Do old people deserve to be scammed?

[Generic Anime Girl]

Boomers often fall for retarded scams by Indians and Nigerians. Do they, as a demographic, deserve it?

 

[We Are The Witches]

No.

Very simple question. If they have done something wrong (as any other person), in a "good" world they would be punished for it accordingly, but even then this is tangential to your post.

How is some old person who does not know any better, and is innocent, deserving of being scammed by some filth? Your question includes this hypothetical individual, so no, by common sense ethical standards.

 

[MoffAlbert]

Not by Indians.

 

[HyperboreanRightsActivist]

What did they do to deserve it?

 

[DoomsdayElite]

Only if they fall for it more than once.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

The liberal ones do.

 

[Fascist Frederick]

Anyone who thinks the actual IRS is requesting Google Play cards doesn't deserve to have any money, but the Indian scammers don't deserve the money either purely because they are Indian, so I am conflicted.

 

[LowlyPheasent]

As shitty as boomers have been no they don't. We already have old people prisons they get sent off to to die in while the company steals their money and assets, that's more than shitty enough.

 

[Sunday School Dropout]

The irony is that those under 25 are even more likely to fall prey to scams. Think of computer literacy and age as a bell curve.
To answer your question, I don't think anyone should be deserving of scams. However, depending on the circumstances and the hubris of the victim, you're allowed to not feel bad if they do fall for an obvious scam.

 

[Testacles Maximus]

What did they do to deserve it?

They had the audacity to be born decades before you and decades after me.

 

[Womble of Wimbledon]

If you are dumb enough to fall for those ridicukous scams, you definitely deserve it.

 

[Rudy Coleman]

why would you think anyone deserves to be scammed?

 

[YellowIsACoolColor]

If they're cunts then yes. If not then no.

 

[Glowie Hunter Art Bell]

I'm pretty sure there are more millenials and Gen Z falling for this shit at this point.

They are far more likely not to read subtle clues and notice things like foreign accents and too good to be true types. Too trusting

 

[The Evil Midnight Bomber]

I guess it's just the boomer way to fall for obvious scams and make the world a worse place in the process by enabling liars.

 

[Neurotypical Mantis]

they are kind of retarded. but the only ones that deserve to get scammed are the ones that think the obvious ai images with 5 hands are real, and then refuse to be told otherwise.

 

[Axiom.]

They have enough money, they had a good 60 years beforehand.

 

[rel=alternate]

Desperate or very naive people fall for scams. Not old people.

And they fall for scams of any kind, whether it be stupid courses to be billionaires, catfishes, MLMs, crypto, NFTs, automation, real estate... The list is endless and ever growing.

If you think it's only Nigerian princes, chances are you're getting scammed right now.

Some deserve it, most don't. But I am not sure it really matters.

 

[Pepe Cortisona]

Hallo madam. This Roburt Weeliams from da IRS. Kindly send $500 american dolurs in goegle curds as a needful to liberate your text returds. If you are young womun send bobs to dis googol address to sped up proces.

You bloody basterd! You want no money? I keep yuor munny of you don get $500 american guogle curds!

 

[Dagoth AMOGUS]

They have more dough than they know what to do with plus they won’t even remember it