The con starts with the mark

Hey guys,

Although I detest the title of the show “American Greed,” I very much enjoying watching it. It gets inside the minds of both the con men and the marks, and reveals some very interesting things about human nature.

Why, for example, do supposedly smart (and very rich) people give their money to a “financial genius” like Bernie Madoff with no questions asked whatsoever?

What if everything you ever thought you knew about dating and relationships was just plain wrong? Would you keep doing the same things and getting the same results? Or would you try something new and radically different? To stop dating, and

start living, go to http://www.johnalanis.com/ultimate_system.htm before this site is removed.

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The answer is simple: because they want to believe what he is saying. They want to believe it so much they’ll suspend the responsibility of thinking and buy into the excitement.

It happens in every con, no matter the income level, no matter the person’s experience, and no matter their intelligence. Their desire to believe the promise made completely clouds all common sense. In fact, the outcome of it NOT being true is so disappointing, they’ll fork over their money in order to avoid disappointment.

Take, for example, a “con” that’s run in the attraction business. I’m on a lot of mailing lists, and I get a lot of letter from Nigeria, ostensibly from young, bored women.

In fact, these women are so bored, they took the time out to write me, confess their feelings to me (I must have a hell of an international reputation because they’ve all apparently fallen in love with me), and tell me how they can’t wait to meet me.

Not only that, they’ve also taken the trouble to enclose very revealing pictures of themselves—and all of them are in their mid 20’s. Furthermore, all of them are white or Hispanic (with the excuse they are in Nigeria as part of a mission), and looking for a man like me.

How do they know me so well? Why they saw my name on a label and fell in love with it. Guess I’m sexy, based on name alone.

On further reading, they need just one little thing in order for us to start our new, happy life together (beginning, apparently, as soon as I meet them at the airport). And what would that one little thing be?

Why CASH, of course! Money. Fungolas. Dollar-inos. And please, no checks, credit cards, or money orders—just cash. As much as I can spare.

Obviously, the whole thing is just a gimmick to get money. But what’s amusing to me is, how many times I get that letter. What that means is, it’s working—direct mail is NOT cheap, even if it’s from Nigeria. They would not send out that letter unless they got money in return.

And why do they get money in return? Because a lot of men WANT to believe the story, and do NOT want to be disappointed by the truth. So, they send their money in, hoping a hot, young, 25 year old nurse will arrive at the airport to spend the rest of her life with him.

Fat chance.

The lesson here is this: when you find yourself desperately wanting to believe something, stop and check it out. Thoroughly. It may turn out to be on the up and up. But it may also be a con or a scam. And if you fall for one of those, it’s the ultimate disappointment—and embarrassment.

On with the fun….

-John Alanis

“The King of Let ‘em Come to You”

PS Discover how to choose the right women for you, at a price way lower than you’d ever expect. Go to http://www.johnalanis.com/ultimate_system.htm right now.

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Hey guys,

Although I detest the title of the show “American Greed,” I very much enjoying watching it. It gets inside the minds of both the con men and the marks, and reveals some very interesting things about human nature.

Why, for example, do supposedly smart (and very rich) people give their money to a “financial genius” like Bernie Madoff with no questions asked whatsoever?

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What if everything you ever thought you knew about dating and relationships was just plain wrong? Would you keep doing the same things and getting the same results? Or would you try something new and radically different? To stop dating, and

start living, go to http://www.johnalanis.com/ultimate_system.htm before this site is removed.

**********************

The answer is simple: because they want to believe what he is saying. They want to believe it so much they’ll suspend the responsibility of thinking and buy into the excitement.

Take, for example, a “con” that’s run in the attraction business. I’m on a lot of mailing lists, and I get a lot of letter from Nigeria, ostensibly from young, bored women.

In fact, these women are so bored, they took the time out to write me, confess their feelings to me (I must have a hell of an international reputation because they’ve all apparently fallen in love with me), and tell me how they can’t wait to meet me.

Not only that, they’ve also taken the trouble to enclose very revealing pictures of themselves—and all of them are in their mid 20’s. Furthermore, all of them are white or Hispanic (with the excuse they are in Nigeria as part of a mission), and looking for a man like me.

How do they know me so well? Why they saw my name on a label and fell in love with it. Guess I’m sexy, based on name alone.

