FROM TINDER TO TERRORISM with Dr. Carole
Online scams - from romance to inheritance, prize-winning to extortion - capture billions to fu...
Renegade Talk Radio · Renegade Talk Radio
September 16, 201940m 4s
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Online scams - from romance to inheritance, prize-winning to extortion -
capture billions to fund terrorists. You may be aware that annoying emails
that promise you love or money, or to keep your pornography-watching a
secret, are scams. And maybe you suspect facebook friend requests from
a handsome military man or a sexy lady are bogus. But, did you know
that they likely came from terrorist sympathizers or terrorists, themselves?
Yes, terrorists are into white collar crime in a big way-and growing fat on
these online scams!
Just recently, an online scam, run by two Nigerians located in Los Angeles,
was busted by U.S. prosecutors, who are rounding up this international
ring, after they made millions. Most of these online scams are perpetrated
by Nigerians-though there is controversy as to whether they’re the ones
funneling most of the money to terrorists or whether terrorists are simply
copying their proven strategies.
Hear real stories of unsuspecting, trusting people who were targeted by
scammers, who looked for certain words in their social media profiles or
found them by other means, until they were seduced into handing over
their life savings. Stories of women falling for men who convinced them
they were madly in love and needed to borrow money so they could visit
or for other sympathetic reasons, or a man who was told the money he’d
sent had inadvertently funded a terror attack, so he was wanted for murder
and needed to send more money so the authorities could capture the
terrorists, and more….
capture billions to fund terrorists. You may be aware that annoying emails
that promise you love or money, or to keep your pornography-watching a
secret, are scams. And maybe you suspect facebook friend requests from
a handsome military man or a sexy lady are bogus. But, did you know
that they likely came from terrorist sympathizers or terrorists, themselves?
Yes, terrorists are into white collar crime in a big way-and growing fat on
these online scams!
Just recently, an online scam, run by two Nigerians located in Los Angeles,
was busted by U.S. prosecutors, who are rounding up this international
ring, after they made millions. Most of these online scams are perpetrated
by Nigerians-though there is controversy as to whether they’re the ones
funneling most of the money to terrorists or whether terrorists are simply
copying their proven strategies.
Hear real stories of unsuspecting, trusting people who were targeted by
scammers, who looked for certain words in their social media profiles or
found them by other means, until they were seduced into handing over
their life savings. Stories of women falling for men who convinced them
they were madly in love and needed to borrow money so they could visit
or for other sympathetic reasons, or a man who was told the money he’d
sent had inadvertently funded a terror attack, so he was wanted for murder
and needed to send more money so the authorities could capture the
terrorists, and more….
Topics
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