Henry contacted the website recommended in the YouTube video and was subsequently advised to start investing with $250.
When it seemed his investments were going up, he was advised to keep putting in more money, and it appeared his account had grown to over $40,000. But Henry couldn’t take the money out, and it turned out he was scammed out of $12,000.
It’s getting to the point that I have the same degree of sympathy for deepfake AI-gen scam victims as I have for people who fall for scam emails. This has been talked about enough that you should be aware by now. Unless you have dementia, I feel bad that you got taken, but I also blame you for being sloppy. Same as if you had a weak password. You don’t deserve to be robbed, but you didn’t protect yourself either.
It’s getting to the point that I have the same degree of sympathy for deepfake AI-gen scam victims as I have for people who fall for scam emails. This has been talked about enough that you should be aware by now. Unless you have dementia, I feel bad that you got taken, but I also blame you for being sloppy. Same as if you had a weak password. You don’t deserve to be robbed, but you didn’t protect yourself either.
Not everyone is as online as you are.
That’s harsh.
You can’t defend against something you a) believe not to be a scam. b) don’t know what you’re supposed to be defending against.