Just a year after he opened an e-mail account ,James Mutua has closed the account cursing those who advised him to be connected online.A month ago he received a message from a lady who identified herself as just "Blessing".In the e-mail Blessing was asking James to assist her deposit some millions of dollars 'because Blessing wanted someone to transfer the money owing to the political climate in her country" and then flee to Kenya and get married.
This was a secret James would closely guard until recently when he heard from a friend that a person with a similar name had contacted him and he was actually opening an account-on Blessing's advise- to kick-start the process.Although James was now becoming suspicious,he never opened up to the friend.He only saw a 'competitor' in him and promised himself to outdo him by talking to Blessing gently.
But all this changed when the two James Google-searched "Blessing" only to find the name and the photo she was purporting to be hers listed among the world's deadly online scammers. It was at this point that he talked to his friend about it ,cutting short their journey to regrets.
With the advent of the internet several years ago the number of people using it has risen from a few thousands to millions.But this is a double-edged sword.whereas the internet is a useful too,it has an ugly flip side. Scammers are now online promising people jobs and other transactions to make them rich.This has been compounded by joblessness making job-seekers easy prey to this criminals.
But in the face of all this,one tip will help you:Never trust any one you don't know in person online.For he/she might be using a criminal pseudonym to con you.
