I have a few of my own and I want to hear yours
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Creating a sense of urgency. You have to do this NOW! (Because you may realize it’s a scam later)
Yeah, urgency. So you don’t have time to think.
That’s a very common sales tactic though, creating a sense of FOMO (fear of missing out) in the customer to close the sale. Not that I support it, but legitimate businesses do it a lot too.
If you have to push the sale so hard, it’s kinda scammy anyway.
The Princess Bride got this right. “Life is pain, Highness. Anybody who says differently is selling something.”
They’re asking you for money.
I have been job hunting for over a year now and the number of jobs that suddenly want a text only interview over Teams and then immediately want to hire is fucking silly.
It’s far too easy to recognize. Wage too high, job functions vague. Then the standard “We will send you funds to buy the needed software.”
I don’t engage with such offers any longer. Always a waste of time.
The scam of course is that those funds will bounce and you are on the hook for buying their shitty software.
Basically this line from MST3k:
“We’ve found a new area of the human body to be ashamed of. Shame fuels the economy.”
