From Food to Friendship: How Scammers Prey on Our Most Basic Needs 

Scammers are opportunists. Nasty ones. They prey on the most fundamental human needs: Survival: Food, shelter, and security Connection: Friendship, belonging, and community. On the surface, a food-assistance scam and a fake-friend scam may seem worlds apart. One promises food, the other companionship. But underneath, they follow the same psychological playbook: build trust, create urgency, extract resources. In this blog, we’ll unpack two real-world scams – SNAP scams and friendship scams – how they work, why they work, and, most importantly, how to fight back against them. When Survival…Blog RSS FeedRead More