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Thread: MLM, Ponzi, Pyramid, Scams, Fraud - Who is Most Gullible Victim??

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    MLM, Ponzi, Pyramid, Scams, Fraud - Who is Most Gullible Victim??

    Who's most gullible online and why? Secrets from scam world revealed

    Think grandma and grandpa are the most likely to fall for Internet scams? Think again, suggests a study on gullibility released earlier this month.

    Younger, less educated, underpaid Americans are the group most likely to fall for schemes of digital criminals peddling fake charities, rogue antivirus software or myriad other cons, the survey indicates. Middle-class earners are less likely to be victims, but folks earning more than $200,000 annually seem to be almost as gullible those living below the poverty line, it found.

    Brits and Australians are more skeptical than their American counterparts, says the study, released by security firm PC Tools and survey firm The Ponemon Institute. Only those three nations were studied.
    MSNBC reported today on this article from some research:

    Red Tape - Who's most gullible online and why? Secrets from scam world revealed

    The survey found that scams involving a free prize or free antivirus software were the most successful with Americans, while online charity scams were only about half as likely to find victims. It also found that Americans in the Northeast and Southwest were most likely victims, while Midwesterners and residents of the Pacific Northwest were the most skeptical.

    "I live in Michigan. People here feel they have horse sense that have may not exist in other parts of the country," Greenspan said.

    The study even waded into political territory, finding that Republicans and Democrats were about equally likely to be victims, while members of some "alternative" parties, like the Tea Party or the Green Party, rated better. Independents were found to the most vulnerable.
    Wonder how SAFE those Michigan people are from Adland's major scam tooter who lives in Green Bay??

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    Re: MLM, Ponzi, Pyramid, Scams, Fraud - Who is Most Gullible Victim??

    SOME INTERESTING 2010 STATISTICS FROM ic3 TO ADD TO SCRATCHYCATS' POST:















    The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing

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    Re: MLM, Ponzi, Pyramid, Scams, Fraud - Who is Most Gullible Victim??

    Thank you LRM for all the DD!! I was surprised to learn of the age group who were being duped now. It must be that gang of money-hungry younger generation grabbing at every penny they can get and most of them are already in the higher pay bracket.

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