Comment on Elon Musk Fans Are Losing So Much Money to Crypto Scams

Spitzspot@lemmings.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A lot of the people falling for these scams are straight up mentally ill or disabled.

  It’s funny to think of some blowhard yacht guy getting scammed. Less funny to see an adult with Down’s Syndrome or Schizophrenia or Dementia get played.

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  • Spitzspot@lemmings.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Citation?

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    • thesohoriots@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The article said nothing about intellectual disability, but it did suggest some older people contextually from their complaints. Here’s an actual citation from one of the complaints that I think sums it up perfectly:

      Now, i’m an intelligent [person], at least I consider myself that to be. I am a huge fan of elon musk and tesla. I only bit into this because it did sound too good to be true.

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    • blackbelt352@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s just how basic demographics analysis works. There’s a lot more people who are struggling with mental health problems/mental disabilities that make them more prone to believing scams. And so many games and storefronts use dark patters to make it extremely easy to make undesired purchases or have no safeguards to prevent children from using their parents credit card for purchases.

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  • Dsklnsadog@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Don’t have empathy. It’s not allow

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