Let’s be clear: if you think your initial take on every situation is right and never listen to wiggles of doubt in your gut, that’s you being a primo target for scammers. What Julia is doing here—crowd-sourcing information when something feels wrong—is how people don’t get trapped by scams!.
Btw if you're quoting this insinuating that I'm an idiot, shame on you, frankly. People are learning stuff from a question you may find basic.