> Like, just con Elon Musk out of his billions, why hasn't anyone done that yet if it is so easy to trick humans?
Like getting him to spend $44 billion for Twitter?
(An ex of mine is convinced that Musk is a con artist, but she's also a literal card carrying anarcho-communist; I'm not that cynical about Musk).
Even at a lower level, I had my bank[0] call up and tell me there was too much money in my account and they'd really recommend a wealth management consultation to avoid me being scammed, and that wasn't even £100k.
That said, I was thinking mainly of street cons — shell games, possibly even shoplifting and pickpocketing — as the previous discussion was about optical illusions. Business level scams are about a broader category of cognitive bias, and I'd say almost all gambling is that type of thing, likewise bitcoin, dulce et decorum est, and populist politics.
[0] or at least they said they were, but I said no before getting to the point where asking for proof the call wasn't itself a scam would've been useful
Like getting him to spend $44 billion for Twitter?
(An ex of mine is convinced that Musk is a con artist, but she's also a literal card carrying anarcho-communist; I'm not that cynical about Musk).
Even at a lower level, I had my bank[0] call up and tell me there was too much money in my account and they'd really recommend a wealth management consultation to avoid me being scammed, and that wasn't even £100k.
That said, I was thinking mainly of street cons — shell games, possibly even shoplifting and pickpocketing — as the previous discussion was about optical illusions. Business level scams are about a broader category of cognitive bias, and I'd say almost all gambling is that type of thing, likewise bitcoin, dulce et decorum est, and populist politics.
[0] or at least they said they were, but I said no before getting to the point where asking for proof the call wasn't itself a scam would've been useful