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Scamsters and tricksters abound investor in the stock markets, losing
and are perhaps the greatest twelve lakh rupees to a shady operator
experts on the psyche and who promised him high returns on
psychology of human behaviour, his investment. Neither did he get the
going by the millions of you and promised high returns nor his capital. He
me falling prey to such scams, had approached my friend for some kind
apprises Nagesh Alai of help and solution. When I said it can
happen to the best of the people, she quite
The other day I happened to meet a good vehemently responded that I am being too
friend, rather a renowned and a much- simplistic and it is a case of nothing but
lauded person. She does a yeoman ( given greed in spite of someone doing well in life
the hoary times of its etymology, the word and amassing significant wealth. Scamsters
‘yeowoman’ would have been apt for my and tricksters abound and are perhaps
friend; unfortunately, it does not exist the greatest experts on the psyche and
nor has it found its way into the modern psychology of human behaviour, going by
dictionaries ) job, along with her life the millions of you and me falling prey to
partner, on evangelising and spreading such scams.
financial, investment and legal awareness She also shared with me the instance of
and helping complainants on various a mutual lawyer friend losing monies to
fronts. She recounted to me the case of some online peddler of goods who take
a well-established doctor crossing the the money in advance, but never deliver
threshold to silver sixties and a canny or delivery inferior products which are
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