“mum, mum i just won 10,000 dollars”
That was the first but not the last time I was tricked on the internet infact it happens almost daily, Look who was recently spotted with Taylor Swift, Miley seen without her ring what Liam thinks about that. I like many others have been a victim of click bait. However, it hasn't only been our generation that has been pulled into the internet's tricky trap. The elderly and lonely 40 year old men have been falling into the buy a bride scam for yonks and that's not even the tip of the iceberg when it comes to scamming one the web. ‘
Clickbait is a relatively new term but since the development of websites that have ads that get them dollars per view and even dollars per click it has become one of the many ways we as a generation can be fooled. The way clickbait is meant to work is there is an eye catching title and then an article normally justifying the scandals title …show more content…
Now I want to clear the air on this. Since I’m all about equality I know I used the stereotyped men as being the ‘lonely 40 year old’ however women can be internet scammed as well for example A lonely woman based in London was duped her into 'loaning' two con-men a staggering £1.6million, telling her the money was needed to free up inheritance so they could start a new life together. Two men catfished her into believing that she was dating Christian Ronaldo I think it is important to also mention that these two men got the idea from a book. A book? Yes that's right there is a specific book called ‘the game’ written by con-men for con-men. This book contains details on how to con people out of money. That blows my mind the fact that it is legal is beyond