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Re: Trust yourself when something does not feel right
Quick thoughts...
SCAM for a few reasons. It did not feel right. As this post implies. Trust your gut.
Two things I see often:
Ads geared towards the "easily duped" crowds. Easily spotted and scammers use this tactic because idiots are the easiest prey.
Ads, when replied to, prey on the fact that we don't want to miss out on a good deal. Scammers here want you, me, us, etc... to act on our impulse, or relax our common sense. - Take a moment and think. Let your brain do the work as it should.
Scammers are just using basic evaluations of behavioral science against us, in this case, desire of acting quick on a desired item before it gets away. We, our brain (as humans) rely on simplicity or "auto pilot" mode to make ease of certain tasks. This is when we, you, us, etc... may tend to let our guard down.
Step back and think, we all know the sayings and reasons. We were taught common sense as a kid. Don't let the trend of pressure, or accepting somebody else's terms, over reasonable or sensible thinking.
- Saw on PBS recently as a re-run from 2020, Hacking your Mind four part series. Informative material on how humans evaluate different situations, in this case: situations where we relax our intelligence for simplification.
Bob
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