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Prompt: Scammers
What do you think about the scammers of today with all the media available to them? Do you think they only target the elderly or is everyone liable to fall for their scams? And should scamming be made a serious offense since most of it is a misdemeanor at this time?

The word Scam was one rarely used years ago. Of course there were always scammers but rarely would it be anything huge and certainly not to the extent of ripping off someone’s life savings. Perhaps at the most it would have been a snake oil sales man who sold a potion purporting to cure all ills, when of course it would be little more than coloured water.
No, today the scammers are people with no consciences. They care little for the devastation their actions cause, especially when they carry out romance scams which fool women and sometimes men into believing they are someone they’re not. They keep up the pretence for months, even years, until they make this person believe and trust them. Of course we all have heard of the terrible heartaches caused, the loss of life savings as well as being never able to trust anyone ever again.
The upshot of all this deception and lies is we as a people no longer trust. Having to be forever on guard and vigilant has hidden consequences and I don’t think we know yet the impact this will have on society. The banks have a lot to answer for in many cases and until they get punished for letting the scammers take money things won’t change. They insist we use on line banking whilst closing branches and then when there’s trouble they wash their hands of it.