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Scam psychology – how scammers get in our heads (and wallets)

All In The Mind

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Exploring the Grandparents Scam and its Exploitation of Elderly Vulnerabilities

An examination of the grandparents scam, a type of scam where scammers impersonate the police and target elderly individuals by claiming that their grandchild is in jail, exploiting their vulnerability and using information from social media to make the scam more convincing.

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