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by Mawr 1187 days ago
> it was just a right place at the right time kind of thing

Scammers abuse this principle by sending out texts to the tune of "Your package is on hold until you pay.". The chances a random person is expecting a package at any given time are pretty good.

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And confirmation bias is strong. The above commenter didn't even have a package being delivered -- they were going to pick up the glasses from the store. But you sometimes hear what you expect to hear, rather than what was actually said.