Why are there so Many Scammers?

Has it just gotten too hard to earn an honest living?

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With the invention of the internet, it seems like there are more scams going around than ever before. Or maybe it just got easier for scammers to scam a large number of people? Whichever the case, it is important to be alert for scam artists both online and in your day to day life.