Get Premium
Dark mode theme is available exclusively for premium users. Learn more about the benefits of subscribing.
No fees, cancel anytime.
Dark Mode 
No fees, cancel anytime 
then open in external browser
and click "Open in External Browser" 
21submissions
Finished
20 Examples Of Scams That Have Become Socially Acceptable But Shouldn’t Be
Article created by: Ieva Pečiulytė
The sign of a ‘good’ scam is that someone manages to weasel away your hard-earned cash from your wallet and you're left devastated. The sign of a great scam, however, is when the victim doesn’t even realize they’ve been swindled. Instead, they sit there with huge smiles on their faces, marveling at what a great deal they just got. All the while, someone’s laughing behind their backs.
Meanwhile, some things have become so ingrained into society that some folks don’t even stop to think whether their money would better be spent elsewhere. Redditor u/efd71f03 sparked an interesting thread after asking the internet about what people “refuse to view” as scams because they’ve been a part of the culture for so long. From engagement rings to Ticketmaster fees, scroll down to check out their most interesting insights. Bored Panda reached out to the author of the thread, u/efd71f03, and they were kind enough to share their thoughts on culturally-embedded scams with us. Read on to see what they had to say.
This post may include affiliate links.
#1
Private health insurance, you pay premiums every month only to find out it doesn't cover what needs to be done.
RELATED:
#4
My grandmother won the lottery, twice.
Not huge, but decent, in the tens of thousands both times.
Both times (and 10% of her income) she tithed the whole amount to the Catholic church.
The Vatican is litterally made of gold and ivory, but they need my Grandma's paycheck? Her lottery winnings?
That's a scam if ever I saw one.
#5
40 hour work week. We should be on 32 hours and 3 day weekends. No loss in productivity.
#6
Donating money...
...to preachers with private jets
Bacon Tentacles 7 months ago
Especially ones that are clearly batshit crazy like that Copeland guy.
#7
Engagement rings that costs multiple months of salary and *must* be diamonds or else they are worthless.
That's a tradition that's not even 100 years old. It's just the result of an *insanely* effective ad campaign by the diamond industry.
Bacon Tentacles 7 months ago
And now the popularity of lab-grown diamonds has caused the price of "real" diamonds to crash, especially resale. Aw, shucks, darn.
#12
The fact that it’s very hard to find a job making any kind of decent money without going to college, yet you have to have a c**p ton of money to go to college
#14
People forced to get married. Or else your relationship is not valid.
Lets be honest. The prices of a classic wedding are insane. And all for one day and mostly to impress others.
#15
The government being accountable for how our money is spent.
Amanda Reinstatler 7 months ago
They ALL get paid WAAAAAAAAAAYYYY too much. Salaries should be cut by at least 50%
#19
I think most day to day things are now scams to a certain extent.
I mean if you look at a scam as something that’s in place to take unfair advantage of a person, then most facets of life are scams.
Even the most innocent concepts and programs can be viewed as scams, look at things like food donations to help the needy, maybe on the surface it’s not a scam… but it’s in place bc the way the current system is setup, it’s taking advantage of people and forcing others to step up and support them.
#20
Tell you what. Property taxes - paying for what you already own? Now THAT'S a scam.
-Dee Reynolds
#21
Having children
What do you think ?
Phantom Phoenix 7 months ago
"Premium" content behind a subscription paywall on a light entertainment website with mostly reused content...
Phantom Phoenix 7 months ago
"Premium" content behind a subscription paywall on a light entertainment website with mostly reused content...
Related on Bored Panda
