395: How to Avoid Scams | Deep Dive
The Jordan Harbinger Show
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🗓️ 24 August 2020
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) joins us for this deep dive into common scams to watch out for, why even the smartest among us get suckered into falling for scams, and what we can do to help ourselves and others break free of scams for good.
What We Discuss with Gabriel Mizrahi:- The most common scams to look out for — from multi-level marketing (MLM) pyramid schemes and large-group awareness training (LGAT) to fake gurus and spiritual shysters.
- The dangerous consequences you or someone you care about can face when suckered into participating in these predatory scams.
- The qualities of people who often fall for scams — and why even the smartest among us are vulnerable to chasing their empty promises once hooked.
- The role of environment (like economic crisis and upbringing) in scam susceptibility.
- The right — and wrong — ways to approach someone who’s fallen for a scam (even if that someone is you).
- And much more…
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the show, I'm Jordan Harbinger. |
| 0:05.6 | On the Jordan Harbinger show, we decode the stories, secrets, and skills of the world's |
| 0:09.6 | most fascinating people. |
| 0:11.2 | If you're new to the show, we have in-depth conversations with people at the top of their |
| 0:14.9 | game. |
| 0:15.9 | Astronauts and entrepreneurs, spies and psychologists, even the occasional four-star general, and |
| 0:20.5 | of course we do our deep dives, which is what we're doing here today. |
| 0:23.7 | Each show turns our guests wisdom into practical advice that you can use to build a deeper understanding |
| 0:28.9 | of how the world works and become a better critical thinker. |
| 0:32.0 | Now y'all know me. |
| 0:33.1 | I'm obsessed with scams, scammers, shisers, and there are a lot of you in my inbox asking, |
| 0:37.8 | how do I prevent scams? |
| 0:38.8 | How do you get yourself and your loved ones safe from scams or pull a loved one away |
| 0:43.2 | from a scam that they're in? |
| 0:44.5 | Today, Gabriel Mizrahi and I are doing a deep dive on the types of victims that scammers |
| 0:49.7 | target. |
| 0:50.7 | We can go over scams all day, but really it is the victim that is the key here. |
| 0:54.1 | Fraudsters look for specific personality traits which make for a good victim, and we'll |
| 0:58.9 | outline what those traits are, how to spot them in others, and perhaps most importantly, |
| 1:03.8 | how to spot them in yourself as well. |
| 1:06.5 | Last but not least, what to do if you or a loved one is caught up in a scam or is the type |
| 1:11.1 | of person who gets caught routinely in a scammer's web and how to free yourself from it. |
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