Yes, I said no post this week, but this is important, moreover, my circumstances are under control. 😎
I saw this email when I woke up in the morning and so I clicked view message…
This led me to a direct message from someone called Peter Mark. ⬆️
I clicked on the view profile that showed no posts, no notes, no reads, and no likes (very suspicious at this time).
I did not accept nor reject the chat and left it alone to go for my morning walk.
Now that I sat down to do another view profile it showed me this. ⬆️
I think Substack is quick at spotting scammers or bots, which is very good in my opinion or maybe there were people who reported it. I’m not too sure how and why it was eliminated. Anyway, it’s good for us.
Here comes the fun part, hehehe!😜
How to spot a scammer?
We shall start by finding out who is this person in the picture, then everything will be clear from there.
You may ask, how to search?
Well, search by image! See below. ⬇️
Get a screenshot of the image from their profile (you need to enlarge it first). ⬆️
Open Google (FYI, Google is my teacher, haha) and click on the camera icon (circled in red). ⬆️
Follow this instruction, drag or upload an image file. ⬆️
It will give you similar pictures as suggested (see on the right). ⬆️
Ignore that cos they usually suggest to you the clothes or accessories to buy.
Click the Find image source (circled in blue).
Tada! We have an exact match. ⬆️Bingo! 😏✌️
Click on the link and you can see the real name of this person is Dr. Angel Battaglini (not Peter Mark), a Medical specialist in cirugía (surgery) orthopedics and traumatology.
In my opinion, this is the most dangerous aspect of social media. It is very easy for people to use our pictures and images to deceive others. Scammers excel at this.
You may wonder, why and how I knew.
The answer is, I had my life savings scammed 2 years ago. Also, a few more tried to scam me, which prompted me to research how to expose them. Lol 😁
I know, I know, scammers probably hate me, but the rest of you will love me. 🥰
A shoutout to Google image search, helped me a lot. Thank you, teacher! 🙏
, I used this to search for the flower you post in question (yes, I used a tool to help me, Lol) 😝Sharing my experiences with others brings me great joy! Thus, it makes everything I went through worth it! 😊👍
It is my joy to share, Colin! 😊
Nope, not a single cent of the hundreds of thousands. Lol 🤣
Wowww! That's so cool.
With you around, I feel so safe here. 🙏
Btw, You should promote your books here!👍
Hi, Janet! ( there's no sunflowers on this keyboard, sorry) I reported an account just this morning from the same guy, 3 diff email addresses, using the same jargon you listed above! This is a very helpful post for anyone unfamiliar with their bylines!