If you're interested in learning more about the technique that scammer used, the...

		jerf on June 16, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: My grandfather was a target of a scam usin... If you're interested in learning more about the technique that scammer used, the magic search phrase is "cold reading". For instance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_reading