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Re:The Sotheby's trial revealed the art market's unsavoury p... by PaulHoule on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @08:36AM (#39274028)
I always thought the 415 scams were aimed at rich people with poor judgement.

I mean, who believes $10 million is going to fall out of the sky and hit them except someone who has already been hit with $10 million falling from the sky?

Plus there is a limit for how much money you can scam out of a normal person.

Re:The Sotheby's trial revealed the art market's unsavoury p... by sumtechguy on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @09:07AM (#39274290)
You can watch some of the scam baiter channels on YT. The scammers are not targeting the very rich (though they would not mind getting in on that). Usually they target retired people who have lost some of their faculties.
Re:The Sotheby's trial revealed the art market's unsavoury p... by rurp on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @06:06PM (#39282136)
The mass market Nigerian prince style scams are basically a completely different industry from the $100M art scam one.