
Jan 20, 2018, 01:39 AM
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Originally Posted by divine1966
These people are criminals. People who get into these situations are victims of a crime. Many crimes could be avoided if victims did something different, like didn”t walk alone in a dark or didn’t leave their doors unlocked. They are victims even if they brought it upon themselves.
Same here. It’s no matter if what they did was ridiculous like gave money away, they are still victims of a crime.
And people do bizarre things especially when it comes to money when they are caught in a vulnerable state or certain condition (mania). People of all walks of life become victims of various type of scammers. Not just romance scammers
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Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that. I didn't intend to come off as victim blaming. Absolutely they are not to blame for getting scammed. I'm just saying the scammers don't work on me because I have a personal code about sending money to people I don't know. I didn't mean it that others are to blame for their own victimization if they don't have that same code.
And yes, people do all sorts of bizarre things with money. Myself included. Took a terrible car loan a few years back and still recovering from it. Why? I was in an emotional state and anxious and didn't really examine all the details closely enough. Lesson learned.
Sorry again, my intent was not to blame the victims, just state why the scam doesn't work on me.
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