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How scammers like Anna Delvey and the Tinder Swindler exploit a core feature of human nature

  • Written by Vanessa Bohns, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, Cornell University
imageAnna Sorokin, better known as Anna Delvey, during her trial in April 2019. Sorokin is the subject of a new Netflix miniseries.Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images

Maybe she had so much money she just lost track of it. Maybe it was all a misunderstanding.

That’s how Anna Sorokin’s marks explained away the supposed German heiress’s...

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