New Normal: If It's Free, It Ain't for Me (standard:humor, 897 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Mar 13 2021	Views/Reads: 1205/803	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
God will never scam me.

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you ever used your credit card online?” 

“The only time I do is when I am taking advantage of some free product
where I only pay the shipping.” 

“So,” she said rather hesitatingly, “you have used your credit card
online for some purchase.” 

There was a long pause in the office while she continued looking at my
account online. 

"You do know that when you use your credit card online, some people can
scam that account and use it to make purchases?" 

Staring at her, I said, "Who in the world would do something like that?"


I don't think I heard a chuckle but I thought I sensed a smile in her
direction. 

“Who would do something like that?” Then she read to me from my account
the fraudulent companies that extracted money from my account. 

She then explained to me the new normal for online transactions.
According to her, when you apply for some free gift and only have to 
pay the shipping, you expose yourself to some fraud scheme. 

"Somebody out there," she said very soberly, " is interested in your
money, and they don't care how they get it." 

From my side of the room came a deep, heartfelt sigh. I never expected
people just to take advantage of me to get my money. They need to find 
out that I don't have enough money to go around. 

She then explained to me that she could reverse all of these
transactions and turn them over to the bank's fraud department, and 
they would take care of it. 

In a few days, those transactions disappeared from my account. I then
understood what my grandfather used to say, "If it's free, it ain't for 
me." 

I can only trust God. “O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me
from all them that persecute me, and deliver me” (Psalm 7:1). 

God will never scam me.


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