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Why we get conned and how to avoid it, with Daniel Simons, PhD, and Christopher Chabris, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

CHAPTER

How to Choose a Scam Opportunity

If you're offered something that sounds like an amazing opportunity, what are the questions to ask yourself? We all know that when something is too good to be true, we shouldn't believe it. In the case of Bernie Madoff, what he was offering wasn't really necessarily too good. consistency or the lack of it is an important sign of fraud.

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