Trying to be a trusting, friendly person has opened many doors for me.

It's also led me down an awful lot of scams.

Good thing I never have any money and am very tight with it when I do.

And I can generally sniff most "pig butchering" style scams pretty quickly.

Sometimes I just like to see how they're going to play out - what's the move?

But I'm always left with an empty sense of sadness...

Because these scams prey on loneliness and desperation.

And there's far too much of that.