Behind the scenes of the social networking scam business that exploits the “information poor.
The existence of lists targeting the weak-minded
I don’t want to say, “It’s the deceived who are at fault. However, there is no such a sweet story in the world. If there really is such a thing, we should know better that there is no way to tell such information to strangers via social networking sites.
The person who runs the Sarewife (meaning wife who is having an affair) account on X is a single office worker with a lot of free time on his hands who loves infidelity dramas, and the person who posts her daily frugal meals as a poor girl on TikTok monetizes her account to a considerable amount of money and carries a Hermes Picotin in her personal life. In her personal life, she carries an Hermes Picotin.
SNS is full of falsehoods, and to take an investment offer from someone you have never actually met, or to send money out of kindness, is to fall into the trap of a scam that takes advantage of the weak-minded.
If only that were the case, people who cannot make the right choice on social networking sites would be put on a list of the weak-minded and shared with them for a fee. A list of the “gullible” is worthless to the scammers.
Scams are evolving every day. The only thing we can do is to know what is going on, stop and think before any story, and protect ourselves.
Reporting and writing: Rika Sasaki