Most victims today are elderly who have lost the ability you promote with pride. They are the vulnerable and the cons take advantage of their vulnerability. Not careless. Vulnerable. They worked hard for their retirements and evil people devise new ways everyday to con them. Don’t be so harsh. Ask an FBI agent what they see every day. Maybe the victims are not as sophisticated as you, but they are not unsympathetic.
I know a young woman who loves an addict. One con is to look at the detention center rosters that are published online and then search the internet for people connected to those who are in jails for say a DUI. They tell the loved one that their son/daughter/boyfriend can get out of jail once a bond is arranged and they tell them bond can be made on line. People are grieving the addiction of their loved one and caught off guard and don’t think about the fact they could be victimized. It’s not so clean as you make it.
