eeewwww... they said it was temporary. oh well... :)

I certainly don't mean there is a one-to-one correspondence with people growing more gullible or more skeptical with age. But the elderly are more often the victim of scams which means that there is some correlation there. Typically they are scammed more often by phone boiler-room operations, or door-to door home improvement scams. So it doesn't surprise me that they might fall victim on the Internet more often.

I think the young have so grown up with TV ads that they have come to expect lies and deception while people who grew up before TV was common may lack this.

The elderly grew up in an earlier time when trust was more taken for granted. I do know from my own experience with elderly relatives that they are often more naive about these things.

Now if you, ldyguique are offering yourself up as a typical older person you are very wrong. You are Internet savvy, just your experience on a message board like this alone would give you experience that most people lack.

Andi

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