Suspicious Stocks
There are a few pretty impressive things about this next scam. Namely – how on Earth did a 16-year-old manage to have $3000 in savings?! Better yet, they even had the smarts to invest this money into stocks, which is certainly not something I would’ve done at 16. I loved to spend it, not save!

Again, however, this is another story that wouldn’t be too difficult to solve. They could tell the police what had happened, and it wouldn’t be too difficult to trace the scam back to the source. It’s just further proof that you must be very careful about who you give money to.