Bady@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoWhat are some notable scams in history that went unnoticed for so long?message-squaremessage-square461fedilinkarrow-up1393arrow-down17
arrow-up1386arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some notable scams in history that went unnoticed for so long?Bady@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square461fedilink
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up31arrow-down4·11 months agoITT: Things people personally think are scammy, but not actual legally-defined scams.
minus-squareSigloPseudoMundo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down1·11 months agoWhen a scam is good enough it gets put into law.
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 months agoIt’s how cults become religions.
minus-squareMooseBoys@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·11 months agoAlso people completely omitting the “unnoticed” aspect.
ITT: Things people personally think are scammy, but not actual legally-defined scams.
When a scam is good enough it gets put into law.
It’s how cults become religions.
Also people completely omitting the “unnoticed” aspect.