Crime Prevention - Con Games - TEST YOURSELF!
TEST YOURSELF!
After reading through the information on con games, take a moment to test yourself by taking this quiz. (Answers are at the bottom of the page.)
1. If someone calls you on the phone, identifies him or herself as a "bank examiner" and ask for your help in catching a "dishonest employee," you should:
(a) Be a helpful citizen and cooperate.
(b) Ask for his or her name before cooperating.
(c) Call your branch manager and the local police.
2. Someone knocks at your door, says he's in the neighborhood doing home repair for someone else and has some extra material left over. He offers you a "real bargain" (to do your roof or driveway, for instance). You should:
(a) Let him do the work because he seems cordial, apparently has the equipment, and is in the area.
(b) Say no firmly and close the door.
(c) Bargain further.
3. If money were truly found, the law requires that the finders put up "good faith" money for a time before it can be divided.
(a) Never
(b) Always
(c) Depends on whether the money was illegally gained.
4. If someone who seems to be a foreigner asks you to withdraw money to prove that banks or savings and loans let you take out money when you want to, it is probably because he or she is:
(a) Genuinely naïve.
(b) A con artist out to get your money.
(c) Distrust of American financial institutions.
5. For someone to defraud you by credit card, all that's needed is your name, account number, and card expiration date.
(a) True
(b) False
ANSWERS: 1. C 2 .b 3. a 4. b 5. a
