Move over Nigerian Princes. A new generation of "Yahoo boys" are fine-tuning social engineering techniques and targeting small businesses.
    • HungryJerboa@lemmy.caEnglish
      48·
      6 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.

      • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14·
        6 months ago

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