Interesting point of consideration about SCAMS!

Ever wonder why so many smart people get scammed? It's not a lack of intelligence that leads people into scams, it is a desire to get more than they have earned.

All of us have had the impulse to want something for nothing; to get more than we have rightly earned. We feel that life is unfair, that we are basically good people (many of us are), and that it should not be so hard to get good things.

Many of us have a sense that we were born to be rich, but most of us, by circumstances and the general difficulty of life, are held down all our lives, and never reach our greatness. If we see a few people who don't seem to be held down we either envy them or seek to emulate them. At some point, we get so frustrated, and want to become rich and famous so badly, that we'll take almost any path to it. The quick path to greatness is always a fraud.

If you get frustrated, do not go for the quick fix. If you do, you might end up on those Scam warning boards just like the others who are already done for it.

And they are on it, to stay for many years.

Simple rule how to avoid getting scammed (or scam others):
Think of yourself as not wanting anything that you haven't earned;
rejecting outright anything that you hadn't paid for. How hard would it be to scam someone who wouldn't accept what they didn't earn?

Regards
Dr. Michael