Falling for scams seems to be everyone's cup of tea every now and then. Although most people do manage to get owned at some point at least once, an exceptional few seem to be resistant to the trend.
Below I will outline how YOU can fall for any scam, hassle free, any day! That's right folks. YOU can do it from the comfort of your home and I will show you how in just a minute in this special limited pre-sale edition post.
1. Be Emotionally Overwhelmed
A scam is much like a seed. It needs air to breath and soil to root. If you are to fall for a scam you need first and foremost to be emotionally consumed by an idea — so you can let the scam grow. Most choose religions and political parties but those have slowly lost their edge in the game.
Today there are far greater ways to get your feelings going. 'Easy Money' scams for example is one of the best ways you can shred yourself emotionally. Just make sure that your passion aligns with someone else's con-game to the point that it overwhelms your rational thinking. Always remember. Rationality needs to be kept at bay at all costs.
2. Surrender Your Senses
Try to pay attention how someone promotes their scam. Their wording will often entail promises of grandeur. Are the money easy to make with no to little effort? Is the amount absolutely crazy enough? Do they reassure you constantly without ever outlining any negative aspects? Then you got yourself a solid scam you can get in bed with. If they use positive thinking rhetorics — even better. Just make sure they make those butterflies in the stomach going.
3. Believe in Oracle Super Powers
A scammer that can see into the future is probably one of the best the best out there. They have been around for quite some time and they can rip through the fabric of spacetime in order to make money for you. They will remind you of all the times they got a prediction right and neglect when they got it wrong. The will habitually misinterpret events and assert different forms of causality. They will tell you how they made money and how they are dedicating their lives to help you out of fucking nowhere. Just make sure to close your eyes and feel the magic in the air.
4. Become a Loyal Sheep
Do they have thousands of followers that act like brainless zombies? Do the followers leave uneducated, pathetic and shallow comments? Then rest assure that you most likely have found a solid scam to join. Follow the positive mob vibe and buy into the hype. If everyone is doing it then it will feel more secure. Remember to reassure each other so you can let the jerk-circle grow organically. If you spot any criticism ignore or report. Toxic freethinkers need to be kept away.
5. Refuse To Learn From Your Past Mistakes
Perhaps one of the detrimental factors against scams. Keep repeating the same shit over and over again. Treat your habits like drugs. Never try to understand why you do what you do. Enjoy the moment of surrender. Try to follow Step.1 so you can make sure you are absolutely brainREKT.
Remember a scam is much like love at first sight. You can always fall for one, any day. They are always around because most of us need them. Do the right thing. Nourish it. Take action TODAY and shill recklessly one to someone near you. The power is YOURS!
Everyone enjoys a good scam. We are hard wired to fall for them.
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Eternal Suckers
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How cool would an eternal sucker be?
I'd like one of those.
[NSFW]
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chikoupaouaou.mp3
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Oh, Yes!!!!!
Do I have to move to Dallas though?
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we haz the internetz. no needz
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still needz!
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I think we're just hard-wired for greed, which is really just an optically inferior way of saying we are all afraid of running out of resources. We are a squirrel that is so worried it will have no nuts, that we lose 80% of the nuts we hide. (There's an NSFW joke in there somewhere.)
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I think that I'm ready to fall for every scam now, thank you !
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Glad to be of assistance in your endeavor then! :D
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Sadly, it seems quite a few people of such a disposition are often attracted to cryptocurrencies in general and Steem in particular.
Voters on Steem need to wisen up a lot. It's not just scams, but there's just all kinds of posts with hyperbole or drama that people vote on without thinking. The whales and regular curators are just as irresponsible, of course. Vote content that'll attract more people to Steem, not shoo them away.
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Indeed. I have to agree completely with you here. It is still a major issue.
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#6 Onecoin...
I enjoyed this, as so many people get caught in them...
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every. single. time
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Congratulations @kyriacos!
Your post was mentioned in my hit parade in the following category:
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nice one
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It's all in the dream: freedom. money, fame, wits to boot!
Yes, the promises of THE BEST DEAL EVER are plenty....
