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How Scammers Like Anna Delvey and the Tinder Swindler Exploit a Core Feature of Human Nature
By Vanessa Bohns — 2022
Research shows that people tend to default to trusting others over distrusting them, believing them over doubting them and going along with someone’s self-presentation rather than embarrassing them by calling them out.
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