We have discussed before on this blog the relationship between con artists and sociopaths/psychopaths. To take advantage of someone, which is the heart and soul of a con operation, means that the person who is doing the con really does not care about the feelings of the target victim. The entire point of a con operation is to gain the trust of that target and then exploit that trust for the immoral purposes of the con.
It should not come as a surprise, therefore, that victims of fraud or con games were more than 50% likely to have recently experienced negative life events such as the death of a loved one, illness or a divorce. Depression tends to run higher in the elderly and therefore it should also not be a surprise that the elderly are more likely to be the victim of fraud.
Con artists may be sociopaths, but they are smart sociopaths. They know which people to target. It should not come as a surprise, therefore, that studies on fraudsters have demonstrated that they tend to look for (and often find) people that are going through a crisis point in their lives. Such individuals often find that they are in need of a friend, and all too-often a con artist is willing to be that friend.
It should not come as a surprise, therefore, that victims of fraud or con games were more than 50% likely to have recently experienced negative life events such as the death of a loved one, illness or a divorce. Depression tends to run higher in the elderly and therefore it should also not be a surprise that the elderly are more likely to be the victim of fraud.
Con artists may be sociopaths, but they are smart sociopaths. They know which people to target. It should not come as a surprise, therefore, that studies on fraudsters have demonstrated that they tend to look for (and often find) people that are going through a crisis point in their lives. Such individuals often find that they are in need of a friend, and all too-often a con artist is willing to be that friend.
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