关于本书 About the book
短信诈骗、网购诈骗、中奖诈骗……现在各种骗术层出不穷，为什么有人会上钩，骗子又是用什么办法让我们掉进陷阱呢？《骗子的把戏》这本书带我们进入骗子的世界，看看他们到底是如何利用人性的弱点实施骗术大发横财。作者用了丰富的真实案例，来分析人们迷信骗子的谎言、对破绽视而不见的原因，以及骗子究竟是如何利用人们基本的信任和乐观主义行骗。
本书金句 Key insights
● 不过对于骗子来说，能够尽量了解一个人，了解到能够对他的缺点和弱点都了如指掌，可以说是再好不过的事了。实际上，这正是让他们成功行骗的办法。
- Understanding someone well enough to spot a flaw or a weakness in them is exactly what a confidence trickster, or con artist, loves to do. In fact, it is what leads them to be successful in their pursuits.
● 说真的，大多数人的自我感觉并不准确，而骗子就恰恰利用了这一点，当人们开始觉得飘飘然，自我感觉特别良好的时候，就很容易成为骗子的猎物。
- In truth, most people’s self-perception isn’t very accurate and con artists are keen to take advantage of this.
● 我们大多数人还是对未来充满希望的，积极本来是好事，可以骗子就利用了这一点，制造出一种成功的幻象，大家也就乖乖上钩了。
- Many people are naturally inclined to be optimistic about the future, and this makes them eager to buy into the con artist’s illusion of success.
● 人的这种本性又一次被骗子拿来利用了。他们知道，即便事实跟信仰反着来，大家也宁愿坚持信仰，而对真实的情况视而不见。
- This is another human trait con artists can use. They know that even when people have an experience that contradicts their beliefs, they’ll still tend to hold on to those beliefs and ignore the experience.
● 人们可能会为了保住名声而做出蠢事，而这样的心态也非常容易被骗子利用。
We’re extremely wary of gaining a reputation for being foolish. And this is another trait that con artists can take advantage of.