Scams truly come in all shapes and sizes. Be alert.

Watch for scams everywhere, even when you least expect it. I have several businesses, one involving the service industry, therapy and life coaching. A client desired to give a gift to several employees for their hard work, was sending them for gift sessions by private driver. All good, nice perk for top employees, not unusual, until driver doesn't accept credit cards, could I process for him and remit to driver for each ride, a bit unusual, but still just a minor glitch, then suddenly, time to finalize and client inquires who I process credit cards through, then the red flag begins moving higher on the pole. Once I name the processor, one of the largest nationwide, the next question blew the lid off, " my cc won't be accepted by them can you use someone else". There it was, a really imaginative scam where I'm sure the card was either phony or stolen and had I not really been attuned to scams, I would have been libel for over 5K on one sale. Keep your wits about you. Scams come in all shapes and sizes and there are those out there that don't care who they hurt. This is another example of where they anticipate that greed factor to take over. It's sad but it's becoming so hard to trust anyone. It seems like every time we try working hard to make a buck, there's some a hole just conniving in the wings figuring how to get it from you. Sad really sad.