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I generally agree, but I work in a uiversity where most of the faculty have PhDs and presumably aren't too stupid. But no matter how many times IT sends out information about phishing and scam mail, some professor always responds to one of those things and gives out his password. I don't know, maybe that's just proof that you can be stupid and get a PHD.
There is no requirement of common sense when working on or completing a PhD. I also worked at a University in the past, yeah, there are some seriously impaired professors out there....
There is no requirement of common sense when working on or completing a PhD. I also worked at a University in the past, yeah, there are some seriously impaired professors out there....
So I was watching the local news this morning and there were reports of yet another phone scam where people had willingly provided PII and then lost their butts. I can't believe how people believe ANYTHING they encounter.
Why are people so gullible after being warned time and again to avoid some situations?
because people are nice and want to help by nature, the question should be why are people dishonest and want to steal from others
I don't know, but what I despise is when people are gullible on Facebook, and re-post those mass hysteria posts, with some stupid story that is obviously not true, but they say, "better safe than sorry!" Uhhh no, better to not post and look like an idiot...
If you've had a bad day and read one of these sometimes rationality just goes out the window....
Generally, I check out stuff on Snopes before I re-post anything, but I got caught in a heated discussion that turned out to be a hoax. I was in a crappy mood and reading that particular post just made me snap. I should have known better
A good rule of thumb: If you find yourself getting too involved in the controversy and starting to overreact and become pissed off, it's time to step back and take a chill-pill. Take a few deep breaths. Go outside and get some exercise. Go to the movies and watch a comedy or two. Get a massage (the legal kind ) Go to church and pray. Do ANYTHING to get your mind off the world's negativity.
We as a civilization are being beaten down by our own fear. Politicians, the Media and Big Business love to feed us that tripe until we vomit. That's how they win elections, boost ratings and score big profits.
There must be some good in this world. If we brought to the table our own good intentions instead of sniping at one another this world would be a helluva lot different....
Just attend any church...to see gullibility in action.
There, fixed that for you.
Seriously, church/religions teach/condition people to be gullible, to believe things without evidence of truth or fact...or despite evidence to the contrary. It preys on and reinforces peoples' ignorance. In years of investigating and busting stock frauds, some of the affinity scammers preying on churches and religious people have been some of the worst, and ridiculously, some of those scammed refuse to believe that they were scammed even when the evidence is right in front of them and the perps have gone to prison.
Additionally, the mythical tales told to young children, who are encouraged to believe in things like 'Santa Claus', the 'Easter Bunny', the 'Tooth Fairy', etc. etc. encourage gullibility as well. My reaction after learning the truth of these things was, if not quite shock and outrage, it was at least a feeling of incredulousness that I had been lied to and believed these impossible things. It caused me to question *every* thing I had been told, and instilled a desire to learn the truth and make it known.
People are encouraged to believe the impossible, to just "have 'faith'", and this makes them easier targets for con-artists and scammers.
because people are nice and want to help by nature, the question should be why are people dishonest and want to steal from others
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There must be some good in this world. If we brought to the table our own good intentions instead of sniping at one another this world would be a helluva lot different....
But why aren't the elderly wiser? They should be the least susceptible targets. After all, they have lived longer and seen more attempted scams than those younger. If you are wise to identity scams now at the age of 30 or 40, are you going to forget all about it and become naive at age 60?
Perhaps these are widows who have depended on someone else their whole life to watch out for them and suddenly they are on their own?
My mother is in her 80's, too -- and identity theft, to her, is what happens to other people. She makes a point of shredding, in a shredder, any piece of mail that she receives that isn't a bill or a letter. but she doesn't really understand the internet, to the point that her email program is a complete mystery to her. 50 years ago, there WAS no internet -- so it's not as if she's forgotten anything. She just failed to join the internet revolution. 50 years from now, there will probably be some technology that we are just too tired or uninterested in to take part in.
She was in a panic when she acquired a computer virus that popped up with a big screen that announced that "they" had identified her computer as a source of child porn, gave several possible penalties, and then there was the scam: "Pay us $450.00 and we will make this go away." She was sooo upset, until we were able to reassure her that no, there was no child porn on the computer, it was just a virus and we'd just get rid of the virus.
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) Go to church and pray. Do ANYTHING to get your mind off the world's negativity.
