Online scams target some of the most vulnerable and trusting people in society, extracting billions of dollars from millions of victims each year. It’s a lucrative business, and an innovative one, giving rise to increasingly creative and diabolical ways of inducing people to part with their money.
This is a fascinating argument. I'm not sure where i stand but I'm thinking of some counter arguments. Perhaps financial scams are just less impactful on the human psyche than physical crimes that are conducted in your region to your face. Ie. An in person robbery vs a scam. We also have a higher chance of encountering someone who can rob us in person, thereby making us more bc cautious as we learn to recognise patterns that could put us in danger. On the other hand, an online scam is far removed from us and the frequency of victimisation is less and often limited to the old or otherwise vulnerable. I will think on this as it is a compelling argument !
I wonder if Indians are still seen to be model minorities because the US is quite selective in which kind of Indians can immigrate to the country. I imagine that most interactions that an American would have with immigrants would be with highly educated, affluent Indians creating a quite distinct perception from that of the criminal over the phone.
I wonder if the same would be true in Canada where the immigration system is not so selective. I think there is may be more negative sentiment transferred onto the general Indian origin population from say Punjabi car theft rings and other criminal enterprises.
Also could it not be possible that arrests are being shaped by our perceptions rather than the other way around? I mean to say that people may be more concerned by the potential violence involved in a robbery rather than similar or greater loss of goods in a burglary or car theft.
This is a fascinating argument. I'm not sure where i stand but I'm thinking of some counter arguments. Perhaps financial scams are just less impactful on the human psyche than physical crimes that are conducted in your region to your face. Ie. An in person robbery vs a scam. We also have a higher chance of encountering someone who can rob us in person, thereby making us more bc cautious as we learn to recognise patterns that could put us in danger. On the other hand, an online scam is far removed from us and the frequency of victimisation is less and often limited to the old or otherwise vulnerable. I will think on this as it is a compelling argument !
I wonder if Indians are still seen to be model minorities because the US is quite selective in which kind of Indians can immigrate to the country. I imagine that most interactions that an American would have with immigrants would be with highly educated, affluent Indians creating a quite distinct perception from that of the criminal over the phone.
I wonder if the same would be true in Canada where the immigration system is not so selective. I think there is may be more negative sentiment transferred onto the general Indian origin population from say Punjabi car theft rings and other criminal enterprises.
Also could it not be possible that arrests are being shaped by our perceptions rather than the other way around? I mean to say that people may be more concerned by the potential violence involved in a robbery rather than similar or greater loss of goods in a burglary or car theft.