QCOSTARICA — Utilizing the name and image of a well-known Costa Rican television personality on the header of a reputable institution’s webpage, scammers are hard at work to steal your money.
LA REPUBLICA is Costa Rica’s leading newspaper focused on business and economics. Founded under the administration of José Figueres Ferrer on November 1, 1950, its success is due to the thousands of people who have collaborated since its inception.
Edgar Silva is a Costa Rican journalist who works for Teletica, the largest TV station in Costa Rica and known for being the major referent of journalism in the country.
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Both are being used by scammers to promote a website that can multiply an investment of ¢140,750 (not less, not more) into more than one million colones in as little as 12 weeks.
In the article, purported to be published by La Republica, the headline reads “El Banco Central de Costa Rica demanda a Édgar Silva por las declaraciones que hizo en televisión en vivo” (The Central Bank of Costa Rica is suing Edgar Silva for statements he made on live television) for letting the secret of investment out of the bag, so to speak.
The headline implies the Banco Central is complicit in a cabal to keep ordinary people from learning this secret in the words of Edgar Silva: “I’ll say something: you don’t need to work hard to be rich. And when you realize that, you start to manage your money more easily (…) Give me ¢140,750 Costa Rican colones, and with the (xxxxx) platform I will earn a million in 12 to 15 weeks!”
For not releasing this secret publicly the article claims Silva offered the interviewer ¢3.5 million colones to cut that part from airing, only to be told it is a “live” program and the cat is out of the bag.
The article then continues to explain more of the Silva interview and how you or I, simple ordinary people, can become rich without working so hard.
But it is all a scam.
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Even though I was not able to reach Silva, I did reach Richard Blaser from La Republica who verified that the story was never published in their newspaper.
To avoid being a victim of this type of scam, look closely for the indicators of fraud:
- The header looks and feels like that of La Republica, but the date is off: one day ahead of Costa Rica time.
- The URL is not LaRepublica.net:
The fake URL: https://qxjq.xxxxxx.shop/xxxxxxxx (decided not to publish the fake URL)
The La Republica URL: https://www.larepublica.net
- The permalink is totally different than the headline: “Amplian su horario …” when it should read “Banco Central de Costa Rica …”.
I could go on about this. You should understand the point I am trying to make: be cautious online as not everything is as it seems.
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