My younger brother is a cop in-training and works in a precinct. Sometimes when he comes home from work, he’d talk about some of the complaints he’d get from civilians that stop by.
Recently, he told me a story of how a woman gave a man $15,000 because she thought she was going to marry him. Obviously the wedding didn’t happen and she’s out 15 grand.
Now I don’t know the full story. But if I were to guess, this woman probably met the man online.
Assuming that’s true, if there’s anything that this incident teaches us, it’s that we should always follow the rule of not trusting anyone online because anyone can portray themselves as anyone.
They can say they’re the opposite gender of what they are, or they’re rich, whatever.
“But wait. Ellisen, you’re considered as a person online too, right? How do I know if I can trust you?”
I don’t know the answer to that question. I’m not going to spend time convincing you. You can trust me or not, either choice you make is fine with me.
But usually you can tell whether a person is trustworthy or not, whether you meet them in-person or online. Your gut instincts will most likely sense the red flags and let you know.
But if you do think I’m trustworthy and you’re interested in checking out my book, the link is below. If not, that’s OK too. The choice is yours.