“Many people who have been cheated on are ashamed. Sabine M. wants to encourage other victims and is therefore going public with it.” The so-called “grandchild trick” occurs almost every day via WhatsApp. The callers either pretend to be grandchildren or civil servants in order to get large sums of money out of the other person's pocket. Unknown people pose as children with a new cell phone number via WhatsApp message. Sabine M. tells the “hessenschau” (name changed by the Hessenschau editorial team) how difficult it is for victims to recognize this fraud at this moment.

This is how fraudsters exploit people

“How stupid can you be….”, “That would never have happened to me…”, “How can you believe that…” Sentences that we read again and again when we take up various topics and present them on our channels Post to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

But is that really the case? Do only certain people fall victim to various scams - or can it affect everyone?

After 11 years of Mimikama, we dare to say that it can happen to anyone, because scammers work with emotions. A suitable example are the false “ Hello Mom… ” or “ Hello Dad… ” WhatsApp messages that have been in circulation for at least a year now and there are people who are still falling victim to this type of fraud. Just like I did in the video from “Sabine M.” (This scam is about the fact that your child needs help, the old smartphone broke, it has now been given a new cell phone number and the “child” has to make a quick transfer .) ( Here )

Why is the scam so successful?

On the one hand it's about EMOTION and on the other hand it's about WHATSAPP. There are two important aspects here:

  1. EMOTION: Your own child needs help, and when the child asks for help, then of course you as a mom or dad want to help.
  2. WHATSAPP: If your “child” contacts you via WhatsApp and you read this, then you will “hear” your child say what was written and the message will automatically give you a boost of trust. have described why this is the case here .

Even if the content from the scammers is unbelievable and mostly full of errors, we BELIEVE it. The reason: We were manipulated by EMOTION, and the gut feeling, which is often interpreted correctly, stopped at that moment!

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Source: YouTube / Hessenschau


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