> who are essentially modern day slaves scams are not acceptable, no matter who's performing it > I've never quite understood this sort of anti-scammer conten

> who are essentially modern day slaves scams are not acceptable, no matter who's performing it > I've never quite understood this sort of anti-scammer content and what its appeal is to readers. mocking is a very effective way to raise awareness of the issue, it delivers information on how scammers act and how to understand you're being scammed, and make that information stick. making that kind of scam inefficient is a very good way (entertaining, non-violent, essentially harmless to scammer) to make the phenomenon disappear.