Scam red flag: when you’re presented with an offer that requires you to pay money in order to get money.

Sometimes scammers want you to move your money, or to pay money to get government money, or pay money to get a job, and sometimes it’s a lure to make people think they can steal money, but need to pay a little money first in order to get the stolen money, and of course the money paid, such as to get a prize, is the actual scam.