Even though I am very cautious and (I thought!) clever about scams and even though I actually wrote a blog post about scams this week, I got scammed yesterday.
While I was in the midst of managing the release of my single “Artificial Intelligence” and many problems at work, I wasn’t intelligent enough to not be scammed by a very convincing and incredibly well-timed email about my mobile phone payment. After I entered a second credit card number (but NOT my social security number, thank goodness), I suspected I had been scammed.
I was waiting to get callbacks from my mobile phone carrier and my bank to corroborate and report that I had been scammed as my online Coping and Healing group was about to begin. I hoped the group members didn’t feel scammed when I told them I was on an important call and to start the group without me.
The helpful rep from my mobile phone carrier researched the history of emails to me and we both agreed I had been scammed. The nice rep from my bank immediately told me she had also been scammed, which made me feel better about being scammed and having to cancel two credit cards.
When I rejoined the group, I told them I had been scammed. Some members shared how that helped them feel less shame about being scammed in the past.
Then, in EMDR therapy, I tried to release all my shame and fears about being scammed.
Here are the images I gathered on the day I was scammed.
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Yes, I am writing about being scammed on Dunce Day.
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Who knew that dunce caps were a scam?
Here’s what I find when I search for “scammed” on YouTube.
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Thanks to all who are here for this scammed blog post, including YOU!
I wish I could be released from my future-oriented concerns about how many people will listen to it and just appreciate the fact that it is released!
When I write a sentence like that one, I am released from worries about the future and regrets about the past.
Now it’s time for my other images to be released into this blog post.
All those responses look like scams. I am released from any need to comment on today’s observances. I am released from taking anything too seriously, including meditating.
Thanks to all who are here for this released blog post, including YOU!!
These days, scams are a frequent topic in my Coping and Healing groups. Several members have been victims of scams and appreciate knowing they are not alone. When phone calls from unknown numbers come in, people don’t answer, assuming they are scams.
Scams seem to be everywhere. Do you see any in today’s blog post?
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Is Artificial Intelligence a danger, a help, a scam, or what? Tomorrow is the release of my new single “Artificial Intelligence” and this link is no scam:
A week from tomorrow I will be interviewed on the popular podcast Therapist Uncensored(which I keep misremembering as “Therapist Unleashed” or “Therapist Unlimited”) and that is no scam either.
I have a bone density scan scheduled for Monday and I keep getting different (ranging from 0 to outrageous) estimates for how much I need to pay. Not wanting to get scammed, I called my health insurance and they told me my responsibility should be $0 unless they submitted it incorrectly. Upon the advice of my health insurance rep, I wrote the hospital and explained that to them and requested they submit it correctly. Here’s the estimate I received this morning:
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(Sigh)
Here’s what I find when I search for “scams” on YouTube.
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Thanks to all who are doing their best to deal with scams, including YOU!
After we cast our votes in our local election yesterday, we were pleased with how the votes came in across the country.
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I’ve never understood the small percentage of Americans who cast votes in elections and it was good to see the turnout in votes yesterday.
Here’s a question I asked about votes last night on social media:
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I love those votes.
Who votes for my sharing the rest of my images for today?
I’m going to be on the Therapist Uncensored podcast, which gets my vote. This gets my vote for my best then and now post on Facebook. Who gets your vote for cutest cat ever? This gets my vote for Michael’s latest culinary masterpiece. This gets my vote for best mindful eating cartoon. Which observance gets your vote for today?
The best part of November 1 is no more scary movies everywhere!
What’s the best part of this blog post?
The best part of ChatGPT is that it can take a hint. The best part of this email is that they still want me on the podcast, even though it won’t be recording on November 7.
The best part of my live show might have been my poem “Hard To Say.”
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Nevertheless, I decided not to include “Hard to Say” on my live album. The best part about that is that I could release it as a single in the future (perhaps with an endorsement by Ferrero Rocher).
