08-04-2023, 09:40 PM
(08-04-2023, 07:17 PM)Lilith7 Wrote:I have always thought I'd rather be deceived than be the deceiver. I am not good at guilt.(08-04-2023, 07:07 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Last night's piece on the scam targeting Chinese expats in NZ showed just how it was both clever and psychologically difficult to see through.
People get scammed because they trust, they believe others are as honest and well intentioned as they are. Or, because like the scammers, they are greedy and think they are entitled to win more often. Or they have a need the scam offers to satisfy. Anyone can be deceived, most people have been at some stage or another. We give because someone needs help, only to find out they were the taking kind. We lose a little faith when that happens. We give to a charity, only to discover our money funds consultants, and salaries, and fancy buildings, and rarely gets to those who need the money. We worship at churches, only to find the worm at the heart of those religions. We trust in our leaders, only to find they too are as fallible, as human as we are.
We cannot stop the scammers. They are human beings just like us. That is why and how we become their victims.
But it's okay. Climate change will wipe the planet clean, and start again with another lot...
We're trusting souls - & also devious bastards.
Two characteristics of humans which account for quite a lot of our problems, though there's a school of thought which holds that its better to help an undeserving person than to miss helping those in genuine need.
