Why we fall for con artists
Go to my sponsor https://trylco.com/mrbeat to get 20% off your Men's Health test. We are currently living in The Golden Age of Con Artists because never before have the incentives been so high nor the obstacles been so low to become one. Mr. Beat explains why we continue to fall for them. Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video so keep reading. Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Matt Beat and Shannon Beat. Additional images used under fair use guidelines or found in the public domain. Music by @electricneedleroomband(Mr. Beat's band), King Canyon, Inaban, and Cyberblade. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N... Sources/further reading: Bluestone, Gabrielle. Hype: How scammers, grifters and con artists are taking over the internet, and why we’re following. London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021. Purchase here: https://amzn.to/426wM8M Konnikova, Maria. 2017. The Confidence Game : The Psychology of the Con and Why We Fall for It Every Time. Edinburgh: Canongate. Purchase here: https://amzn.to/4hyUqzi Braucher, Jean and Orbach, Barak, Scamming: The Misunderstood Confidence Man (August 1, 2015). 27 Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities 249 (2015), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 13-37, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2314071 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2314071 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dicti... https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-y... https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news... https://www.dbs.com/livemore/money/un... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... https://www.forbes.com/2009/03/26/nar... Related videos: • Why Con Artists See Right Through You #conartist #scam #scammers Join this channel to get access to perks: / @iammrbeat For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html / iammrbeat How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: / iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: / thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: / mrbeat @beatmastermatt on Twitter: / beatmastermatt Facebook: / iammrbeat Instagram: / iammrbeat Beatcord: / discord TikTok: / iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/52723408... Chapters: 0:00 Intro 02:00 The Con Artist 04:39 Ad 06:26 5 Biggest Reasons We Fall For Con Artists 06:37 Reason 1 07:17 Reason 2 08:12 Reason 3 09:25 Reason 4 09:59 Reason 5 15:52 Why we fall for con artists 16:10 Outro
