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by Johnny555 638 days ago
'I understand sending money the first time, but how do you still fall for it the 6th time they ask you to send more money?'.

I think that falls under the "sunk cost fallacy". Like they are thinking "Well, I've invested so much money already and I'm so close to the payoff now, I may as well send a little more"