what are the red flags and tell tale signs that the person you are dealing with is a scammer/fraudster.
It's about common sense... if the deal looks too good to be real then it's a fraud. That's how the internet works nowadays. Don't trust anyone, even in people that you trust in the real life because it can be an identity fraud. Anyone can be other people online. So, we need to forget about the trust factor online, and that's the only way to avoid getting scammed.
If someone asks you for money online you can be sure that's a 95% scam. And the smart way to avoid it is to block that contact, that's our only option.
Scammers are making things easier for us with their very appealing offers, and once we bite that, we will definitely fall on their traps. That is why we should never be too trusting especially people we met online, as online scamming has become rampant these days. And never fail to DYOR, that will give us an advantage to become smarter than scammers so we won’t fall easily as their victims.