Sentences with phrase «such obvious scams»

It's difficult to imagine how people in simpler times could be so naive to fall for such obvious scams and cons of the era.
Of course everyone on sites like GN and whatnot know not to fall for such obvious scams, but I once saw a fake Pokemon Go beta signup post in my recommended box, and it had over 10,000 likes and a crapton of comments, mostly from people desperate to play the game.
It's difficult to imagine how people in simpler times could be so naive to fall for such obvious scams and cons of the era.
It was such an obvious scam, but it did generate a ton of traffic and I got several sign calls.

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One might think it should seem quite obvious such promises would easily be identified as scams, but keep in mind these firms prey on the desperate or unaware.
(Heck, I just snapped at a friend of my grandmother's over the weekend by calling her horribly gullible for falling for such an obvious likefarming scam despite me sharing on my page hundreds of times to not to do in hopes of intelligent discussions, and I have zero regrets.
Not all scams involve Nigerian princes (although some lawyers have even fallen prey to such obvious phishing attempts).
However, if in fact he has been told that it will take a number of months to organise the transfer, such that your client will be over age 55, then it may not be so obvious that it is a scam, as pension freedoms do allow individuals to «cash in» their savings.
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