# A 12 outta 10 on the scale of gulliblity **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 17, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-12-outta-10-on-the-scale-of-gulliblity/1002983 "2024-06-17T16:29:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![2outta3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2outta3/32/15520_2.png) [@2outta3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2outta3)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-12-outta-10-on-the-scale-of-gulliblity/1002983/1 "2024-06-17T16:29:58Z")
Woman reportedly scammed out of $750,000 by a fake Keanu Reeves. I just don’t get it: > **[Fake Keanu Reeves Scams Woman Out Of $750,000](https://www.boredpanda.com/fake-keanu-reeves-cons-woman-out-of-more-than-700k/?cexp_id=98218&cexp_var=1&_f=featured)** > > “It wasn't a love scam but an economic one.” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-12-outta-10-on-the-scale-of-gulliblity/1002983/2 "2024-06-17T16:33:02Z")
Real Keanu really needs to wash his hair. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-12-outta-10-on-the-scale-of-gulliblity/1002983/3 "2024-06-17T16:43:51Z")
It seems to be working for him. ---
**Author:** ![2outta3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2outta3/32/15520_2.png) [@2outta3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2outta3)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-12-outta-10-on-the-scale-of-gulliblity/1002983/4 "2024-06-17T16:49:33Z")
Whatchu talkin bout Willis? I betcha the hair is definitely a main factor of his appeal! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-12-outta-10-on-the-scale-of-gulliblity/1002983/5 "2024-06-17T16:52:57Z")
Evil Robot Ted strikes again. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-12-outta-10-on-the-scale-of-gulliblity/1002983/6 "2024-06-17T17:19:37Z")
In other news, [[t]he Federal Trade Commission estimates that Americans lost at least $217 million to gift card scams last year.](https://www.axios.com/2024/06/07/gift-card-scam-fraud-apple-visa-google) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-12-outta-10-on-the-scale-of-gulliblity/1002983/7 "2024-06-17T17:51:00Z")
I guess if you can get past the smell, it’s all good. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-12-outta-10-on-the-scale-of-gulliblity/1002983/8 "2024-06-17T17:58:15Z")
Ridiculous! Keanu loves only me. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-12-outta-10-on-the-scale-of-gulliblity/1002983/9 "2024-06-17T18:06:13Z")
Here’s another one with some pretty scary quotes from the willing victim. These people drive around in cars, have children, and vote. > **[Colorado woman appears to be latest victim of "Keanu Reeves Scam": "This is...](https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/keanu-reeves-scam-colorado-woman-latest-victim-online-dating/)** > > A 65-year-old Colorado woman appears to be the latest victim of a widespread romance scam known as the "Keanu Reeves Scam." ---
**Author:** ![2outta3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2outta3/32/15520_2.png) [@2outta3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2outta3)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-12-outta-10-on-the-scale-of-gulliblity/1002983/10 "2024-06-17T18:12:21Z")
Well it just so happens the K-man and I go wayyy back and I’ve got an extra $5000 ticket to his birthday celebration if you wanna buy from me… ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-12-outta-10-on-the-scale-of-gulliblity/1002983/11 "2024-06-17T18:13:03Z")
Seems about the same level of dissociative mania (my inaccurate term for the difference between one’s ability to live one’s daily life in the world, and one’s willingness to hold at the same time utterly fantastic beliefs because they make you feel good) in a lot of Magats. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-12-outta-10-on-the-scale-of-gulliblity/1002983/12 "2024-06-17T18:16:35Z")
> Chloe had access to a Bitcoin network where a portion of the money she had sent away was allegedly stored. > She explained: “They were visionaries of this currency and made me earn money that I could never withdraw because they told me that taxes had to be paid, which I did. Oh, It’s that scam. The one where they gain your trust and get you to use a fake crypto app, and make it look like you’re making money, while constantly getting you to give more money to get it back out. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-12-outta-10-on-the-scale-of-gulliblity/1002983/13 "2024-06-17T18:57:45Z")
Did you hear that it was recently decided to remove the word “gullibility” from dictionaries? ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-12-outta-10-on-the-scale-of-gulliblity/1002983/14 "2024-06-17T19:03:38Z")
Pig butchering I think. Zeke Faux talks about pig butchering in _Number Go Up._ Apparently many of these scammers are victims of human trafficking. He actually went to Cambodia to see the compound where the slaves were kept. They were lured there with the promise of a good job and then held captive and forced to scam people. So there are worse ways to be scammed. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-12-outta-10-on-the-scale-of-gulliblity/1002983/15 "2024-06-17T19:10:10Z")
How very sad. ---
**Author:** ![2outta3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2outta3/32/15520_2.png) [@2outta3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2outta3)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-12-outta-10-on-the-scale-of-gulliblity/1002983/16 "2024-06-17T19:10:19Z")
ISWYDT! 😆 ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-12-outta-10-on-the-scale-of-gulliblity/1002983/17 "2024-06-17T19:37:58Z")
(_ **Sigh** _) I guess people who fall for scams like this have never applied the “if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is” test in these situations. Just the other day, I had this very conversation on Facebook with Taylor Swift. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-12-outta-10-on-the-scale-of-gulliblity/1002983/18 "2024-06-17T19:41:21Z")
Did she ask you for iTunes gift cards? (how could this woman think that the real Keanu Reeves would ask her for gift cards??) ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-12-outta-10-on-the-scale-of-gulliblity/1002983/19 "2024-06-17T19:55:01Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > Just the other day, I had this very conversation on Facebook with Taylor Swift. No you didn’t. . . . . . I just asked her about this and she says she never heard of you. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-12-outta-10-on-the-scale-of-gulliblity/1002983/20 "2024-06-18T03:47:33Z")
> [@Briny\_Deep](#): > > Here’s another one with some pretty scary quotes from the willing victim. These people drive around in cars, have children, and vote. > > [Colorado woman appears to be latest victim of "Keanu Reeves Scam": "This is the real Keanu Reeves" - CBS Colorado](https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/keanu-reeves-scam-colorado-woman-latest-victim-online-dating/) It’s hard to have any sympathy for someone _that_ stupid. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-12-outta-10-on-the-scale-of-gulliblity/1002983.md?page=2)