Scams Millennials Always For Fall
"I feel like we (myself included) fall for rage bait easily. We are decent at spotting scams, phishing, and AI, but rage bait is something we can't resist."
"Online sports betting. I've seen it destroy a handful of couples in their 30s and 40s."
"Lots of our fellow generational cohort tried selling MLM products — Lularoe, Beach Body, DoTerra, HerbaLife, Monat, Pure Romance, Rodan + Fields, Scentsy, Young Living, Younique, Beauty Counter..."
"According to my friend who works in the fraud department at a large bank, crypto/bitcoin scams are very popular. People give up their whole life savings to people who promise them that they will be the next billionaire, and never see a single cent ever again."
"Had a buddy fall for a blackmail scam from an email saying they had photos of him jerking off that they'd send to everyone on his contact list."
"Maybe not an out-and-out scam per se, but monthly subscriptions. Hell, I went through a car wash yesterday with my son to get the cheapest wash ($10!), and three employees were there trying so hard to sell me on a monthly pass."
"TikTok shop, Shein, Temu, fast fashion in general — these shopping platforms are so obviously scammy that I can't understand why anyone uses them. Yes, they're cheap. Yes, sometimes you get the thing you paid for. But a lot of the time, you're getting something completely different than what was shown in the product photos. Even if you get an item you can use/wear, the quality is so poor it's going to fall apart pretty fast and need to be replaced and end up costing more in the long run...plus, they're made with questionable materials that can be hazardous."
"Health insurance that doesn't actually cover anything."
"Ordering food on delivery apps. Literally double the price for cold fast food."
"I had a friend who fell for a romance scam. He even knew it was a scam, but he really just needed someone to talk to so he was willing to pay some stranger money to pretend to care about him."
"The investment/success gurus always confuse me as to how so many people fall for them. If their 'bestselling' book or course is on how to be successful, then what success have they actually achieved?"
"It was a while ago, but I remember lots of my fellow millennials getting super wrapped up in KONY 2012."
"Random QR codes. It's becoming a common scam where a nefarious person will place a QR code on parking meters or something random and people scan it."
"Convincing customers that their computer is compromised, an they need to pay to clean/unlock it."
"Red light therapy."
Photodynamic therapy. Cosmetic face mask. the girl is wearing a mask. Health and beauty.
"I fell for a clone of the .gov passport application website not long ago! I was so pissed I had to cancel my credit card but I gave them all of my info and my baby's info. It's because I'm used to opening up the browser with Google search default and typing into Google, not the URL directly. So pissed about it still."
"My pal got his identity stolen after he thought he found a discount site for a brand that almost never does sales. Poor guy was just trying to get his fiancé a surprise gift."
"Influencer culture."
"Anything bought used from a boomer. Damn near everything from a car, ATV, truck, or boat. I've had boomers tell me they are perfect, only to find something that they Mickey-Moused together. Everything I buy from millennials has a digital repair trail, and everything I buy from the silent generation has been babied."
"Fake job postings. Everyone is so damn desperate."
"Getting buried in buy-now-pay-later debt."
"Ugh, apparently a lot of people are falling for ChatGPT and generative AI being the answer to all their questions — and I mean ALL THEIR QUESTIONS. I refuse."
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