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I think this is what people are neglecting to point out. Sure scammers tend to target the elderly more but in all honesty, as per your example, all you need is one idiot.
My parents are in their 70s and have never fallen for this and they have been called a few times with these scams. my Dad will just tell them to fuck off and my Mom will essentially do the same but in a more polite British manner. Hell my mom is better at using her smartphone than I am, she just embraced that shit when it came out. My Dad has been using computers since the 70s and now runs Slackware of all distros on his PC. he loves it. So both are technologically savvy. I don't have to worry about them falling for scams. They've even gotten the scam call where someone claimed to be me or know me saying I was arrested and needed bail. they laughed them off because they KNEW I would never do something like that.