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Why are Millennials Getting Scammed so Much?
NBC Bay Area ^ | Mar 2, 2018 | Scott Budman

Posted on 03/04/2018 5:52:46 PM PST by nickcarraway

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Why are millennials scammed so much? Because the Marxist NEA dropped a dumb ass bomb on every child for the last 40 years, that's why.
61 posted on 03/04/2018 10:32:53 PM PST by Herakles (Diversity is a globalist scam for power!)
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To: al baby

Tide pods kill brain cells

What about Borax?


62 posted on 03/04/2018 11:07:39 PM PST by Davy Crocket
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To: Reily

Beat me to it! Yup, they’re too stupid to be idiots.


63 posted on 03/04/2018 11:09:01 PM PST by jmacusa ("Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: shanover

I suppose “baby boomers” are the so-called “worst generation” because they voted for Trump 55-45?


64 posted on 03/04/2018 11:26:27 PM PST by RonnG ( v)
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To: Republican Wildcat

“Educated” and “intelligent” are not the same thing.

“educated” and “indoctrinated” are not the same thing.

A high school graduate in 1970 was on average far more educated that most of today’s “collich” graduates.


65 posted on 03/04/2018 11:32:45 PM PST by RonnG ( v)
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To: Ambrosia

Over the last few years, when I see the phrase

“I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that
his son may be a poet.” by John Quincy Adams, I’m sadden
that the result is todays kids.


66 posted on 03/04/2018 11:43:17 PM PST by missthethunder
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To: al baby

The POD people


67 posted on 03/04/2018 11:51:39 PM PST by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: shanover

Everything bad that has happened here occurred under the watch of the baby boomers. Gun control to government spying to unconscionable debt to epic social decay including rampant drug use and baby boomer politicians that refuse to go away; especially the normalizing of socialism and communism.

One, single generation has overseen the total undoing of our Republic through their narcissism, selfishness, and basic stupidity. And now, in the close of their autumnal years, they lash out at the products of their harvest. It is amazing.

Face it, the Millis have a long way to go to do as much damage.


68 posted on 03/05/2018 12:14:43 AM PST by Noamie
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To: proust

>>>A liberal is someone who hasn’t been mugged yet<<<

Not anymore my FRiend. Today a Totalitarian Communist is someone who was a Liberal before another Nutcase Liberal killed his Friends.

The Murderer’s name is hardly mentioned. Only the Tool he used to commit the Crime is blamed along with the Constitution and the People who support it.


69 posted on 03/05/2018 12:30:07 AM PST by Kickass Conservative ( An Armed Society is a Polite Society. An Unarmed Society is North Korea.)
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To: a fool in paradise
Don’t put classified government documents on an unsecured private server in a toilet.

What are you supposed to do if you are a grifter with a high government job (and surely headed higher), and you want to turn that job into money — real money, not just a stinkin' government salary — all without getting caught?

70 posted on 03/05/2018 12:42:15 AM PST by cynwoody
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To: nickcarraway
My elderly father has one of the smallest online footprints you can imagine... sometimes to the chagrin of his family... Well, last week he called me to ask about ransomware. Apparently, someone locked his desktop, AND called the house, AND had his credit card number, and was insisting that he give them his SSN and card expiration date, and being rude about it (in addition to the rudeness of locking the desktop). Thankfully, even in his 80s, he responded correctly. Card number canceled and changed, no further information given, etc, and we got the PC unlocked after some efforts.

He's definitely a naive neophyte in the digital world, so I told him to think of it like the contractors who would go to elderly homes and tell them about the "hail damage" to the roof, even with no hail and the roof being recently replaced. That helped clarify it for him, I think. Scammers are everywhere.

71 posted on 03/05/2018 12:52:44 AM PST by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: nickcarraway

They skim learn...6 seconds max. They were never thought how to learn and their arrogance prevents them.

Life is hard, harder when you are stupid.


72 posted on 03/05/2018 2:39:19 AM PST by CincyRichieRich (Q : He's not just for Star Trek anymore. There are no more accidents.)
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To: 5th MEB

My brother was an only child.

;^)


73 posted on 03/05/2018 3:06:00 AM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: missthethunder

I think you have right idea, and there is nothing wrong with being a merchant or a poet, I’m a poet too. However, I earned my money by hard work.

At the OSCARS they refused to clap, when one gave credit to America. The Communists screamed ‘gun control’, while surrounded by 500 armed guards. That is the mindset destroying America.

These actors promise to leave if a Conservative is elected, yet here they still are! SAD. I will give not one cent to a movie or watch any entertainment or shows these people appear in. Time to talk with our $$$!


74 posted on 03/05/2018 3:53:22 AM PST by Ambrosia (Southern born... NC, and have lived in PA, NY,WV,SC, NM, FL, NC....Love USA!)
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To: metmom

They have American greed (which as Gordon Gecko says is good) with very limited opportunities, so anything that can lift them from the low-wage/high-debt morass is attractive to them. Never mind owning a home; many young people today can’t make car payments or pay rent without sharing an apartment with others. Desperation probably leads them to make bad decisions regarding scams.


75 posted on 03/05/2018 4:10:35 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: nickcarraway

Because they believe that people are inherently good.


76 posted on 03/05/2018 4:13:35 AM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: nickcarraway

Ummm....because they eat Tide pods?


77 posted on 03/05/2018 4:21:45 AM PST by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison...like yesterday.)
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To: nickcarraway

“Educated?” They are indoctrinated not “educated.” And a fool and his money are soon parted: any questions?


78 posted on 03/05/2018 4:46:28 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism us truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: hinckley buzzard

Wear pajamas...
Drink hot chocolate...
Talk about healthcare...

Pajama Boy wasn’t chosen by accident to be the poster child for Obamacare.


79 posted on 03/05/2018 5:05:17 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: sparklite2
Can you teach common sense?

Good question. IMHO, and in my experience, learning how to think critically leads to common sense. Most common sense boils down to critical thinking.

80 posted on 03/05/2018 5:50:26 AM PST by upchuck (Keep a sharp lookout. The best is yet to come.)
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