Scammers

Scammers seem to be everywhere.

“hello

Hello???

How are you doing?

Where are you located?"

He seems to be following a script.

“Are you married?

How many children do you have?

I’m a widower with only one kid.

My wife died of cancer when my daughter was young.”

There’s always a terrible story.

Hopefully that part is untrue.

“What’s your favorite color?

What’s your favorite food?

What religion are you?”

Like he’s actually interested.

Like these questions are relevant,

now exploiting my ingrained etiquette.

“What do you do for a living?

What do you drive?

Do you own a house, or rent?”

A few moments later

he asks something again,

having not read my responses,

trying to get to the end,

weasel into my sympathies,

judge me for my answers,

reprimand with reproach, to

make me second guess myself,

elaborate, justify, get emotional,

and prove I am a good person,

by agreeing to help

with some time sensitive tragedy.

What if this is actually true?

What if he really does need help?

Am I being a bad person?

No.

Not just no,

but an emphatic NO!

You can’t send me money.

You can’t have my bank account number.

You say it won’t cost me anything,

that I’ll be helping my brother.

YOU ARE A LIAR.

by:  Paula D. Nevison