Scammers!

I get so tired of scammers and fraudsters living off those of us who work honestly and try to build something through hard work. The people who suffer are often the kind-hearted ones — the people who cannot even imagine that someone would deliberately try to deceive others.

I usually prefer writing about positive things, but sometimes even I reach my limit. With AI and other clever tools — which can actually be used for many good things — scammers today have even more ways to trick people and drain them of both money and trust.

I recently decided to “play along” with one of them because, honestly, I just couldn’t resist. I always try to make them realize how ridiculous and pathetic their behavior really is… although I know it’s usually like talking to a brick wall. Still, sometimes you just want the satisfaction of giving them the finger before walking away.

This particular person had stolen both photos and videos from an innocent person and even created a fake Facebook profile. They contacted me saying they wanted to give me a horse because they had read that I was good with horses and believed the horse would have a wonderful home with me. Transportation, apparently, was “no problem” because they “lived in Romania.” I suppose they had seen that I live in Hungary and thought it sounded believable.

I played along and said I was interested because the horse in the photos was beautiful. But the video was clearly from the USA, and you could easily hear that the people speaking were definitely not Romanian.

Then we got to the transportation part. The person explained that a transport company would handle everything, and I asked for the name of the company. Since I’ve bought horses and used horse transport companies here in Europe for years, I know most of the serious companies.

The name meant nothing to me, so I searched for it online. Sure enough, a company with that name existed — but they delivered packages, not horses.

At that point I couldn’t help myself anymore. I asked if the horse was supposed to be shipped in a package.

Either the scammer completely missed the irony or simply ignored it, because they kept insisting it was a “good company.”

Eventually I got tired of the game and told them directly that I knew exactly how the scam worked: first I would pay “transport fees” to a fake company, and then I would never see any horse. I also told him to go scam someone as stupid as himself because equestrian people are not that easy to fool.

After giving him the finger a few more times, I ended the conversation.

Honestly, afterward I mostly felt that I had wasted my time. These people never learn. They simply move on to the next victim — and sadly, sometimes they succeed. That’s exactly why they keep doing it.

I’ve even noticed that some people are afraid to click on links when I send out free e-books or courses, and I completely understand why. You really do have to be careful today. When scammers fail with one trick, they quickly come up with another.

So please — think twice if someone suddenly wants you to “adopt” a horse.

The picture is only for attention.