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Monday, November 19, 2012

Blind Men, Elephant, and MLM

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Blind men and an elephant (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Those of you in the West probably never heard of the Indian parable (which spread t...
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Sunday, November 18, 2012

How to build a fake shipping company? Photoshop, of course

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Apparently some Nigerians decided to start a shipping company and ask random people to pay money for "customs and fees" to claim a...
Saturday, November 17, 2012

The Reverse Psychology of Temptation

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One way to not fall for scams is avoid the temptation of "easy money", "get-rich-quick schemes", and so on. That basical...
Friday, November 16, 2012

Bad Argument: Creating Straw Issues

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English: Karl Rove Assistant to the President, Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) One poli...
Thursday, November 15, 2012

Spotting a Potential Scam is Much Easier Than You Think

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Most online scams are not very elaborate, in that they are usually produced by one or two people. They only "seem" big online. ...
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Danger of Wishful Thinking in MLM (and any other business)

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Nate Silver (Photo credit: jdlasica ) It is now 12-NOV-2012, and President Barack Obama was reelected by a rather large majority of...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

How Magic (and Scam) works: playing with your perceptions

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Top hat as an icon for magic (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Every seen the "vanishing ball" trick? The magician ...