Comment on Nigerian Email Scammers Are More Effective Than Ever

db2@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• HungryJerboa@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is disingenuous. Scammers have gotten smarter over the years and not everybody is technologically savvy. All it takes is a perfect storm of factors for even the most experienced people to fall prey to scams.

  Stop victim blaming and focus on education. It’s the only way this gets better.

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  • nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    People think they’re immune to scams, but all it takes is a moment of vulnerability, some great coincidence, some peer pressure, or something i these lines, and they will fall victim. I’ve seen so many intelligent and tech-savvy people fall for so many scams over the years…

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  • Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If we can get the idiots off the net by them getting ripped off, maybe the internet will get better again.

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