8 known techniques street crooks manipulators

1. Please give me a phone. You need to make an urgent call!

To you fit a person and asks for a phone call for one. suddenly sat battery in his machine. Why not help the poor man?

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The fraudster from someone else's phone makes a call, which cost many times more the contents of your wallet. Deceiver previously made sure that funds were at his expense.

How to avoid

Never give strangers your phone, even if you will be because of this shame.

2. Exchange currency at a favorable rate!

This technique has been particularly prevalent in the 90's. Man offers to exchange currency at the exchange rate is much more favorable than in the bank. You agree, pass each other money, and count them carefully, happily convinced of the correctness of the transaction.

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Your joy will last as long as you do not find that the resulting bill - a fake, the price of which is not greater than that of a sheet of paper.

How to avoid

Never change money with it!

3. This is for you as a gift! And now, please, make a donation ...

Joyful man comes to you and holds an object. "Take it, take it! It's free! A gift from... "- he says. You take a trinket, feeling sympathy for a stranger. Man pleasant, smiles, says good things. You thank him with all my heart ...

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Suddenly, he in the same polite tone suggests you make any donation. You immediately feel that it is impossible to deny: it is impossible to ignore the request for such a good man who made you a gift for no reason.

And although the idea back you realize that all this deception, fear of social disapproval makes make a donation. However, its size will be, in the words of a stranger inappropriately low for an honest man. Manipulator like hypnotizing you - and you will once again reach for his wallet.

How to avoid

Such fraudsters - great psychologists. They quickly define your character and put pressure on the weak points like conscience and guilt. Start a chat with them in most cases will be a losing one.

If the dialogue has begun and you can guess what the purpose of the source, return the gift to him with the words, "This is too generous of you, I can not accept it." So you will be psychologically easier to refuse.

4. I urgently need the money, but you can help ...

Stranger urgently need the money, but because he was ready for a ridiculous price now sell you, such as your car. And it has the log and photos available, and even ready to issue a receipt.

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It is difficult to believe, but many people do agree: sign a piece of paper, take the phone and say goodbye to a stranger with a round sum of money. The secret of these adventures is in the highest art manipulative con artist. He builds the conversation so as to awaken in you a false sense of shame, guilt, fear.

How to avoid

The best thing to a man who "can only help you," does not even begin to talk. Feel free to ignore and pass by appeal to you people. You do not have to bother to their problems. Remember, politeness - your main enemy.

5. Try your luck

A stranger offers you to play the lottery. You win a TV. Prize in front of you in a box - you can pick up. What a luck!

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But first you need to pay a fee or any fee. The law requires. You agree swindler disappears and turns garbage into the box.

How to avoid

Do not play the lottery! Even legitimate. Fortune does not favor those who seek it.

6. lost wallet

Classic technique scams. Do you happen to find the street full of money Wallet. But with you it saw some kid who quickly proposes to divide the "prize" in half, takes half the money and runs. A moment later, a policeman approaches you the owner of the purse ...

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The entire scene played out in order to put you in a very awkward position: a purse, then you have found, but the money in it is not enough. The representative of the law puts pressure on your authority and legal threats, and you're desperate to prove his innocence, pays the crooks out of pocket.

How to avoid

Do not lift other people's wallets! Even in good faith. If still you do it, then do not divide the money, stating the need to carry a thing to the police. And when a policeman appeared, first of all require of him to show you the certificate.

7. You broke my thing!

You calmly walking down the street (or driving a car), and suddenly from behind the house flies person angle. You abusive it, it drops and then angrily hands you a broken phone.

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It is no secret that the man was at the right time and in the right place. Telephone by the fraudster was broken and before I met you, but you somehow do not know it and feel genuine guilt. The furious tone of the victim makes you correct the mistake on the spot. Of course, financial.

How to avoid

Sparingly ask for forgiveness and continue on as if nothing had happened. If the scammer will haunt you, advise him to write a statement. Let the police sort out who is to blame.

8. Oh, and you have here a speck!

Outwardly nice man comes to you and under any pretext comes into tactile contact. Maybe you have a stain on the shirt, and he takes you by the hand, and he might have taken you for his friend and hugged in greeting. A couple of seconds you have spent on it to recover from the shock. A couple more - to talk with a stranger.

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However, the fraudster will be enough this time to examine the contents of your pockets. In essence, this is a pickpocket, but a higher level, because in his craft he uses manipulative technique.

How to avoid

You need to quickly respond to the tactile convergence Dodger - grab the hand, or push him away. The main thing - do not be shy!

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In the arsenal of fraudsters still many different ways of illegal enrichment. Common telephone manipulation. The older generation still enjoys a gift certificate to the mailboxes. Often liars call the apartments, instigate a conversation with the owners and under some pretext to fish out money from them.

This article reviewed examples Layfhaker street fraud - the most typical cases, reflecting the success of the cause of the cheaters.

Break the pattern of social behavior, play on the feelings of pressure on the conscience - these techniques cause ordinary people to do what they will remember with tears in his eyes.

Our courtesy, fear of doing or saying something wrong manipulators are keys to the castle almost every soul. Therefore, in the street, surrounded by thousands of people unfamiliar to you, it is necessary to push the care of according to the ethical rules by the wayside, and in priority to put their safety.