People everywhere have always had a sweet tooth for the unreal, enthralled by what should be taken as too good to be true. Why do people ignore the obvious and believe the bizarre?
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Cryptocurrency fraudsters have swindled their victims out of hundreds of millions – even billions – of dollars. What do they do to earn people’s trust and then take their money?
The Anthill 27: Confidence
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A podcast about confidence – from how it works in our brains and whether it can get us ahead at work to how confidence tricksters fool people into falling for their scams.
Cybercrime affects individuals and families as they navigate online life. But significant efforts focus instead on cybersecurity, protecting institutional networks and systems – rather than people.
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Sex and Relationship Therapist, Lecturer, University of Westminster
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Associate professor, University of Plymouth
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Director of the Centre for Post Qualifying Social Work, Bournemouth University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Old Dominion University
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Senior Lecturer in Management, City, University of London
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Lecturer in Psychology, University of Leicester
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL
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Professor of Business Administration and of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
