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Reply to "the financial advice columnist who gave $50k in a shoebox to a scammer"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote] People who think they won’t fall for scams are the same people who think they would never leave a baby in a car. That’s the whole point - the human brain is fallible and can be manipulated, especially when you are outside of your routine or faced with urgency.[/quote] Cowles even mentions Gene Weingarten’s famous Washington Post Magazine article about this and says it made her want to become a journalist. I agree that most people wouldn’t fall for this particular scam, but I think the larger point is that these guys are getting really good at this and there’s a scam out there that almost anyone could fall for. And when you’ve been on the phone for hours with someone you deem an authority figure you can say or do anything (see also false confessions.)[/quote]
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