Make me ka Scam Artist

Hoʻokomoʻia kahi makuahine Midwest no ke holoʻana ma ke kamaʻilioʻana

ʻO ke kanakaʻo Rhonda Meade i aloha i ka'ōlelo hoʻolauleʻa iā ia i kahi paradaiso moku moana kahi e hiki ai iā lākou ke mare ma nā kahakai keʻokeʻo e like me ke kukuiʻana o ka lā i ka nui o nā waiʻeleʻele.

Akā,ʻo ka mea wale nō i holo aku mai ke ola o ka makuahine makuahine he 36 mau makahiki,ʻo ia kāna mea hoʻopakele a me kāna palekana āna i hāʻawi ai iā "Walter."

ʻO Meade, ka mea i hoʻololiʻia kona inoa no ka paleʻana i kona inoa,ʻo ia kekahi o nā miliona o nā poʻe i hānai i ka Internet i kēlā me kēia makahiki eʻimi i ka pilina a me ka pilina lōʻihi. E like me nā wāhine wahine he nui, ua loaʻa i ka makuahine Midwestern o nā kahuʻelua a kahu no kona makuakāneʻeha i nā manawa a me nā manawa kūpono i ka wā i hele ai i nā hui kanaka ma ka pūnaewele.

Kākau i kahi Yahoo! ʻO ke keena liʻiliʻi i hoʻokahi ahiahi ma hope o ka hanaʻana i ka hoʻomaha o ka pō ma kāna hana kūʻai kūʻai, ua hālāwaiʻo ia me kahi kanaka kū moku kahi i hoʻokipa iā ia mai ka manawa i kamaʻilio mua aiʻo ia me ia.

"He akamai loaʻo ia aʻikeʻia e like me ke aloha a me ka makemake maoli iaʻu," wahi a Meade. "Ua manaʻo wau ua maikaʻiʻo ia eʻoiaʻiʻo."

Kūkākūkā ma luna o Yahoo! ma luna o Yahoo! Mai kaʻOkakopa 2006 a hiki iā Fepeluali 2007,ʻo Walter,ʻo ia ka mea'enekenele keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo me ke kālepa o ke kula nui i ho'ākāka pono'īʻia e ia, ua hoʻopauʻo ia i ka laweʻana iā Meade no ka holo o kona ola.

"E hele ana mākou e mare," i hoʻomanaʻo aiʻo ia, e hakakā ana me ka waimaka. "Akā, ua haʻi maiʻo ia iaʻu ua neleʻo ia i kānaʻoihana, ua waihoʻia, a ua neleʻo ia. No laila, hana wau i ka mea aʻu i hana ai no kekahi kanaka i hoʻokomoʻia e like me ia. Hāʻawi aku au i ke kālā iā ia. "

Ma hope o ka hoʻoiliʻana i $ 7,000 i ka waihona kālāʻo Walter mai kāna waihona kālā mālama pono,ʻo ka'ōleloʻo Meade kona mau kūkākūkāʻana me ka kanaka i lilo i ka mea pinepine, aʻo ka hope, ua pau loa.

"Ua laweʻia wau no ka naʻaupō," i'ōleloʻo Meade, "a ua kaumaha wau."

Holoʻo ka Scam Moam i ka Melike

Akā,ʻoiaiʻo Walter i hāʻule i nā manawa paʻakikī,ʻo kahi kanaka Hawaiʻi e hele ana i nā mile he mau mile i ka pepehiʻana ma keʻano o ka hana a nā mea kilokilo e hoʻonāukiuki i nā kāne a me nā wahine i ka pili aloha ma ka haʻalele waleʻana iā lākou.

"ʻAʻoleʻoe e noʻonoʻo hiki iāʻoe ke lilo i mea maʻamau a hiki i kou wā e loaʻa ai," wahi a Meade. "Akā, me nā poʻe a pau i loaʻa i ka pūnaewele, ua paʻakikī ka Pūnaewele me nā kānaka e hiki ai i kēia mau kānaka pīpī ke kuʻi i kā lākou papa."

I kēlā me kēia makahiki, he mau kaukani kāne a mau wāhine e hoʻohana i nā hālāwai kūkākūkā pūnaewele a me nā leka uila e hālāwai i nā lā kūpono a me nā mea paha, nā hoa noho pono. Akā,ʻoiai he mea kūpono ke kanaka ma kēlāʻaoʻao o kāu hua'ōlelo leka, peheaʻoe e haʻi ai?

ʻO kahi o nā'amu iʻoi aku ka lōʻihi ma o ka meli a me ka Internet,ʻo ka '419' scam (kapa inoaʻia ma hope o ka māhele o ke code Nigerian) e pili ana i nā hana hoʻopunipuni kālā), e'ōlelo ana i kekahi mea waiwai waiwai waiwai a iʻole nā ​​luna aupuni e pono e hoʻololi i nā miliona miliona ua kūʻai aku kona'āina i ka hapenekele o ke kālā no kāu kōkua. Ma hope o kaʻae e kōkua, e noi pinepine ka scammer no kāu kōkua i ka hāʻawiʻana i kālā e kōkua ai i ka laweʻana o ke kālā.

I kēia lā, ua neʻe ka scam i ka leka uila a me ka pāʻoihana kaiapuni, kahi e hana ai ka hana hou i nā kiʻi uʻi a me nāʻike hē. Ke manaʻoʻia nei ka ukuʻana o ka maʻiʻino i nā makahiki he 20 miliona.

ʻO Meade kekahi o nā mea i hoʻopilikiaʻia.

"Ma hope o ka hōʻikeʻana i ke kūlana i nā loina o ke aupuni a me ka moku'āina, ua'ōleloʻia wauʻaʻole paha au e manaʻo eʻike hou i ke kālā," i'ōlelo aiʻo ia. "ʻAʻole,ʻaʻole."

Ke pale iāʻoe iho

ʻOiai he mea kūpono kahi Internet e hālāwai ai me nā hoaaloha hou a me nā manaʻo aloha nui, pono nā kānaka e makaʻala i nā koi a me nā pilikino ma ke kūlana kūpono, e like me ka Internet Complaint Center.

ʻO ka hui pūnaewele FBI a me ka hui kaiaulu Crime Center National, kuleana no kaʻimi a me ka huliʻana i nā haneli he nui i kēlā me kēia makahiki, e hōʻike i kēia i ka wā e pili ana i nā kanaka a me nāʻoihana kūʻai pūnaewele:

Inā manaʻoʻoe ua loaʻaʻoe i ka mea i hōʻehaʻia i kaʻikepili Internet, e hōʻike i ka scam i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Crime Pūnaewele a me kāu mau kānāwai o ka'āina.

Pono e mālama i kekahi moʻolelo o nā kūkākūkā, nā leka uila a iʻole nā ​​leka'ē aʻe i loaʻa iāʻoe ma keʻano he hōʻike,ʻoiai nā luna kānāwai hoʻomalu e noi i nā palapala a pau ma keʻano he mahele o kā lākou noiʻi.

Hoʻohouʻia e Christina Michelle Bailey 5/24/16