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Someone called my grandma when she was still alive and tried to convince her that I was in trouble with some bad people or in jail or something. They were reall
by weaksauce 11y ago
Someone called my grandma when she was still alive and tried to convince her that I was in trouble with some bad people or in jail or something. They were really well researched and convincing. I wasn't in either of those situations. It's insane that people prey on the elderly since it's not like most of them work at all and need the money to live.
- crpatino 11y agoLions rarely go after the strongest, sharpest, healthiest gazelle. Why it should be any different in the human realm? What we need is not stop denying there are populations at risk from the overwhelming disclosure of private information into the public, and start taking measures to educate the most vulnerable people, and if need be, isolate them from the (public?) online world. I know walled gardens are taboo, but they did make - and continue to make - a lot of sense once the Internet began to fill with lay (as in, not part of the technorati) people.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoAs a society we also need to start doing something more against it. Blanket ban on telemarketing and very high sentences for confirmed scammers would not be uncalled for.