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Isn't the gullibility scale a spectrum though? Perhaps if the emails sent purportedly originated in nations of higher repute, he would scam all of the most gull
by missedthecue 5y ago
Isn't the gullibility scale a spectrum though? Perhaps if the emails sent purportedly originated in nations of higher repute, he would scam all of the most gullible people and in addition, some less gullible people, resulting in a greater profit.
After all the marginal cost of sending out extra emails is basically free. It's not as if he needs to only select the most gullible people to save on costs.
- pasabagi 5y agoI think it's not just that you need somebody really gullible - it's that you need somebody both gullible, and dead-set on not feeling like they've been fooled. Extremely gullible, desperate, mentally ill people are more likely to stick, even when they get hints or straight assessments that it's a scam. At least, that was the impression I got from an old lady who lived near me, who managed to shout down a stream of people telling her that her 'secret agent boyfriend from plymouth' she was sending all her money to wasn't real. I think there's a bit of a parallel to cults like scientology - the more incrementally ridiculous you make the story, the higher the feeling of shame is when you have to own up to being fooled, making some people go in deeper rather than back out.