How con artists trick your mind

[traynor]

"The research has identified a number of characteristics that people who are victims of scams seem to share in common (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2364464). Some of these traits – like a lack of self-control – we would probably recognise as dangerous. But others – a trust in authority, a desire to act in the same way as our friends, or a tendency to act in a consistent way – we might think of as good characteristics."

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141003-the-mind-tricks-of-scammers