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by sangnoir 945 days ago
> even with those you can tell within seconds that it's fake, even if you don't know how you noticed it.

Salesmen and scammers have many techniques to get people to act against their better judgement. Urgency is one: imagine a late night voice call seemingly from a loved one saying "I'm stranded, my battery is about to die. Please send the money now -" accompanied by loud environmental noises to mask any artifacts