Yes, certainly a scam on the people. But success depends upon the motive. If not acting to save money, then they are acting to do something...if stealing our personal data is motive, then they have been wildly successful.

...all the way to his Swiss bank accounts. Crash the markets, then backpeddle after buying up reduced stocks then sell when they've recovered. Do this over again and 47 and his broligarchy make bucks, bigly.