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Logan Paul still hasn't refunded victims of his crypto videogame scam | PC Gamer (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] many_bees@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

On the one hand, I think when people are being scammed, there should be some recourse for them to recover their money.

But on the other hand, if you can't see through "cryptocurrency" + "Logan Paul" + "game", maybe you deserve to lose that money. I just wish it could be taken away from Logan Paul and donated to people who really need it.

[-] Meowoem@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I feel the same about a lot of the romance scams

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I happened to have been a relay operator and had one of these romance scam calls drop on me back before they had any protections against that shit so I had to sit there and listen to a dude getting all sappy and sending money to someone typing anonymously and merely using me as a medium to talk. Saddest shit I've ever seen, and the only way I could even imagine the tactic working is on extremely lonely people. Because it was not subtle and most reasonable people could have seen right through it.

[-] PizzasDontWearCapes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

The hope induced by the scammer to get the victim out of their loneliness is powerful enough to trounce any counter-logic the victim can muster

Lives of victims and their families have been shattered by these scammers

this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2023
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