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Re:Western Union admits to aiding wire fraud, to pay $586M by SeoxyS on Monday January 23, 2017 @04:33PM (#13466249)
Honestly, if people get conned into sending money to Nigeria, why should it be anybody else's problem but theirs. Yeah, it sucks, but it's fully their fault. It's a pretty stupid thing to do and they should know better.
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Re:Western Union admits to aiding wire fraud, to pay $586M by jandrese on Monday January 23, 2017 @04:40PM (#13466314)
The problem is when those people drain out other people's retirement accounts or do other incredibly stupid things.

Plus, it is often their family that suffers. People don't exist in a vacuum.

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Re:Western Union admits to aiding wire fraud, to pay $586M by DougN7 on Monday January 23, 2017 @04:40PM (#13466310)
> and they should know better

There are some really desperate and naive people in the world, and generally they're not that way by conscious choice.

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Re:Western Union admits to aiding wire fraud, to pay $586M by nommm-nommm on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @09:18AM (#13471438)
Because it has a high cost on society.
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