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Just need to add voice augmentation and every grandma and grandpa in the world will have their bank accounts cleaned out! Better go warn mine now! XD


In the world? You'd be surprised by how many grandmas out there that don't have bank accounts or access to the Internet...


Just need to add voice augmentation and every grandma and grandpa in the world will have their bank accounts cleaned out!

Only if by "grandma" you mean "Millennial" and by "grandpa" you mean "Gen Z." Your ageism doesn't jibe with reality:

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/data-visualizations/data-spo...


I think you should read that again. It's clear that different age groups fall for different scams and have different impacts from them.

Grandparents absolutely fall for some scams at disproportionate rates. And are less likely to be able to recover. (A 19 year old who loses everything has many more productive years to recover than a 72 year old.)

Also, humorously, millennials are starting to become grandma and grandpa. Elder millennials are in their mid 40s. It's young, but not impossible for them to be grandparents now.




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