How Scammers Exploit Psychology
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GUEST – Clinical Psychologist Dr Khosi Jiyane
Scammers utilise human psychological prejudices to choose their victims, through various kinds of vulnerabilities such as not being thoughtful of the fact that one could get scammed or not being knowledgeable of technology and how easy it is to believe the legitimacy of everything people receive either on mail or via text. In this, one can easily fall prey to divulging sensitive information that scammers will use to their advantage resulting in the victim’s loss.
Scammers utilise human psychological prejudices to choose their victims, through various kinds of vulnerabilities such as not being thoughtful of the fact that one could get scammed or not being knowledgeable of technology and how easy it is to believe the legitimacy of everything people receive either on mail or via text. In this, one can easily fall prey to divulging sensitive information that scammers will use to their advantage resulting in the victim’s loss.