[SoftTalker]

Also education. No court or attorney is going to demand payment of any fines or bail in gift cards or send a courier to pick up cash.

High schools should teach how to spot a scam. As others have observed, this is not a new one, it's just gotten more high-tech and convincing. This is one of many practical things our schools should teach about that they just don't.

[cogman10]

Education can only do so much. And, really unfortunately, as people age their brains don't work as well as they once did in their youth.

That's the primary reason why so many scammers target old people. It's less to do with education and more to do with the fact that as people age they become naturally more trusting.

[SoftTalker]

When does that start. Because at 60 I'm far less trusting than I was at 30. Seen too much of the worst of people and less and less of the best.