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newscluesyesterday at 1:36 PM1 replyview on HN

Boomers are the perfect suckers at this point

My boomer mom is the kind of person who just heard about AI and would get IPO fomo


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close04today at 10:50 AM

Older people are always a good target for any scams. With age their mental acuity drops and they also have diminishing importance in society as sad as that sounds. They are not just easier but also safer targets for the scammers. Authorities don't bend over backwards to help when the victims are old people with no leverage left.