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Yeah, I've seen this twice in person. A friend (he was experiencing psychosis, so that played a big part) fell prey to some bog-standard love scam when some bo
by TrackerFF 3y ago
Yeah, I've seen this twice in person.
A friend (he was experiencing psychosis, so that played a big part) fell prey to some bog-standard love scam when some bot added him on facebook. He ended up sending his life savings to the scammers. Everyone around him were warning him, trying to intervene - but to no avail. In the end he got mad at everyone trying to show the warning signs. Started ranting about people trying to ruin his love life.
Older family acquaintance that suddenly started to purchase gift cards. Gets all fired up when someone say that this is a scam. (The scam was crypto investments, and scammers would only take gift cards, yeah...)
The person was convinced it was legit, and got frustrated and pissed off that people were trying to hinder investments.
- knodi123 3y agooof. that really hits home, I've seen similar problems (although not with such extreme results as your example). cognition-disrupting disorders are so frustrating and scary!