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submitted 8 months ago by Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to c/memes@midwest.social

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[–] ech@lemm.ee 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's like how scammers will use obvious tells to weed out harder marks, meaning anyone that responds to them will be easy pickings.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

"Caller ID says the call is from 1-800-SCAM-YOU. Sounds legit." Answers

Having worked as a relay operator when I was younger and seeing these scams happen in real time while being powerless to do anything but facilitate the call, the truth is often way, way sadder. It's often not stupidity, but desperation that causes them to fall for extremely obvious bullshit.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

Despair makes people stupid.