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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really have to believe that a scam would have to be much much more sophisticated before my 18 year old would fall for it. There is no way she would ever pay out $3000 of her own money, without, at the very least, coming to me or her father. The fact that many of you, as adults, are saying you would fall for it, is disturbing. And I am not the most highly intelligent person. Is this one of those high IQ vs street smarts kind of things?[/quote]

Because most PPs who replied in this vein actually described more subtle situations. In OP's daughter's case, the actual job probably does not exist. They stole 3K on the first day and will disappear. It smelled bad from the start, and OP should have warned her. The others had phishing emails at their legitimate place of work, using familiar channels. That can get really confusing.

I have one ADHD/ASD rule-compliant young adult, and my biggest fear, ever since he was little, has always been that he'll get roped into something criminal and be used as the fall guy because the higher-ups see him as an easy victim. Scams are less impactful - they don't send you to prison, even if you lose your money. So I've spent a significant amount of time in his life teaching him ethics and morals, and when you have to stand up to your friends/bosses, in addition to paying attention to scams and frauds.

Here's the Washington Post scam exercise. I took it, and apparently I'm a "Cautious Capybara"!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2023/identify-scam-quiz-zelle-email-text/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f005[/quote]

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