It's a scam, maybe.
but what if...
it isn't?!!?! :D
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oh yeah. the "what if"!
the imaginary and the hypothetical are still both non-existent
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i want to fall in scam ... lol
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i am going to use this one in the future :)
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It's got to be organic 😂
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always man.
A L W A Y S!
😂
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See also, politicians and their promises to the voters.
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the classic scammers
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And it works every single time. The Tea Party elected their favorite candidates, and got virtually nothing. Then people fell for Trump's talk, and got nothing. Lather, rinse, repeat.
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exactly
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Lol, agree
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I've suspected a few symptoms from other people during the recent impending scam. Good thing the downvoters saved the day.
Tip for everyone: Read this list.
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yeap. this is why I made it. Steemit attracts scammers but we need to get more efficient repelling them
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I also think that we should. I'm wondering how we could do that.
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I think we saw it happen today.
I'm also a member of the AboveTopSecret forum (I'm Hammaraxx there too). They have a saying "Pics or it didn't happen" which means if you can't provide proof or a source, it's BS. They've impressed me time and time again how they'll come together to get to the bottom of things and reveal hoaxes or provide evidence to back something up.
I didn't expect to see that here too, but am I so happy to see that we did.
Steem on Steemit!
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well, train our radar and flag
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Train like in AI? Could work...
How about a scam-trail with bounty and stuff.
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we do have those indeed....
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I think that no.1 gets me most often. I get so excited that reason and rationality goes out of the window.
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I think that one is the first to get all of us sooner or later.
Like the Borg say
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the borg was awesome.
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but for me..Q remains the best character on Star Trek..
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Same here
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Hey now @kyriacos - my magic 8 ball predicts my future with accuracy and all with just a handful of static responses. Shame on you for questioning that...lol ;-)
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Me on the other hand measure success from my kitty's litter box
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LMAO!!! :-)
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Hilarious and true!
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glad you liked it
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Great stuff : Yeah sales is driven by emotion , then backed by logic. ( Most of the time. ) So if you get them emotionally , usually hooked. Best to train yourself as skeptic and question everything.
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can't train enough nowdays...
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Good tips, especially with all the bitcoin scams out there now
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yeap. one cannot be careful enough.
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Thats right...I was posted an article 8 hours ago with a bit matching similarities.
Read my post
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Yeah i think we all have been thinking along the same lines since that scammer came aboard.
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Yes Bro...Exactly.. Steemit community is very good.. We must keep it in same way..
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yeap. gotta maintain the standards
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hey, enjoyed to read it :) become a royal sheep xD , wish you a nice evening !!
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glad you liked it. you too
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Great post! More people need to read this!
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let's see how long it will take until people fall for the next scammer
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On Steemit, everyday! :D Whale bots upvote everything in sight when scammers come. Established authors struggle to fish for votes :D
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it is expected. big promises. they might actually bring people in. usually though is shit tier people like Dollar Vigilante followers that don't really contribute other than cheerleading
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Yep! Add zero value to the platform and most people end up falling for the perceived notion that a celebrity will promote steem more than the smaller users and bring in the extra numbers. Do we have any metrics to prove that these celebs are actually bringing in great number of people? Cheerleading only goes so far when there's no metrics to back up claims I guess... Community needs to start being more realistic instead of being jingoistic sometimes.
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I believe "Regular" people with small strong community bonds can bring more people than these flashy celebrities
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Exactly. I've been doing that for past two weeks and its working out great! I can easily quantify the users I got on board here. Most of these guys wouldnt do a dime of a work if it didnt make them 1000s which they get for doing nothing other than posting a 100 word intro most of the time. :) Let them make their money, we shall continue our efforts. :)
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Slowly and steadily. This is how everything grows properly. :)
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Funny read, but also very true.
I fell for a scam once, and it was definitely because of greed and over-excitement (emotion). At the time I felt pretty bad since I lost pretty much my entire net worth. Lucky for me, I was only 20 years old and I bounced back quickly.
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everyone goes through one at least once.
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These are some great tips. Thanks to your post, I was able to fall for 7 different scams this morning, earning me a very lucrative negative $948 and a call from my bank detecting fraud. I told the bank man all my personal details and he said that once he wires them to Nigeria we will be in the clear!
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we need more Nigerian princes
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I want to know where people manage to come up with the $1000s & $1000s to KEEP falling for these things, over and over again?
