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> is there a danger that hiding them from people just means that they are more likely to fall for them when the inevitable happens. Probably, but there's so mu
by idrios 4y ago
> is there a danger that hiding them from people just means that they are more likely to fall for them when the inevitable happens.
Probably, but there's so much variance in human behavior and circumstances that your vulnerability to scams never drops to 0. A call telling you your child is in the hospital and you need to pay them because their check has bounced sounds a lot more convincing during times when you know your child is actually in the hospital.
- blitzar 4y agoAnd the way these scams are done is en-mass, creating a (high) probability that they hit sommeone already primed to fall for it. A not so recent example ... https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/hi-mum-scam-tricks-parents-112444763.html https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/hi-mum-scam-tricks-parents...