Scams and Scammers

The cluster focuses on discussions about scams, scammers, their victims, and debates over victim culpability, scam profitability, and specific cases where scammers fail to enrich themselves or get scammed.

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Sample Comments

qyv Jun 29, 2018 View on HN

The cynical view: there is more money to be made with scam's than legitimacy.

jpatokal Nov 2, 2018 View on HN

Real consequences for those who got scammed, not the ones who did the scamming.

SmellyGeekBoy Aug 31, 2016 View on HN

It's a sad fact of the world that, where there is money to be made, there will be scams. I'm surprised it doesn't happen a lot more often tbh.

afterburner May 15, 2013 View on HN

It's always sad when scam artists are rewarded.

throwaway932 Nov 28, 2018 View on HN

The way scams are useful to the scammer.

8note May 4, 2021 View on HN

Unprofitable scammers sounds like a problem that has already solved itself

alisonkisk Oct 20, 2021 View on HN

Consumers are complicit in the scam.

pirocks Aug 9, 2020 View on HN

Because if this became the way the world works way more people would be scammed.

joshdance May 11, 2014 View on HN

This makes me sad for the people who get scammed. Wonder why we can't do more to help them.

Kuinox Jan 13, 2024 View on HN

People doing scams are not often intelligent at the same time.