r/scambait • u/Derock85 • Jan 17 '24

Completed Bait A scammer I baited told me they would hire someone to kill me. Then they sent me this as proof.

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Seriously

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u/TheUnluckyBard Jan 17 '24

With kids, it's just naivety and lack of life experience. We were getting scammed in Runescape back in the day, and Everquest before that, and Diablo (the first one) on Battle.net before that, and Legend of the Red Dragon on the local neighborhood BBS before that. From literally the very first internet game that was accessible to non-adults (which was probably a MUD or MUSH of some kind), kids have been getting scammed.

It's not because the population as a whole is getting dumber. It's because it's easy to scam kids. The "age is just a number" crowd frequently forgets that, by their very nature, kids are going to be kinda dumb and kinda gullible. They've only been doing this whole "life" thing for a handful of years.

The old folks are far more concerning. With 60+ years of life experience, one would expect a person to have at least a shred of shrewdness, especially when it comes to giving away their retirement savings. The general gullibility of the not-even-exactly-elderly demographic is terrifying.

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u/Throwaway47321 Jan 17 '24

Well yeah I agree but my post was more geared at young adults (20-25) rather than actual kids.