This old-school scam has jumped 65% since 2015 and costs consumers millions

All scams succeed by appealing to the greed of the "mark" (the victim). For example, you walk into a store and ask the price of a piece of jewelry that caught your eye. The clerk calls to a manager for the price and the manager calls back "Four hundred-forty dollars". The clerk turns to you and says "Forty dollars." You have two choices. Correct the clerk or pay the forty dollars and flee the store with a four dollar trinket. Only someone inherently dishonest falls victim to this classic scam. I'm tempted to say it isn't even a crime...

I Am convinced scamming and theft is at least 1000% higher via technology involving our information online, banking , credit cards, etc. I’ll go old school any time I can.

catch me if you can+