- Idea or evidence?
- Direct or diplomatic?
- Think about it or go all in?
- Accept a map or blaze your own trail?
Each of these questions may indicate a communication vulnerability. If you have more than one, you need to beware. If you have 3 or 4 you may be especially vulnerable. You may want to keep score for yourself.
Are you an Idea person or Evidence person?
Some people are caught up in ideas. As long as they like the idea they could care less about the evidence. It's much like ideology, or as Stephen Colbert put it "Truthiness". Others are more about the evidence, and refuse to commit to an idea until they see enough.
In general, scammers prefer "idea person" as they are much easier to sell to. Once they sell the "idea", the "idea person" will look for evidence to convince him- or herself.
Scams often involve a nebulous high concept (the "idea") that sounds logical and feasible, but in reality have tons of complexities that most people are not aware of or are impossible to research without being a professional. The evidence people would want more evidence, while idea people would just accept the idea without further proof.
If you're an "idea" person, add 1 to your score.
Are you a direct person or a diplomatic person?
Do you prefer cutting straight to the point, or do you prefer a bit more socialization?
Scammers prefer those of you who socialized, as they want to hit you with (real or fake) social proof and exploit various cognitive biases that all people have. They can also distract you with fancy displays and language, bandwagon effect, crowd hysteria, shilling, and other tricks.
Scammers also don't want any "direct" person to ask questions about more evidence. If you are too diplomatic you may never get any evidence, or just enough to convince yourself.
Scams often involve fancy events, elaborate presentations, exotic locations, and so on, where you mingle with people who were already convinced of the "idea" (see above).
If you're a diplomatic person, add 1.
