Move over Nigerian Princes. A new generation of "Yahoo boys" are fine-tuning social engineering techniques and targeting small businesses.
    • HungryJerboa@lemmy.caEnglish
      56·
      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.

      • nossaquesapaoEnglish
        11·
        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…

      • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        8 months ago

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