[stevenicr]

I overheard someone's tiktok person berating their followers for giving money to people on the internet. Apparently these same scammers are creating fake profiles of other people on tiktok as well and then friending and convincing people they should send money for this reason or that.. And similar to the article mentioning the half price ad guy getting irate customers, people were coming to this tiktok person' profile and asking for money back and then being shocked it was not the same person.

If this continues, people may actually stop sending money to people on the internet completely and not trust anything digital.

[jajko]

"send money to people" - WTF is even that? It doesn't sound like shopping for products or services, rather just emotional donations.

Maybe I am too old at this point but I have yet to meet a single 'influencer' (lol, what an idiotic term to be polite but maybe its insulting on purpose to all involved) worth a dime or my time. Quality of life and happiness lie elsewhere, ie actually doing and experiencing things rather than watching others do it.