r/AskReddit • u/grantdotyea • 22d ago

Many online scams are aimed at the elderly, but younger generations know how to avoid them better. What are tricks scammers will pull in the future in order to scam a more tech savvy elderly generation?

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u/BobThE_BatManiac 22d ago

Anything else you wanna know, skynet?

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u/GarrulousMustelid 22d ago

"We're moving our software to a subscription-based model."

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u/EeJoannaGee 22d ago

Unless there will be a cure for dementia there will still be vulnerable elderly for scammers to scam.

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u/Who_Wouldnt_ 22d ago

I'm 63, my generation was infinitely more tech savvy than our parents in our prime, and as savvy as the current generation is about current tech, they'll be just as vulnerable to new developments they don't understand in 40 years as my generation is to new tech now. Sorry, preying on aging people has been going on since the beginning of 'civilization'.

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u/grantdotyea 22d ago

Yeah I expected a few people to mention this and they have. I just think the wording and methods will change the stereotypes of scams in a few years. Nobody is falling for the Nigerian prince scheme anymore.

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u/DelphicHazelnut 22d ago

It’d have to be a pretty good execution but something along the lines of downloading an app for free movies/music/apps

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u/grantdotyea 22d ago

I think this is a good point. As long as somebody hires a graphic designer to make it look somewhat legit, it’d work so much better.

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u/snoryder8019 22d ago

prepaid suicide machines.

boomers bought timeshares and converted them into America. We were born into it.

this would get us out of that obligation

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u/kavijak 22d ago

I just dont fall for the 10'000'000$ from a stranger. But i could fall for: pizza hut is giving away 100 pizza coupons. 1 for each winner. Enter your details.

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u/grantdotyea 22d ago

lol good point, scams always go for bigger than they need to when they could just go with believable

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u/IsAlwaysTired 22d ago

Not exactly sure how, but when I worked at internet helpdesk, at some point, people said that they were hacked just by answering the landline.

They claimed to have hung up right after, no conversation.

As far as I know, its not possible. But some other co workers had costumers telling them the same thing at that time and I never got an answer.

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u/Inferno8429 22d ago

Listen, as an IT professional, fucking NOTHING is going to change, because young, tech savvy people still fall for this shit. The person who got their entire company ransomwared at one of my client sites was a person who is quite tech-savvy.

Social engineering is largely considered the biggest danger to security and the most effective con you can use on people.