The formula for an emotional exploit has been around for centuries and is still pretty effective.
- Basic step-up question: Do you Love me?
- Basic exploit question: Can you send me some money?
- Decision 1: Say No and expect the “You don’t really Love
me ” comment - Decision 2: Say Yes and know that you are betraying yourself as a sucker
The strategy to just to create time pressured confused and emotional conflict. This makes it tough for the target to make a rational decision, in fact the wrong decision will often seem like the
Exploiters with finesse blend their attack with subtle time pressure and set-up friendly history and established heartfelt trust where they have actually given money to the target.