• Jim@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    I don’t want to victim blame here, but both “Logan Paul” and “crypto” together is just screaming scam. That being said, I hope the victims get their money back, though from the article, I doubt it’ll be anytime soon if at all.

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      1 year 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.

        • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.net
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          1 year 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
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            1 year 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