In my case, 100% of approaches were scams. One was quite scary, as it was clear the person had … issues, and they kept trying to get me to meet them in secluded places, while refusing to tell me what it was they wanted from me.

I have no idea what would have happened, if I had taken them up; maybe just a religious sermon, but I wasn’t taking any chances.

Most of the other contacts, were offers for me to participate in scams, like being an “American face,” of an offshore coding shop.

I suspect many were not exactly illegal, but were probably dodgy as hell. I like to think I have some personal Integrity (which folks around here, consider “quaint,” or just “stupid”).

I never had one single legitimate approach.

Not one.