Maybe the spammers were stuck inside too, or people who lost their jobs due to recession or lockdowns had more free time to play the parts of scammers or scam v

Maybe the spammers were stuck inside too, or people who lost their jobs due to recession or lockdowns had more free time to play the parts of scammers or scam victims. Or scammers had more dramatic news hooks to use as parts of their scams on. :-(