Re: Influencers
Reply #6 –
I'm not sure whether folk today are more gullible but when you see those taken in by conspiracy theories, anti-vaxxers, fad diets, populist politicians, cults, extremism, etc, you have to wonder.
As I understand it the vast bulk of people losing money or being duped on the internet are from more conventional scams, buying stuff that is either never delivered or not what they ordered, which can never be returned.
Those questionable 85%-Off everything Facebook ads that Facebook do nothing about! Facebook can swat them away at the click of a button, yet it doesn't, so who should I focus my rage on, the scammer or Facebook? Both I suppose.
I'm particularly cognisant of older people being scammed, I've heard it happening multiple times. For example, getting a call that if they don't pay the bill their internet will be cut off and the phones will stop working, when they do not even have the internet!