Let’s Not Scam: William Rockefeller Sr.
It’s real history, as told by some scammer in my inbox and me
This story contains sensitive content on sexual assault. Reader discretion is advised.
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Free money!
The chance at “gifts” if only you send a small amount on cash app first. Or perhaps, they will attempt to steal your profile so they can contact your friends as you and continue to find victims. Victims who in all likelihood are lacking the cognitive abilities required to recognize this as a scam. William Rockefeller Sr. would have been proud.
Who is William Rockefeller Sr.? Well…
Barbara never got her code, but she did get more messages about William Rockefeller Sr. This post is originally from years ago. When I posted it on Facebook, her scam profile was still active and many people reached out to tell her more about old Willy. Barbara loved that.
I like to talk about famous rich families and the way they finagled all that money. It’s not that they work harder, or smarter than the rest of us, it’s that they lacked the morals to earn money in an ethical way. Something Barbara might know a thing or two about.
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Sources:
The Rockefellers via American Experience on PBS
Tycoon John D. Rockefeller Couldn’t Hide His Father’s Con Man Past by Erin Blakemore
John D. Rockefeller: A Character Study by Ida M. Tarbell
John D. by David Freeman Hawke
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I love how they always have the nerve to ask why we are acting this way when they try to scam us. I'm an artist and I've gotten so sick of the scammers messaging me that one time, I decided to have a little fun. This guy wanted to buy rights to my art as NFTs. The funniest part is that one of the ones he chose was unfinished. Anyway, I started asking him to pay me in pennies. After awhile, he's like "Why are you doing this to me?" Seriously? Like William Rockefeller Sr, they have no conscience.