A Story About the Startup Scam Everyone Falls For!

When you hear of startup scams hoodwinking people, somehow it couldn’t happen to you. But actually, it does, day in and day out. And the simple reason is greed. We all want a piece of something big, and sometimes we just do not think things through. We just get so taken away with our excitement, the prospect of making a killing, and promises that sound too good to pass up.

Today, I want to talk about a story of just how easy it is to get caught up in a scam. Not just because of some shady founder, but because we let our own greed blind us. It’s a story about how we can be our own worst enemy-falling for the allure of success without ever stopping to think if it’s real.

The Scam Nobody Wants to Admit

Now, let me tell you about Sam, a highly experienced developer. He wrote to tell a story about how he got scammed by some startup. He wanted to share how he got tricked, but honestly, all the signs were there from the very beginning-the warnings in neon lights, which he ignored one after another.

Sam had worked for some well-known companies and had garnered a pretty good reputation. One day, he received an email from a startup in the education sector-a field he had always wanted to work in. It seemed perfect, everything he was waiting for. It was a dream offer which…