This is a problem with no solution in sight. I wonder how common scams were in the past, with no internet. Were people more jaded and less trusting back in the

This is a problem with no solution in sight. I wonder how common scams were in the past, with no internet. Were people more jaded and less trusting back in the day? I've seen first-hand a senior citizen getting scammed through a fake investment platform. It was crypto related, but had non-crypto "investments" as well. When I told him in no uncertain terms that it was a scam, his response was "well maybe you're right, but if you don't take risks, you'll never earn anything". Last I heard from him was that some russians had convinced him to install AnyDesk and drained his bank account (repeatedly, for several months in a row). What's even funnier is that in order to finance his "investments" he took a loan from a "bank" which asked him to send a smaller sum as confirmation before receiving the loan, and of course the "bank" was never heard from again. I guess in a way he actually saved money by not getting a real loan and having to repay later. It's absolutely hopeless, and as much as I dislike the scammers, at some point it becomes hard to not blame the victim.