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Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do. The generation that grew up with the internet isn’t invulnerable to becoming the victim of online hackers and scammers. (www.vox.com)
submitted 10 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do. The generation that grew up with the internet isn’t invulnerable to becoming the victim of online hackers and scammers.::undefined

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[–] givesomefucks 112 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The cost of falling for those scams may also be surging for younger people: Social Catfish’s 2023 report on online scams found that online scam victims under 20 years old lost an estimated $8.2 million in 2017. In 2022, they lost $210 million.

Teenagers are bad at risk assessment...

This shouldn't shock anyone, but it makes boomers feel good about themselves and their lead addled brains can't handle the critical thinking to understand why this isn't the win they think it's is...

[–] pavnilschanda 37 points 10 months ago

True. As a kid I'd fall for scams all the time, constantly downloading malware that would crash the family computer.

[–] lledrtx 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

No way it went up 20x in 5yrs? There must be something weird with the data

[–] givesomefucks 8 points 10 months ago

Time online would naturally increase, but more importantly the pandemic would exacerbate that while also increasing the amount of people resorting to scamming.

There's multiple parts to the equation, called confounding variables.