Why people still fall for internets scams (and why you should avoid free stuff!)

Internet scamming is on the rise. Internet fraud has skyrocketed in recent years with almost 46,000 filed scams in 2017 in the U.S. alone. Despite reminders and stories shared by scam victims, the numbers continue to rise. Why is that so?

Well, people want to get things for free!

This year, Flickr, a photo sharing site was sold by Yahoo to photography company SmugMug. The new owners set a new allowance limit of 1,000 images as part of their revamp. For those who had a free account and have more than 1000 photos, their content will be actively deleted.

It was shocking news for many and created a huge stir in the community. With this huge change, they urged everyone who had a free account to shift to a Pro account by offering 30% off for new Flickr Pro accounts if they still required unlimited storage.

It’s not surprising they had to make this new change. Yahoo who previously offered a 1TB free for everyone was not making money with Flickr. The old business model obviously wasn’t working.