A TikTok Video Made Me Question My Faith in Humanity

Did I just watch someone try to swindle their dead uncle at the bank?

Rui Alves
ENGAGE
Published in
4 min readApr 18, 2024

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A person’s hand holding a smartphone showing the TikTok app opening screen.
Photo by Olivier Bergeron on Unsplash

I’ve received a lot of backlash for believing a bit too much in the goodness of humankind. But now and then, even I lose faith when faced with the hideous stunts humans pull off.

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Rui Alves
ENGAGE
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I'm a language teacher, linguist and published author (who joined the Army and worked for the EU). A publisher, digital ronin, musician and alchemist of sound.