Incentives. Who will spend the time? If he's real, you look like an idiot and might get sued. If he's good at his con you won't know which other people have a

Incentives. Who will spend the time? If he's real, you look like an idiot and might get sued. If he's good at his con you won't know which other people have also seen through it. If you bring it up with a believer, you're in for a harsh response. If it's just a temporary con that will die soon, it doesn't need you to help it die. It costs at least something to do due diligence, so not everyone will know it's a con. You've spent the effort and invested something. You have a sunk cost, why not wait for a bigger fool to come along? This is maybe the big one, because this is a mechanism for snowballing the thing. End of the day, authorities need more resources to find these kinds of things, and they need resilience against losing cases if they are going to try a lot of shady practices. Maybe my biggest complaint about this world is when I see conmen living in the open. I've come across several in my life of various sizes.