You hear these stories all the time, "I lost $20,00 on this scam and $35,000 on this one..."
Give ME your money and I promise to give half of it back immediately.
No promises of anything other than you get half your money back.
That's a much better deal.
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people are gullible
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If you're one of the first 100 people to respond (and "invest" at least $10,000), you can join my super exclusive Founder's Club and I'll return another 25% of your own money to you.
That's like making a 75% return (i.e. I'm returning 75% of your money) in just days (or maybe weeks).
Hurry, this is a limited time offer.
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Many of the cases I've heard were involved with older seniors...I wonder why? Are we prone to scams as we age? Are our minds becoming less alert and unable to process effectively?
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What a great post about scams... Number 4 is what people tend to do... Stop being sheep people lol
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indeed. the most popular.
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There is no such thing as easy money..
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exactly
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Oh, I don't know...
You can get an easy 1 million Zimbabwe dollars for a couple of thousand STEEM.
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Nice post. I guess we are always looking for that "pie in the sky" deal.
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always.
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Yes, the emotion of the idea of riches is a strong one and blinding to most. It was so good to see our wonderful Steemit community not falling for this today.
it didn't take too long for Steemit to wake up to it.
Steem on wonderful people & stay vigilant.
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Yeap. I also liked how quickly everyone responded
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6.Know that money is easy to get and it takes no efforts whatsoever.
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so give me some
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Just send 1 bitcoin to this address 15HAATWezUfckMNEYCuqWu4qud4Da86f82 and I'll tell you the secret how to make $20,000 per day by doing nothing. If you want $40,000 per day, send 2 bitcoins. I have many secrets to tell, you know.
There will be haterz who tell that it is a scam, but they are failures who hate themselves and don't want to be rich. Choose now because this offer expires tomorrow.
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Wowz you convincez me
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Great post! Good read and so true. There was one with in the past year on fb that just wanted you to post a generated link over and over in diff places but when it came time to pay up it linked you to other scams. Smh
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yeap, facebook is packed.
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You guys encountered any scams in the cryptocurrency business area?
Was looking at BitConnect and alot of people are suspecting it's a hedge fund. Thoughts?
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Its an immature/unregulated sector.. I would be careful before you sign up for anything. I highly recommend using a phone number and CC dedicated to the hobby... Nice article @kyiacos
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right now is the wild west. nobody knows what really goes on
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They do have quite the skill in ripping apart the fabric of spacetime :0)
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Good point to notice.
We are always too easy to become a loyal sheep lol
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If only I could've read this post when I was younger! I've definitely fallen for my share of scams.
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Well, we live and learn!
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A great post, I will resteem it!
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thank you
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Thanks for sharing great advise on how to avoid falling for any scam, keep up the good work @kyriacos
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What are you talking about? This is SOLID advice how to FALL for one
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"AVOID"
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Hilarious Post
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important correction yes :)
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well said..upvoted!
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though you just ruined business for some
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thanx
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Surely you aren't trying to tell me that I can't make an additional $4000 per week with this one easy tip?
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Do you believe in love after love? Do you believe the universe with conspire to make you rich?
then yes!
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Good tips...dude....
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thank you
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no problem dude...
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Buen mensaje, hay que estar pendiente de todas las estafas ahora que existe Bitcoin
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Crypsty.
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Very Funny @kyriacos
You have been PROMOTED FREE for using the "scam" TAG (hashtag)
https://steemit.com/promoted/scam
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thank you
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Great Article, Thank you Upvoted !.... Please check out my profile, https://steemit.com/@ashokaks Please upvote and follow me! Thank you again
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true on all points, entropia universe is an awfuly addictive gambling sci-fy rpg platform where i wasted tons of time and money, close to scam is a I can point out, 90% return. Cool game though.
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wow! now i want to check it out
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warning, withdrawl from the game is minimum of 100$ (1000 ped{project entropia dollars}) with a 20 dollar out of country wiring fee from sweden. The game was a fun pasttime with lots of socializing and microtransactions but I lost money rather than profti as do most.
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lol
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Read Trollbox.
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always read the trollbox. buy high sell low
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That's the spirit!
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