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walaneh.....myself also kena 'con'vinced to pay $5k to join time-share scheme. Once stepped out immediately couldn't comprehend how they managed to 'con'vince me. Luckily SG law allowed cancelation if within 1 week. Cannot underestimate their power

On-line scammers can look like a frog but they succeed.

Time share... You would need to:

1.have a decent looking face. No need to be yandao but just don't look ah bengish.

2. have the gift of the gab, an ability to deflect inconvenient questions like with a promise that you will be getting there, you will be touching on the point you raised later but you never get there

The rest are old tricks - play on the victim's greed. In the case of insurance and property, you can also use fear if that works.

Online scams often happened because of greed. Investment scams, big shopping discounts. It's all greed.