But maybe there is a positive side to this... 50 years ago this scam would have been targeted at middle aged people, in the prime of their scam detecting abili

But maybe there is a positive side to this... 50 years ago this scam would have been targeted at middle aged people, in the prime of their scam detecting abilities. These gen-z kids are getting hit with this stuff earlier, but will possibly spend more of their lives as savy, post scammed individuals. So the exposure leads to greater societal intelligence. And because the scam is aimed at the young, the amount of money they are losing is generally in the hundreds, not thousands of dollars, and has less of an effect on their overall quality of life or their retirements.