Re:Turn Out the Lights, the Party’s Over
by jsprogrammer on Friday February 06, 2015 @12:13PM
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To be a scammer means that you have successfully scammed people. Just sending out bogus emails is not a scam, you need to successfully extract money or some other object from a real person.
Face to face contact is a powerful tool for a scammer, it is a much more personal interaction, and as has been noted, is something that the wannabe email scammer lacks. Projecting confidence at another human and being able to read and respond to their responses in real-time is pretty much the basis for the entire cottage industry of con-men. Email is very impersonal and is easily ignored.
Face to face contact is a powerful tool for a scammer, it is a much more personal interaction, and as has been noted, is something that the wannabe email scammer lacks. Projecting confidence at another human and being able to read and respond to their responses in real-time is pretty much the basis for the entire cottage industry of con-men. Email is very impersonal and is easily ignored.