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the binary options guys were obvious scams to everyone but their victims, but if someone cold calls you to sell investments and you give them money you'd probab

• happyopossum 4y ago
  What exactly is your point? Should it be legal to scam gullible people? The victims deserved it? The scammers are doing everyone a favor? I'm having trouble parsing your intent here...
  • LegitShady 4y ago
    thats because you aren't interested in what I said, you're interested in trying to read my mind for intent, which has caused you to apparently assume the worst about me in every possible sense. Who needs to engage with that? not me.
• wpietri 4y ago
  That is true of most scams. They're tuned for one group of people over another. Everybody has weaknesses. Having been on the internet a long time, I have seen a lot of people on forums, this one included, do the how-dumb-are-they routine about scams. I suspect a notable fraction of those people have gotten taken in the meantime. Look at how much of the cryptocurrency space, for example, plays on people's wanting to be seen as smart, superior, and technically savvy. That motivation drives a lot of learning and technical exploration, but it also makes people vulnerable.
• Spooky23 4y ago
  Some of it is timing and bluster. I have a friend who is a smart guy, owns 4 restaurants, who got scammed by a fake utility company scam fishing for gift cards. They catch you at a vulnerable moment and are good at pressing buttons. Even with old people, people don’t realize how many sales and scam calls they get. My mom literally get 30-40 calls a day. Odds are, eventually you’re going to crack.
  • aaaaaaaaata 4y ago