We all like to think of ourselves as savvy consumers, capable of spotting a scam from a mile away. But the reality is that some scams are so well-disguised, so seamlessly woven into everyday life, that we don’t even recognize them for what they are.
Someone asked the internet, “What’s a scam so good that people don’t even realize they’re falling for it?” and netizens didn’t hold back in their disdain of everything from dental insurance to streaming services. Here’s a collection of the top offenders.
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#22
Food delivery apps! Way overpriced for fast food munchies lol.
22points
#24
I just switched from paying T-Mobile $198 a month for two lines (not paying for anything else!) to metro (owned by T-Mobile using the same network) and am now paying $45 a month. *that* is the scam of a lifetime.
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21points
#26
There is no reason to buy expensive bottled water. It's WATER for f**k sake.
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15points
#27
The stock market- nothing but a huge legal Ponzi scheme -all the prices based off of potential future earnings- not actual profits-it’s how Elon has made so much while he’s really run pretty poorly run companies ( they really haven’t made much, if any, profit). It’s a huge huge house of cards.
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15points
#28
Expensive vodka. Vodka is vodka is vodka is vodka. It's distilled nothingness. I really don't think pouring it over a crystal you found in a ditch on the moon can change distilled potato juice into anything other than distilled potato juice.
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12points
#29
Large sized products - you don’t need the large but the small is a bit too small and the medium is too expensive for the size.
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11points
#30
Life. We’re thrust into this world, forced to work for things that, in the grand scheme of the universe, hold no real value. We spend most of our lives just trying to survive, only to catch brief, fleeting moments where we actually feel alive. It’s a cruel trade-off, sacrificing time for mere glimpses of life’s true beauty.
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11points
#32
The good old gift card scam. I had a manager fall for that. They made a cashier's drawer short 400 bucks.
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7points