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[–] 12 points 2 years ago (8 children)

I just want to say that I watched John Oliver today talk about those messaging scams that start with, "Hey Elaine, it's Mary. Are we still on for golf?"

And I then found out that Americans have lost around 3 billion dollars to that scam.

My first thought was, "those people shouldn't be allowed to vote."

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I have something to tell you. Everyone is susceptible to scams. We're social creatures, my dude. It's part of the arrangement. Trust, the ability to trust, that's the built-in weakness to that.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    I gotta be honest, I'm surprised by the response. I'm talking about this one scam in particular. It's so dumb to me. Maybe because I'm older; fuck texting just call me generation, or what. People been scamming people forever. It's not new. So to me, it's got to be less about trust and more about desperation.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    And he said "that's just in the US" because it does happen everywhere. You know? Western Europe where half the population votes for autocrats too?

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