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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Henry contacted the website recommended in the YouTube video and was subsequently advised to start investing with $250.

When it seemed his investments were going up, he was advised to keep putting in more money, and it appeared his account had grown to over $40,000. But Henry couldn’t take the money out, and it turned out he was scammed out of $12,000.

It's getting to the point that I have the same degree of sympathy for deepfake AI-gen scam victims as I have for people who fall for scam emails. This has been talked about enough that you should be aware by now. Unless you have dementia, I feel bad that you got taken, but I also blame you for being sloppy. Same as if you had a weak password. You don't deserve to be robbed, but you didn't protect yourself either.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Not everyone is as online as you are.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

You don’t deserve to be robbed, but you didn’t protect yourself either.

That's harsh.

You can't defend against something you a) believe not to be a scam. b) don't know what you're supposed to be defending against.