veee@lemmy.ca to Ottawa@lemmy.caEnglish · 8 months ago'All our dreams are gone': Ottawa couple scammed out of $177kottawa.ctvnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up166arrow-down1external-link'All our dreams are gone': Ottawa couple scammed out of $177kottawa.ctvnews.caveee@lemmy.ca to Ottawa@lemmy.caEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
It all started with an online video of what appeared to be Elon Musk promoting a new investment opportunity…
minus-squareveee@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·8 months agoTotally preventable. Setting aside tech literacy for even a moment, they fully ignored the warnings their friends gave them and went along anyway.
minus-squareUNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 months agoFOMO. So many people lost their minds because they “missed out” on the crypto bubble. I’m convinced that’s the only reason NFTs even got halfway as far as they did - folks trying to artificially meme up a new gold rush that they could ride
Totally preventable. Setting aside tech literacy for even a moment, they fully ignored the warnings their friends gave them and went along anyway.
FOMO. So many people lost their minds because they “missed out” on the crypto bubble. I’m convinced that’s the only reason NFTs even got halfway as far as they did - folks trying to artificially meme up a new gold rush that they could ride