And, what's worse, is that the real grifters and crooks will walk away clean once again. There isn't enough time or justice in this universe to nail them all and that's a crime in itself.
There will always be people trying to scam people, and always people who get scammed. It's hard to feel bad about an inevitability.
I get it if it's someone you personally know - but otherwise - it's just how the world works.
It's like getting sad when a cheetah catches a gazelle.
Cheetahs, generally, are likely to be opposed. As long as there are sufficient prey/resources to go around, there is no intrinsic need for cheetahs to eat cheetahs.
If we're trying to blame modern technology for a rise in scams - that seems misguided. It's better to just acknowledge that you need to be on your toes for scams from other humans. Some people are gonna fall for the scams - it's inevitable.
I reject this hypothesis; only assholes have an intrinsic need to scam other humans. And rather than accept this as an inevitability, the assholes should be regulated and ostracized to the point where their impact on humanity is negligible.
It’s always the little guys who lose their shirts. The big guys who caused the problems get celebrated.