30 Internet Users Share What A Lot Of People Think Is A Scam When It Really Isn’t (2024)

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Socialized Healthcare, apparently. "but I'm not sick and I don't wann apay for other people and never use it" blah blah blah. You could fall flat on your face and second and need 500 bucks worth of stitches and painkillers. You can get run over at no fault of your own. You can have a fricking aneurysm. Getting regular checkups is even gonna bring your premiums down, the insurance would rather pay 50-100 for a yearly dental checkup than 15k in prosthetics because all your teeth rotted out because you didn't see anyone in 10 years.

Why is the concept of socialism so scary to some Americans? What's so bad about it? Being able to rely on the community? If I get sick, I don't bankrupt myself. If I lose my job, I won't lose my home and can still live a frugal, but dignified life.

I would rather live a life with a lot of security and all the same options than a life with 0 security but "mah freedomz". Medical debt bankruptcy is not freedom.

lordoftoastonearth Report

Vaccines and vaccination.
Not me, but those who are anti vaccination really have no understanding of virology, immunology, epidemiology or how to assess relative risk. They probably fall into many of the other things that they “think is a scam but they don’t understand.”

dead_jester , Gustavo Fring Report

Everyone keeps telling me the Nigerian prince that’s been messaging me for the last week and a half is a scammer but they just don’t understand our love.

PastaPapaEJ Report

Taxes for the rich!

Zeal_u Report

Therapy. People just can’t fathom that just talking to someone who is not involved directly in your life can really help with processing and resolving a problem. You only get out of it what you put in.

eleanorabernathy1 , https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-in-black-pants-and-black-shoes-sitting-on-brown-wooden-chair-4101143/ Report

I know I'm late to the party on this comment. But in America the sad answer is this is how people are stating to look at unions. People saying "I don't wanna pay union dues every month" even though my dues cost me less then 2 hours of work a month and my wage is more then double what I would be making non union and that doesn't count the benefits that aren't even supplied to non union guys in this trade.

Bayareairon , SHVETS production Report

For a depressing amount of the UK: the EU.

Applepieoverdose , Dušan Cvetanović Report

Declining pay rises because they think they'll pay more in tax and their take home will be less than before the pay rise.

EDIT: The amount of comments claiming it has happened to them is really disturbing. Learn how your taxes work people .

insane__knight , Karolina Grabowska Report

My dad and online banking. You can check your balance, make transfers and even set up standing orders. "But my account will get hacked" is his response every single time.

Malcolmpargin , Joseph Frank Report

Travel Insurance.

It was great when they arranged all travel from overseas apartment to our house when child broke their ankle on an internship. Paid all of the our out of pocket expenses, including our deductibles/copays until child was functioning.

edit—we’re American

EntrepreneurOk7513 , Simon English Report

Modern medicine. Like Cleetus, we just want you to not spread COVID, it isn't gonna make you gay.

Tish-of3Marys , Polina Tankilevitch Report

Veterinary care.

People don't understand that I can't just dispense certain medications without seeing the patient first. Some of these medications could cause fatalities or worsen the situation if used/prescribed wrong!

Camachoan , Mikhail Nilov Report

In the US, universal healthcare 😞

phantalien , Ashkan Forouzani Report

NASA, physics and anything about the earth being round

ExplodingFoam , Pixabay Report

We had a gal in the telco who was retiring under a surplus - meaning they would pay her so much for each year she worked, in addition to her pension. She turned the money down because she didn’t want her taxes to be too high. I didn’t know her and heard about it after she left. The Union guys tried to explain it but she just would not listen. I don’t know if she thought it was a scam but she didn’t trust the IRS

ta0questi , Nataliya Vaitkevich Report

The repair industry. I worked in home repair, small engine repair and computer repair shops years ago. A lot of people expected us to just fix things for free. Others would take it as an insult when we would quote prices or ask to be paid for a job. Send a bill and some people would ask why or what is this. Ask us why we were ripping them off even though the bill was itemized and the price was discussed before hand. It was a horrible industry to work in because of they way people are.

barvoues , Blaz Erzetic Report

My dad and step mom once freaked the f**k out because the census was at our door. They said, "she doesnt have a marked car. It's a scam" she had a badge and clipboard. Then my psycho step mom proceeded to get mad at me for opening the door. For the census.

anon , Enayet Raheem Report

Wearing a mask

Redbullgnardude Report

Pet insurance. Everyone freaks out because you have to pay for the services up front and then the insurance pays you back. Everyone I've talked to won't get it because "they won't pay me back!" Or "If I have to pay up front anyway, what's the point?" Look, when Fido gets cancer and needs chemo...you're going to be thrilled you will be getting that $6k back (or whatever it is).

We have a Boxer, and they are known for cancer. My first one actually did die of cancer. So, every year we have to pay for a physical and cancer screening. It's pricy, about $600 bucks. However, I get that money back every single time. Plus I have the reassurance that, if she gets sick, I'm covered.

I highly recommend pet insurance.

bookworm1421 Report

Making two purchases. Everyone I know thinks they're going to pay more tax if they make two purchases, rather than two items in a single purchase.

It boggles my mind that they dont understand when I try to explain that "14% of $20, twice, is the same as 14% of $40"

Hugebluestrapon Report

Some members of my family think internet providers are scammers because they pay for 400mbps download and think they will get 400mbps download on each device even if someone is watching Netflix or downloading at the same time on another computer.

themalaki , Manik Roy Report

The air in bag of chips.

gambit_- , The Organic Crave Company Report

The stock market. Lots of people over worry about the short term, withdraw once it dips and never put back in. Never realizing the magic is in the long term

dajadf , Nicholas Cappello Report

There was a time when my parents thought buying stuff online and paying with a credit card it's a scam, took me a while to convince them that if you know which sites are good to order from and which are bad, you can actually avoid scams.

TheDarkGrenadeX , cottonbro studio Report

Credit card points. Literally free money if you have an ounce of discipline.

TOS7000 Report

In the UK, student loans. Most know they are incredibly favourable, but I still see some talking about how bad they are. There is a minimum wage bracket to pay them back, you are only charged a percentage of the amount over the bracket you earn. For example if it were 10%, and bracket was £200, and you earn £220, you only pay £2. And the entire loan gets written off after 30 years.

Yes some people pay £300+ a month, but that's when they are earning over £100,000 a year. If their earnings stop or go down, so do the payments.

IhaveaDoberman Report

Berea college. It's the only college in America that guarantees 0$ in tuition for every accepted student. When people hear that, they immediately think it's some kind of scam.

Shadowdragon409 Report

5G

gluis11 , Shiwa ID Report

Airline / Hotel / Credit Card rewards. They take a lot of time and a 100% commitment to never, ever carrying a balance, but you can definitely earn a lot of rewards even without playing the churning games. The Flyertalk.com community is amazing for anyone wanting to get started.

drunkenlout , Matt Hardy Report

Buying a beginning band instrument, then buying a step-up instrument within a couple of years

anon , Wes Hicks Report

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