ngl, as someone whoās been cryptoscammed reasonably recently, everytime i see one of these posts i feel quite a bit more sympathy for the people who donāt understand how to use the internet who do this shit. i did feel some sympathy before but now itās combined with the memory of the feeling of panic and then shame i felt in the immediate aftermath, and also understanding how these scammers are so effective.
a friend of mine was telling me that their parents got scammed recently out of 200k. They were trying to work out how and why and everyone, including the victims was just like āI dunnoā¦ it just kinda happened. Everything looked legit.ā
And I imagine if ābuying something on amazonā looks really confusing to you, thereās little difference between that and a scam, because itās all a mystery you canāt hope to comprehend.
Now I imagine that experienced or savvy people could smell a rat instantly, but if you truly find online payments way beyond your Ken, I can see how it happens