How to Spot a Con Artist
Advice for anyone that doesn’t want to get scammed or conned accidentally — or even waste time with an amateur that can’t help you.
Until last year, I had never met a professional Con Artist. When you have a few people read your work online, things change. People approach you out of nowhere who seek to profit from your hard work by conning you and taking shortcuts that involve them lying.
Their words are addictive and their offers are hard to refuse because they seek to take advantage of your human psychology through tapping into your need to want more and preying on your human survival instincts.
A con artist tried to scam me recently. The referral came from someone I know and within a few minutes of the phone call, it was obvious something was not right. So how do you avoid these cheats, liars, and con artists and protect yourself?
LaRae Quy spent 23 years in the FBI and suggests that how someone says “no” can tell you a lot about whether they are deceptive or not.
Here are the signs to help you identify a con artist.
Fast-talking
They’ll usually talk fast, hoping that you don’t pick up on the detail that reveals the hidden clues to their lies. The…
