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What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore? (lemm.ee)

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[-] MooseBoys@lemmy.world 72 points 1 year ago

This is the third post I’ve seen on Lemmy recently where people seem to overwhelmingly think the word “scam” just means “something I don’t like”. To be a scam, something needs to be dishonest in its representation, usually either by falsifying the true cost to the buyer, or lying about what is being provided in return.

[-] Dinodicchellathicc@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I scamed my ex gf every time we slept together

[-] monk@lemmy.unboiled.info -3 points 1 year ago

Congratulations, you've pretty much redefined "being a scam" to "being advertised". What gives?

How about we leave the word to the outrageous cases of actively preying on specifically targeted victims? Talking grandmas into devolve their credit card numbers, Ponzi schemes, sects or USA healthcare

scams. NFTs, car ownership, DPRK or USA

not scams, misadvertisement.

this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2023

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