Emergency Read This

I just reread the original post from EW on the door to door security system guy. I just received a certified letter written with EMERGENCY on it from my own company in Whitehead Tennessee. This is a huge National scam where these guys tell you that their company has just bought your company. They are updating systems and need to enter your property to look at what you have.

Under NO circumstances is this true. Pass this along to every member of your association. They get your code thru a scanner when they look at your systems and they can then access records that your company has on their data bases.

Maybe it's because I was raised by a father who was a criminal fraud investigator, and had an uncle on a major metro Bunko squad, but I am constantly amazed that 'warnings' like this even need to be said.

I think "do people really need to be warned to not give access codes and PINs to strangers? Do people not know to never allow a stranger free access to your home, even on a pretext of using a phone, bathroom, drink of water, etc.? "

And the answer is always "Yes."

Whenever I see this, I think "how stupid can people be?" and it's always answered "even dumber than you thought." I think the next century will see a revival of the con-men and confidence games to surpass all our imaginations. I think sheep will look at the average American and say to themselves "well, at least we aren't them."