My goal in this article is to provide some ways to avoid the worst. Some of this might seem like rookie advice, or tips that are already well known. That’s fine. Take from this what you need. Most of what I relate here is from my experiences on the pen pal site Interpals. Also, my experiences are from dealing with female scammers, or those that pose as women online. Who knows who these people really are?
Full article here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgebailey/p/how-to-spot-a-scammer
In the late 90’s as the internet was taking off, there was a guy whose name I no longer recall, wrote an early forerunner of a blog called “Less Than Pleasing Encounters With Humanity”. He documented his experiences with random people one stumbles upon while being out and about. I’ve since tried to find his site in the internet archive but haven’t had any luck. I would love to read his stories again from that time applying his dry wit on the strangers of the world.
Full article at my Substack.
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgebailey/p/encounters-behind-the-screen