was and that they had been caught on national television. The looks on those men's faces were those of shock, disappointment and guilt.
Some people may believe that these con men are real, honest people, and that this is their chance to make a good investment. They are wrong. After their money is paid to these men, they would probably take the money, run with it and you will never see that cash they promised you.
Being a victim of this kind of fraud can be prevented if people wouldn't get so drawn in to these scams. It also helps not to give up personal information on the Internet.
According to Hansen, usually these cases go uninvestigated, because federal authorities are too busy with more pressing matters like counter-terrorism.
Knowing the people you are dealing with is very important, and could help prevent you from losing thousands or even millions of dollars.
Erika Tweedle is a senior journalism major. You can reach her at sugarpie152004@yahoo.com.
MSNBC's dateline correspondent, Chris Hanson, has a show entiltled 'To catch a con man' that reveals a few con men that play a big part in these seemingly sincere, but fishy e-mails.
Most of the con men that have been caught on this show seemed to be real intelligent businessmen that never planned on giving Hansen any money; they only planned on taking his.
During the show, after Hansen kept stalling and making the men wait for their money, he finally told them who he was and that they had been caught on national television. The looks on those men's faces were those of shock, disappointment and guilt.
Some people may believe that these con men are real, honest people, and that this is their chance to make a good investment. They are wrong. After their money is paid to these men, they would probably take the money, run with it and you will never see that cash they promised you.
Being a victim of this kind of fraud can be prevented if people wouldn't get so drawn in to these scams. It also helps not to give up personal information on the Internet.
According to Hansen, usually these cases go uninvestigated, because federal authorities are too busy with more pressing matters like counter-terrorism.
Knowing the people you are dealing with is very important, and could help prevent you from losing thousands or even millions of dollars.
Erika Tweedle is a senior journalism major. You can reach her at sugarpie152004@yahoo.com.
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Arnold Martin
posted 9/21/07 @ 8:56 AM CST
All these scams, rip-offs, and swindles are based on a victims stupidity and greed. No intelligent and educated person would fall for these internet scams, only the ignorant. (Continued…)
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