Police have arrested a man who, they said, conned people into letting them use their phones to send himself money. Now a victim is speaking out about her encounter with the serial scammer.
Back in the early 2000s, it was common for someone to beg someone else to use their phone to make a quick emergency call but nowadays with smartphones, there's too much personal stuff on there. You can't let anyone use your phone.
The iPhone didn't even come out until 2007. Before then, the best smartphones could do is record video and send it as an email. Or view webpages as web clippings. Nobody was banking on their phone and things like Venmo didn't even exist. Today, honestly, your "phone" shouldn't even be called that anymore. It's basically a computer, which also allows you to make calls. There's not a single device I can think of that has more access to my life than my phone. From driving my car to paying for stuff to knowing every workout I did for the last 5 years, my phone is everything. Yeah, unless it's my wife or trusted family member, sorry, you can't have my phone.
(deterrent) And instead of asking why the cops keep letting him go, I would be asking why the fuck people are handing their phones to a complete stranger...
@@Chicago48obviously they don't have any passcode or security features enabled. That's how he gets into their accounts. I thought that was pretty obvious...
The fear of someone running off with my phone is enough reason to never hand over my phone. Scammers rely on good people thinking they're doing the right thing.
Any financial app on your phone should be password protected, which included CC's. You can not get past any app on my device without my fingerprint or a password.
I don't allow anyone that I don't personally know to use my phone ever. I did that once for a woman to make a quick call. I ended up having to snatch my phone out of her hand so i could leave the premises. Never again!!!
Empathy is what make people help strangers I use to be like that until I realized that everybody is not good people you can’t have empathy for everyone an the stranger shit I never do idc who you is I tell them no an they do it a lot in Florida they stay asking to see your phone in Florida
Why do people need to carry a cell phone 24/7? I never had a cell phone in my youth, and I survived. I was in my 40's when celll phone use became popular.
1) Don't allow anyone to USE your phone; not even your best friend. 2) Don't store too much money on those money apps. 3) Always lock your phone with passcode or faceID. 4) Watch your surroundings when logging on to your phone, especially while in public. Why was he not in jail as this was not the first time!
Rule number one when it comes to cell phone.You never ever hand your phone over to a unknown person if This unknown person needs to make a call. Don't hand it over. Do it this way because this is how I've been doing it for the last over 35 years. When somebody needs to make a phone call. My hand is still on my phone. I opened up the download pad and I will dial the number in and throw it on speaker. And then I'm a detailed person. Do not touch my phone, just talk. It is that simple but won. A person said oh no. I meant I need you. I need your phone. I'll make the phone call. Do this, it works with me every time. Walk the hell away from the person and if you know the person it's following you, then you speak out loud and clear and say Hey, why are you following me? You want to get everybody around you to look
A lot of people have bad security settings on their phone. My password and email associated with my financials. Are not email accounts tied to the ecosystem of my phone. My password manager is not tied to my device. I turn off notifications. And the basic concept of: Stop staying logged into the damned banking applications. Especially CashApp. You need to login to access the damn thing. I do not use SMS with my CashApp. The email addresses are not tied to the device. So you would have to have the usernames, passwords, TOTP, and or FIDO Keys. To get into them. My Screen Blocking app. Which is called a App Locker application. A gross misnomer. So depending on the application. You would not have access to the screen. FYI, I do not know the password the application and the email associated with. Is not tied to my device ecosystem. So again using CashApp as an example. You would have to bypass my 'App Locker'. Then get the login PIN. And since I do not leave any real money on it. Nor do I keep an account tied to it. For most smash and grab thieves. For most muggers. They'd probably get freaked out at all my security and physically destroy the phone. Also, I do not know damn near all my passwords. So you could blow my brains out. You would still have to hack everything. Not to mention. I do not use biometrics for my device. My devices require passwords.
Humans can so easily tricked relating to matters of wealth, fame, popularity. Obsessed with success and status. Drugs and alcohol also impair cognitive action.
Last week, I met a guy, and he asked if he could hold my phone to put his contact information in there. He must’ve saw that how little I had on my Cash App because he sent me five bucks because he felt bad.
That's what happens when you're gullible, the only time I've ever allowed other people to use my phone is if they need to make a call and I put the phone on speaker and I hold the phone I never would give someone my phone
Why would you hand over your phone to some unknown person If you do that and you get scammed you deserve it that's what you get for doing stupid things be smarter next time
Scammers are smarter, than programers, who made those apps. I never trust my phone to anyone for even a second, plus keep strong password on any withdraw….
BS she wanted a date, and now she was scammed she wanted her story out there to warn others of this POS! I bet if it was a homeless guy or a guy she didn't like she wouldn't of gave them the time of day!
He should be placed in prison for as long as possible so that people would be free of him for a while. He will be released and continue with the same crime or even something worse.
I'm from Tampa and this happens a lot in Ybor City. Our phones have WAY too much info on them and someone can just scam you within minutes. Keep your phones and yourself safe people!
I guess her parents told her to trust people, because they are good people in this world. Which is true, but people need to understand they are evil people in this world as well.
well with that f*n looks he got draw any body in as woman or man ..he looks soo handsome & dreamy 🥰😘 i guess BOB & Bill gonna enjoy him in cell gonna give him some scam bar every day
Even if I allowed someone to use my phone, they'd have to put in my 4 digit code, before they could make any transaction on the app. Why don't folks have this on their accounts already???
What the hell is wrong with these Woman ,trusting their Personal information with someone not even your Husband.I don't understand what Kind of Woman would do this , Floolish
How come her "woman's intuition" didn't kick in to alert/prevent her from becoming a victim this guy whom she probably considered hot (therefore safe) by women's logic.
This happened to me at a Best Buy in Aventura, FL but the thief was a chubby African-American woman who told me she needed to text her mother, who was at work. She then went into my cash app and sent money to herself. Police report was filed. Southeast Floridians, have locks on ALL your cash sending apps or don't let anyone use your phone for anything at all!
@@gasmith7486 @gasmith7486 I disagree. That's the problem with society...some of you love to act like you have the answers to everything and you are just so untouchable and filled with pride...nothing bad can ever happen to you, right? You are just " so smart" but you kid yourself and you don't realize that some people make a profession out of scamming and nothing is of limits with them. Get over yourself.
First I’ve never given my phone to any stranger . Ever Second I don’t follow complete strangers on any social media account , singer or not . Third I don’t even have a social media account . Ladies and gently, trust no one!
Here’s a smart way to handle it. I don’t let people that I don’t know use my phone. So if a stranger comes up to you and ask to borrow your phone, just tell them to go to the place and ask to use their telephone instead of your cellphone because not only do they scam you, they can do anything bad on your phone. Think twice!
