Recognizing Scams
How They Ask You to Pay
The payment method is the clearest sign of all. This one habit stops most scams.
Goal List the payment methods that almost always mean a scam, and say what to do when one is requested.
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If someone tells you how to pay, stop
A real business lets you pay the normal way. When someone insists on one particular method, and it is an unusual one, that alone is enough to walk away.
You do not need to work out whether the story is true. The payment request already answered the question.