Serious question: what does it take before a person asks themselves if some rando giving them money for nothing is a legit thing? I mean, if this lesson has not been learned at the cusp of 2024, is there any hope?
I guess when they disappear we'll know that people have stopped falling for these scams.
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I suspect there's a utopian halo around all new tech that gets fainter and fainter with every exploit. Sadly ourworldindata doesn't have cybercrime stats on offer but I'd guess they're trending down per unit of time-spent-online.
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