http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/0 ... ndparents/

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – The stereotype of a scam victim often focuses on the innocent granny, but a new study shows that Millennials are more likely to fall victim to scams than their parents and grandparents.

Emma Fletcher, a product manager with the Better Business Bureau Institute, said the study she co-authored has shattered the myth of the scan victim.

“We’ve bought into stereotypes about scam victims – they’re usually seen as vulnerable and elderly, or gullible and poorly educated,” Fletcher said. “These stereotypes are strongly held and they are wrong.”

Fletcher’s study for the institute found of those consumers reporting scams to BBB Scam Tracker, 89% of seniors (age 65 and up) recognized the scam in time, while only 11% reported actually losing money.

For those age 18-24, however, more than three times as many failed to recognize the scam – 34% reported losing money.

Co-author Rubens Pessanha said years of warnings to older adults has made them much more leery of scams than younger adults.

“Seniors may be the one group that does not suffer from optimism bias when it comes to scams,” Pessanha said. “They’ve heard, loud and clear, that they are at risk. Seniors may very well be more scam savvy than others. They are also less impulsive buyers than younger consumers.”

According to the researchers, scams affect one in four North American households each year at an estimated loss to individuals and families of $50 billion.

“That $50 billion ‘underground’ economy is stealing from the legitimate marketplace,” said Mary E. Power, president and CEO of the Council of Better Business Bureaus Every dollar lost to a scam is a dollar not spent at a lawful, trustworthy business.”

Jimmypasta will be holding a seminar about online safety for the millennials of the board later this month.

Well, they are ignorant, shallow, retarded and lack any critical thinking skills. Not good at handling stress or pressure, either.

So this isn't a shocking revelation.

Yep

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To the band name thread!

On a Tuesday. At 3:30. Dinner will be served.

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Will Bob Sarley be a guest speaker?

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The under 30 crowd tends to be pretty stupid.

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Well Millennials are also a hell of a lot more likely to be online compared to the elderly.

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Apparently, Gen X'ers love their broad brushes.

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Stupid is unfair.

Unable to critically think is more apt and more accurate I think.

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So does the over 30 crowd.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Correct.

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I wonder how many of the "scams" reported to the BBB were GoFundMe/Kickstarter campaigns that went nowhere. That seems to be something the youngins' are about that isn't, strictly speaking, a "scam".

Boilermaker Rick...voice of reason

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I'M PLANNING A MULT ANIMOSITY WEEK COMING SOON. KEEP THOSE IN MIND??

Millennials are more likely to be scammed by Uber drivers as well.

Ain't a whole lot of winners in the over 30 crowd either, amigo.

Edit: what rick, leash, and lipid said.

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They're just so dumb. Sure there's dumbasses in every age group. The percentages seem higher with the under 30 crowd. At least my generation knew that we were stupid. The millennials all think they're geniuses and are super special.

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With Boyd on sabbatical, Darkside is now the get-off-my-lawniest guy on the board.

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Yuup.

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http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

Hey,I have a lawn!

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

40-and-over crowd:

We fucked everything up for everyone else. Why haven't they fixed it yet!!! Lazy assholes

So, as usual, SomeGuy was right.