Everyone usually tries to evade frauds because they can be quite harmful. However, not everyone realizes that some shams are so normal in modern-day society that it's hard to pick out if they're real scams. Here's a list.
1
"Congressman can use insider trading legally" - rittenalready
2
"Insurance, you spend most of your life giving them money, then when you need it they turn over every stone to figure out how to deny you care." - Gravemindzombie
3
"That news stations can lie to you as long as they classify it as entertainment" - rittenalready
4
"The fact that someone cut a chicken wing in half and managed to convince everyone it was two wings." - GodChangedMyChromies
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"Outlet malls. There was a great Adam Ruins Everything on them about how you are not actually getting marked down high end products, just special cheaply made products created by brands for outlet malls." - LbGuns
6
"That people 65 and up are considered unemployable in the workplace due to mental decline, but they run the country." - Thopterthallid
7
"Printer ink being overpriced." - Bradley_Snooper
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"The fact existing customers aren’t automatically moved to better deals once their contract ends. They hope you won’t switch and pay the premium." - zer0mike
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"Black Friday" - rottenblues
10
"Anchor pricing. When you buy something expensive, you may notice that the highest prices are the ones you see first. Featured cars on a dealer website are the expensive ones. Three laptop SKUs, but the most expensive version's price is the most prominent one. Regular old high balling during a sales pitch. Whatever the number represents, it's designed to make you think the version they expect you to buy is reasonably priced." - FranticToaster
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"Cups with so much ice that you only get 4 oz of a drink in a 20 oz cup." - your99thproblem
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"A lot of people don't realize that Avon is an MLM, even though they make great products you can by from me and my referral link /jk" - Lokarin
13
"The BBB. It's a private company that had a ridiculously successful marketing campaign in the 80's and 90's and somehow got people to believe that they are government affiliated and have power over companies. Similar deceptive practices to Yelp." - flux4
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"Fake reviews. They are everywhere now. I don’t even trust Reddit or YouTube comments sometimes because I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s company plants commenting about how great their product is." - ndcdshed https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/qeccku/what_scam_is_so_normalized_that_people_dont_even/
15
"Funeral industry" - username802
16
"Dealerships, I don’t underhand how 2 people could buy the same exact product/trim/style/features and pay 2-10k difference." - Snoo_76700
17
"Branded Diets. No company that you pay to help you diet is invested in your success. They make money when you fail and keep returning. They're all a scam. You're more likely to end up with an eating disorder than permanent weight loss." - givesyouhel
18
"Extra fees on travel or actually any e-commerce purchase. Convenience fees or whatever you name them." - jackof47trades
19
"Timeshares." - nate959
20
"Rent to Own, coming from someone who worked for Rent A Center for 3 1/2 years" - El-ChuPugcabra
21
"Unpaid overtime. Any work you can’t complete in your paid hours should be done by an extra employee the company pays for. By doing unpaid overtime you are ‘paying’ for the cost of your time and donating that to your employer. If a company can’t afford to pay its employees for all their time working and still remain profitable they are not a viable business and need to restructure their processes and/or pricing. If they can afford to pay it but choose not to they are stealing from you." - Fraerie
22
"Free trials that auto enroll you at the end" - BADMANvegeta_
23
"So many scams in dentistry. I’ve been in the industry for 12 years and it’s amazing how common it is. So easy to tell someone they need a bunch of treatment they don’t really need" - Legacy0904
24
"Getting students/interns to work for free while treating them poorly." - yk003
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"'Service fees' are just an artificial way to pretend prices are lower than they really are. 'That's only $15! (Plus $10 in service fees)' just say its $25!" - srcarruth
