About this episode

This episode explores how scammers target credulous individuals and the psychology behind their tactics.

Scammers know their scams are not believable. They know most of us we know that the Prince of Nigeria has not emailed us to help with his fortune. They don’t want to scam everyone. They’re looking for the most credulous people they can find and the Prince of Nigeria is a filter. They don’t want anyone who’s going to ask too many questions. They make these things hard to believe on purpose. They want only the extremely credulous. To keep reading ⁠⁠ The Credulous and the Scammed⁠ ⁠⁠⁠visit the Songs for the Struggling Artist blog. Episode 490 Song: Scam Song ⁠Image by Yuliya Strizhkina via ⁠ Unsplash Give this podcast 5 stars. Write a nice review! Rate it at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ratethispodcast.com/strugglingartist⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mailing list…

People in this episode

Host: Emily Rainbow Davis

Topics covered

• scams
• credulity
• psychology of scamming
• trust
• deception

Keywords

• scammers
• credulous
• Prince of Nigeria
• scams
• deception

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Songs for the Struggling Artist

Places: Nigeria

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