There’s gotta be some crazy scam that will work on me that I’ve never heard of. Every time a new one comes around its always something that throws a ton of red flags out the whole way. They have to be just catching people with particular blind spots
Every time a new one comes around its always something that throws a ton of red flags out the whole way.
That’s on purpose. If people like you easily avoid scams, it helps self-select your idiots. Easier to scam.
Think about it, would you rather spend a ton of effort scamming a small amount of money from a smart person, or very little effort scamming a ton of money from a dumb person?
It’s a numbers game (pun not intended but, hey, if it works I’m alright with it) - use an automated method to send a no-cost/ultra-cheap message to millions of people, swindle the small fraction of those who fall for it.
Now that sending this kind of text message is as cheap as sending e-mails, we see this same principle applied in these as we saw with scam emails.
There’s gotta be some crazy scam that will work on me that I’ve never heard of. Every time a new one comes around its always something that throws a ton of red flags out the whole way. They have to be just catching people with particular blind spots
That’s on purpose. If people like you easily avoid scams, it helps self-select your idiots. Easier to scam.
Think about it, would you rather spend a ton of effort scamming a small amount of money from a smart person, or very little effort scamming a ton of money from a dumb person?
I don’t want to say I’m immune to scams buuuut, I’m immune man.
They’re pros too for sure. Like, even when I try to play along they hang up on me or stop talking to me.
It’s a numbers game (pun not intended but, hey, if it works I’m alright with it) - use an automated method to send a no-cost/ultra-cheap message to millions of people, swindle the small fraction of those who fall for it.
Now that sending this kind of text message is as cheap as sending e-mails, we see this same principle applied in these as we saw with scam emails.