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Seems like, if this article is correct, religion will never go below ~20% of the population.<blockquote><hr size=0><!-quote-!><font size=1><b>quote:</b></font><p><b><font size="+1">Do you have a scam-proof personality?</font> <BR> <BR>New research reveals traits targeted by con men and shows that one in five people are in danger.</b> <BR> <BR> <BR>Published: 3:26PM BST 18 May 2009 <BR> <BR>snip <BR> <BR>It added that a good background knowledge of the subject of a scam offer, such as previous investment experience, actually increased people's risk of being a victim as it made them over confident. <BR> <BR>snip <BR> <BR>The study found that some victims viewed scams as a long-odds gamble, such as cases where people were asked to hand over a small sum of money in order to release a larger one, often being told they had won on a fictitious lottery, or would be paid a commission for facilitating a money transfer. <BR> <BR>It said victims recognised that something was wrong, but went ahead anyway on the off-chance that it would succeed, because of the size of the possible prize they would win relative to the initial outlay. <BR> <BR>snip <BR> <BR>The research found that many scams used a range of highly persuasive techniques to recruit victims, often seeking to exploit basic human emotions such as excitement or fear to provoke a spontaneous gut reaction to the offer. <BR> <BR>Scams were often personally addressed to people or available for a limited time only, to make people think it was a unique or urgent opportunity; this reduced their motivation to look at it objectively. <BR> <BR>The study also found that fraudsters abused people's trust of authority by making a scam look like a legitimate offer from a reputable business or official institution.<!-/quote-!><hr size=0></blockquote> <BR><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/5344367/Do-you-have-a-scam-proof-personality.html" target=_top>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance /consumertips/5344367/Do-you-have-a-scam-proof-per sonality.html</a> <BR> <BR>Bob <BR> <BR>You're looking for that big payout, right? Continually writing how your story is so awesome because it has the payout of a life in paradise .
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