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150. Why Do People Get Scammed?

No Stupid Questions

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The Role of Older People in Scams

Colin: Scams are hard to study scientifically. It's not that the older you are, the more likely you are to fall for scams. The US Census Bureau put out some data on lost reports by age and fraud type. Older adults are massively more likely to fall victims to scams in online shopping,. investment scams, fake check scams.

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