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> It's so easy to spot marketplace scams that I'm baffled people still fall for them. That's survival bias. There are some you can't spot.
by meiraleal 2y ago
> It's so easy to spot marketplace scams that I'm baffled people still fall for them.
That's survival bias. There are some you can't spot.
- alangibson 2y agoYou missed their point. It's cash on the barrel head or counterparty is presumed to be a scammer. If you follow that rule you'll never be scammed.
- meiraleal 2y ago> If you follow that rule you'll never be scammed. until you get robbed, kidnapped or forced to do a bank transfer.
- dylan604 2y agoyou just named multiple things that are not a scam
- meiraleal 2y agoHow not? The robber never intended to finish the deal.
- dylan604 2y agoBecause like everything else in law, the lower charge becomes irrelevant in light of a worse offense. Breaking into someones home is burglary, but do it when someone is home and it becomes home invasion. Do it with a weapon and it becomes an aggravated charge. At that point, nobody cares if you were trying to steal the silverware.
- meiraleal 2y ago> Because like everything else in law, what law? In my country in my scenario the person would be charged for scam (fraud), robbery and any other possible crimes.
- ClassyJacket 2y agoNone of those things are a scam.