TheWaterGod@lemmy.caM to Offbeat@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 days agoWoman loses thousands of dollars to romance scammer posing as astronaut in distresswww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareOliveMoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoI was actually really surprised that this happened in Japan. I immediately thought southern states, or Alberta 😉
minus-squareAmuletta@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoPeople are people all over the world. I wonder if there has been any research into the psychology of people who get scammed this way? They seem so blind to what is really obvious to their friends and relatives.
minus-squareOliveMoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days ago🎶 All the lonely people, where do they all come from… 🎶
I was actually really surprised that this happened in Japan. I immediately thought southern states, or Alberta 😉
People are people all over the world. I wonder if there has been any research into the psychology of people who get scammed this way? They seem so blind to what is really obvious to their friends and relatives.
🎶 All the lonely people, where do they all come from… 🎶
Got to be more to it than loneliness.