Affinity fraud is clearly an insidious type of fraud which preys upon the goodwill of a group. All fraud relies on deception and lies, but affinity fraud works on a group level rather than upon individuals.
It should be clear from these series of posts that those who commit affinity fraud can rely on the cohesiveness of the group to allow them to skip several steps in building up trust. The trust already exists between the group members; the fraudster only has to get the leader of the group to perpetuate the fraud and this will be enough to draw in more than one person.
Further, the members of the group that is the victim of affinity fraud find that their guard is often lowered and the steps that a rational person normally would take to avoid being scammed are ignored.
Unfortunately, in the modern world (or for that matter, at any time in history), being a member of a group does not mean that human greed is not at work.
It should be clear from these series of posts that those who commit affinity fraud can rely on the cohesiveness of the group to allow them to skip several steps in building up trust. The trust already exists between the group members; the fraudster only has to get the leader of the group to perpetuate the fraud and this will be enough to draw in more than one person.
Further, the members of the group that is the victim of affinity fraud find that their guard is often lowered and the steps that a rational person normally would take to avoid being scammed are ignored.
Unfortunately, in the modern world (or for that matter, at any time in history), being a member of a group does not mean that human greed is not at work.
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