The generation that grew up with the internet isn’t invulnerable to becoming the victim of online hackers and scammers.
    • effward@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      That was literally my first thought.

      Maybe boomers are more embarrassed about being scammed (or just more private in general), and so basing all this on a self-reported study seems like a bit of a shaky foundation.

      Would be great if they had some more data that wasn’t from self-reporting…

      • Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        90% of the time they’re too stupid to even realize they’ve been scammed, and yes, they’ll fall for the exact same shit twice, even three times. For a point of reference, imagine someone your age on their 4th crypto rugpull and replace that with a Nigerian prince.

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Lol I “fall” for scams to waste their time between meetings while I’m working on other shit. I fuck with the scammers just to troll them, and I’m proud of that.