We all like to think we are smart, independent, in full control of our lives, and there is no way any of us would fall for a financial scam, like those lonely old seniors do, because “that happens to them, not to me, because I am smart.”
But the truth is, even smart people fall for it, people with master degrees, people who work in academia, people running large business… Even I could fall for this.
And how did you learn to recognize it?
I met an older guy that thought his daughter was scamming him for $500 gift cards once every few months. He would not even consider the fact that it wasn’t her. He believed that she cut him out of his life but was somehow needing these gift cards that aren’t prepaid visa cards, so like iTunes or w.e other shit that can’t be used for food or rent. Dude was just getting raked over the coals for thousands of dollars by a scammer. A lot of people refuse to believe they were being tricked apparently.