Some people are too trusting of others. We
hear almost every day of another scam artist ripping off some elderly. Recently
people are using Obamacare
as the way into people’s private information. The scammer calls on the phone “signing
people up” for the benefit. They collect the information and then the money
just empties from bank accounts and investments.
Wisdom is slow to commit to money transfers.
We need to know where our money is going, and know the people on the other end
of the transaction.
Not too many of us give loans to strangers.
We don’t vouch for the character of someone we have just met. We don’t enter
into business with someone we meet on the internet. At least people with wisdom
don’t.
When our livelihood is on the line, we need
to be cautious. We should guard our private information. Our virus protection
should be up to date. We need encryption software when we pass along personal
information. We should never pass along credit card information unless we know
the person on the other end, and it can be done securely.
We now know our emails are being scanned and
collected. What we text message is not secure. Even our voice transmissions can
be listened to by others.
We need to be careful. This does not mean
that everyone can’t be trusted. Some people live in a world where they feel
they can’t trust anyone. That is a tough world to navigate through. We need
each other. We need to be able to trust some people. But we don’t need to trust
everyone! Some people are out to “get you.”