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1.
Scammers who target the elderly usually come across as _______.
Likable. Scammers who target the elderly put on a positive face. Many elderly find it hard to turn down someone in need.
2.
How do pyramid schemes differ from legitimate sales opportunities?
They offer payments to people only for recruiting new members. Legitimate sales opportunities involve selling actual products, while pyramid schemes do not involve paying people to sell actual products.
3.
Romance scammers try to prey on our _______.
Any of the above. A romance scammer takes advantage of our basic human goodness in order to take money from us.
4.
Why might a work-at-home job in which you reship items you receive in the mail to others be a scam?
The items might actually be stolen. Reshipping is often a cover for sending stolen items.
5.
When you send a cryptocurrency payment to another person, it is not reversible.
True. Crypto payments are not reversible; to get one back, the other person would have to send it to you, which is not likely to happen if the person had defrauded you.
6.
The perpetrators of Ponzi schemes typically pay money to some of the early investors because _______.
They want to portray the investment as legitimate. This is often the perfect way to keep the later investors faithful.
7.
Which of the following descriptions of an investment is a telephone scammer most likely to use?
"Risk-free". Scammers often describe their investments as risk-free.
8.
Why might a money-transfer opportunity require that you sign a non-disclosure agreement?
To prevent you from discussing the deal with other people. This is a common tactic in investment fraud.