Long ago, I wrote a post about scammers before. Today I'm mad as I've ever been in all my years of being a computer user. Today I'm going to EXPOSE a certain Screen Name (SN) from AOL and it deserves the attention of the Deaf Community here.
The Screen name is:
POWERBALL4REAL8
This certain person has been using this AOL Instant Messenger Screen Name for the last 2 years. It has been noted that two people have been talking about him in their blogs. Please read:
and
Though, Richard Rohem talks about a different SN, it's one of the many examples that these scammers go through to scam their deaf victims. Another favorite tactic of scammers is using the same screen name that they've used before and HACK the system of the deaf user. Their goal: get SNs of the deaf user's list of SNs and then impersonate the same deaf user on his/her friends and saying "I won money from Powerball4Real8! You can too!". Impersonation of a user to a user's friends constitutes ID theft. Hacking my system also constitutes CyberTerrorism as well!
I know this guy has hurt a few hearing users as well.
In this state of economic chaos in our nation, scammers are working overtime to defraud a lot of people of their money. Especially if you have been laid off, sick, or out of work for a period of time.
We, in both the deaf and hearing community do not deserve to be hurt by scammers. Even those that try to steal our SNs and our list of friends. As much as I have told and cursed POWERBALL4REAL8 that in the day he stands before God, he will never achieve heaven. Even with all the stolen money he gains from others. He will, like every other scammer, go right to hell!
So pay attention, dear computer users! If a strange SN asks you for money, or tells you that you won a prize, or tells you that you won the lottery, do yourself a favor:
GIVE THEM THE BUM'S RUSH!
(that is, click off their IMs into the cyberspace waste land!)
I hope today's post reminds you of all the dangers out there on the 'net.
Semper FI!
1 comment:
This guy's pushing his luck and then some. What with all the blogs talking about him and what not to do when he contacts you, it's a wonder he still manages to get people.
However, there's something we can all do.
The more people who call his bluff and act like they've already gotten some cash or some other creative countermeasures, the less he will keep trying.
Not accepting anything he's trying to send you or falling for his "give me your password" can go a long way towards reducing the number of accounts he may take over to use in his exploits.
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