On further reading, they need just one little thing in order for us to start our new, happy life together (beginning, apparently, as soon as I meet them at the airport). And what would that one little thing be?

Why CASH, of course! Money. Fungolas. Dollar-inos. And please, no checks, credit cards, or money orders—just cash. As much as I can spare.

Obviously, the whole thing is just a gimmick to get money. But what’s amusing to me is, how many times I get that letter. What that means is, it’s working—direct mail is NOT cheap, even if it’s from Nigeria. They would not send out that letter unless they got money in return.

And why do they get money in return? Because a lot of men WANT to believe the story, and do NOT want to be disappointed by the truth. So, they send their money in, hoping a hot, young, 25 year old nurse will arrive at the airport to spend the rest of her life with him.

Fat chance.

The lesson here is this: when you find yourself desperately wanting to believe something, stop and check it out. Thoroughly. It may turn out to be on the up and up. But it may also be a con or a scam. And if you fall for one of those, it’s the ultimate disappointment—and embarrassment.

On with the fun….

-John Alanis

“The King of Let ‘em Come to You”

PS Discover how to choose the right women for you, at a price way lower than you’d ever expect. Go to http://www.johnalanis.com/ultimate_system.htm right now.

Important Note

All my emails are archived

at http://www.johnalanis.com

and updated daily.

If you prefer to view them as

RSS, you may syndicate them

there, as well as view them online

in a blog format.

********************

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The con starts with the mark

Hey guys,

Although I detest the title of the show “American Greed,” I very much enjoying watching it. It gets inside the minds of both the con men and the marks, and reveals some very interesting things about human nature.

Why, for example, do supposedly smart (and very rich) people give their money to a “financial genius” like Bernie Madoff with no questions asked whatsoever?

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What if everything you ever thought you knew about dating and relationships was just plain wrong? Would you keep doing the same things and getting the same results? Or would you try something new and radically different? To stop dating, and

start living, go to http://www.johnalanis.com/ultimate_system.htm before this site is removed.

**********************

The answer is simple: because they want to believe what he is saying. They want to believe it so much they’ll suspend the responsibility of thinking and buy into the excitement.

Take, for example, a “con” that’s run in the attraction business. I’m on a lot of mailing lists, and I get a lot of letter from Nigeria, ostensibly from young, bored women.

In fact, these women are so bored, they took the time out to write me, confess their feelings to me (I must have a hell of an international reputation because they’ve all apparently fallen in love with me), and tell me how they can’t wait to meet me.

Not only that, they’ve also taken the trouble to enclose very revealing pictures of themselves—and all of them are in their mid 20’s. Furthermore, all of them are white or Hispanic (with the excuse they are in Nigeria as part of a mission), and looking for a man like me.

How do they know me so well? Why they saw my name on a label and fell in love with it. Guess I’m sexy, based on name alone.

On further reading, they need just one little thing in order for us to start our new, happy life together (beginning, apparently, as soon as I meet them at the airport). And what would that one little thing be?

Why CASH, of course! Money. Fungolas. Dollar-inos. And please, no checks, credit cards, or money orders—just cash. As much as I can spare.

Obviously, the whole thing is just a gimmick to get money. But what’s amusing to me is, how many times I get that letter. What that means is, it’s working—direct mail is NOT cheap, even if it’s from Nigeria. They would not send out that letter unless they got money in return.

And why do they get money in return? Because a lot of men WANT to believe the story, and do NOT want to be disappointed by the truth. So, they send their money in, hoping a hot, young, 25 year old nurse will arrive at the airport to spend the rest of her life with him.

Fat chance.

The lesson here is this: when you find yourself desperately wanting to believe something, stop and check it out. Thoroughly. It may turn out to be on the up and up. But it may also be a con or a scam. And if you fall for one of those, it’s the ultimate disappointment—and embarrassment.

On with the fun….

-John Alanis

“The King of Let ‘em Come to You”

PS Discover how to choose the right women for you, at a price way lower than you’d ever expect. Go to http://www.johnalanis.com/ultimate_system.htm right now.

***Important Note***

All my emails are archived

at http://www.johnalanis.com

and updated daily.

If you prefer to view them as

RSS, you may syndicate them

there, as well as view them online

in a blog format.

********************

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