We all like to think we are smart, independent, in full control of our lives, and there is no way any of us would fall for a financial scam, like those lonely old seniors do, because “that happens to them, not to me, because I am smart.”
But the truth is, even smart people fall for it, people with master degrees, people who work in academia, people running large business… Even I could fall for this.
And how did you learn to recognize it?
Wife died of covid. Apparently she was a swinger. Those weren’t church friends. He found someone online. He was sending them money for months. Last transaction was for airfare. He went to the airport to finally meet them. Nobody arrived. Unfortunately he didn’t live much longer. Poor soul.