I can't think of a scam I fell for.
But for a while I got sucked into the talking point that class is a bigger issue than race in America.
And while it's true that we have a class problem in this country, where we have the ultra rich...and everyone else....it's also true that no matter what issue you're talking about....no matter what metric you look at....black people and other minorities are at the bottom of it.
And I think what felt insidious about it is that talking about class became a way for people to downplay the racial disparities we have in this country. And that we continue to ignore. So it's not what I'd call a "scam" but it is something ...maybe that's what you call "falling for the okey doke"