Oh God, I have not been reading those emails carefully.

I'm Angela Duckworth.

I'm Mike Mon.

And you're listening to no stupid questions.

Today on the show, why do people fall for scams?

My brother had just returned from spending the summer in, you guessed it, Nigeria.

Oh God.

Mike, we have a great question that cuts a little close to the bone, at least in my own life.

It's from Raymond Chen and he asks, why do people get scammed?

Is everyone susceptible?

How do we check ourselves before committing to a scam no matter what stage of life we're

in?

Do you just say it cuts close to the bone?

I think it's important that we be honest with our listeners from the beginning.

I'm going to admit one as well, but do you want to start if you ever fall in for a scam?

I am sure that I have, but I'll tell you what's at the very top of my memory.

My mom, who you know, is amazing and wonderful.

So she's 88 now.

So it was a few years ago and it cuts close to the bone because by the way, it was actually

more than the money in this scam that was the real cost to her and then by extension to

me.

So somebody calls my mom and I can't recreate the conversation because it wasn't recorded.

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