Month: December 2021

  • Anatomy of a “Lonely Hearts Scam” Day Two: Alignment

    In a previous post, I was contacted by a con artist who mistakenly thought that I might be a good mark. Little did they know I study con artists and online scams. If you are just joining us start there. What is Conversation Alignment? Conversation Alignment is establishing a bias in our minds artificially by…

  • Anatomy of a “Lonely Hearts Scam” Day one!

    The other day I was minding my own business when I received a random message on Whatsapp.  I honestly only use the app to talk to a few people. Looking at the message was obviously a scam of some kind. As I am currently studying the psychology of scams I figured this would be a…