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This won't solve it because a lot of scams rely on victim's greed,as was the case for the German in this story. This is no different from a scam I saw a few yea
by cosmodisk 6y ago
This won't solve it because a lot of scams rely on victim's greed,as was the case for the German in this story. This is no different from a scam I saw a few years ago,where some German tourist kept pouring money on a three cup game despite his wife's attempts to stop it. It took him less than 5 minutes to leave nearly €500. It's always the same: you think you are about to get something for nothing. I very much doubt there's a fix for it.
- John23832 6y agoThe article says that he checked for a check to verify that it was Elon running the account. Sure, greed motivates people, but in this case greed would not have motivated him to continue if he saw that the account was not verified and not Elon’s. If anything the check provided him with the confidence to continue more than anything else.
- shawnz 6y agoEven if the account literally was Elon Musk's real account (i.e. if he were hacked for example), nothing but greed could make someone fall for this
- John23832 6y agoI think boiling this down to greed is oversimplifying the situation and total ignores the effect that this obvious loophole within Twitter had in exacerbating the issue.
- cosmodisk 6y agoI understand he tried to verify it's really Elon, however it still falls under 'something for nothing' category,so it's just different shade of greed.In fact most scams can be put into only a handful categories,such as greed, wanting to help, seeking love,etc.
- John23832 6y agoI agree it was a scam that plays on the emotions of others, but that doesn’t mean that this obvious loophole in twitters verification/name change system didn’t enable the scam as well.