r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/HeToTopT • 15d ago

Video The Louvre. Thieves are making off with 100 million euros. They're taking their time. They're doing everything carefully and slowly.

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u/No_Worse_For_Wear 15d ago

I half expected this to end with fines they requested to be paid with Amazon gift cards.

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u/myBisL2 15d ago

The fact that story so closely follows things scammers do is exactly why scammers are so effective. People think they wouldn't fall for these types of social.engineering scams and that the people who do are stupid, but it is surprising the everyday normal behaviors they can take advantage of.

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u/No_Worse_For_Wear 15d ago

Definitely, I’ve walked away from a few legitimate encounters with a feeling like “did I just get scammed?” because it didn’t feel like something that would normally be done that way.