10-29-2017, 05:36 PM
You are right about people being trusting. A big airline doesn't take payment in cash from Western Union.
People also paid for dogs that they had never seen.
People are weird about who they trust. There is a scam in Canada where they claim to be the CRA(Canada Revenue Agency/tax people) and they will fix things for you if you do a Western Union money transfer to an address in the USA. People actually send money, sometimes thousands of dollars. Our tax people don't phone anyone. Good luck trying to get them on the phone if you need them. They certainly don't ask for money transfers. Unless you earn a lot and don't pay taxes you couldn't possibly owe thousands of dollars. So why would anyone fall for it?
Even if the airline is really only protecting its own reputation, it is still good that they are trying to stop this.
People also paid for dogs that they had never seen.
People are weird about who they trust. There is a scam in Canada where they claim to be the CRA(Canada Revenue Agency/tax people) and they will fix things for you if you do a Western Union money transfer to an address in the USA. People actually send money, sometimes thousands of dollars. Our tax people don't phone anyone. Good luck trying to get them on the phone if you need them. They certainly don't ask for money transfers. Unless you earn a lot and don't pay taxes you couldn't possibly owe thousands of dollars. So why would anyone fall for it?
Even if the airline is really only protecting its own reputation, it is still good that they are trying to stop this.
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Catherine
