what are some more con artistry techniques
1. make your mark believe they're an accomplice, that they're in on the scheme.
2. present vulnerability and ask for help (people unconsciously increase their trust of people *they* have helped, more than you trying to buy reciprocity by helping them, which is too obvious)
3. shamelessly validate them, smile a lot, praise a lot, make them feel special. don't be subtle. look at what LLMs do to people with nonstop praise.
4. spam to pre-filter and find the weak links. don't waste time trying to con the wary, locate the good marks. (e.g. phishing uses blatantly fake emails on purpose, because anyone responding to a misspelled message from a Saudi prince is more likely to be a doable target). if you're trying to infiltrate the secret nazi chat group, for example, find a casual low-ranking member who's lonely and eager for a good friend and doesn't care about opsec, like, approach random men at the rally and chat a bit and ask for their instagram, keep track of which ones have unsafe social media and seem forthcoming with information. then ask *them* to join the group.
5. shut up and keep them talking. validate everything they say. sound interested.
6. shamelessly honeypot.
7. find the gap in their soul and shamelessly promise you can fill it. interact always based on emotions, not logic or facts or arguments; how were they feeling when they said this? what do they want? what emotions will they feel when I send this message?
8. sell high to make them feel in control. float some 100% outrageous proposals that you know they'll deny; with each "no" they'll grow more secure you're not a threat. plus, the 50% outrageous proposals will feel like a compromise.
9. project confidence at all times, act not just like you belong, but act like they're lucky to have you there.
10. go for the long con, while keeping them focused on the short con. give them little wins at first.
11. gradually introduce absurd alternative realities so that they feel like, only you and me know the truth, you're cool you know what's up (cult/conspiracy techniques)
12. appeal to their circle of empathy (running a crowdfund to get nazis to do legal support to a fictional white woman on trial for saying a racist slur, for example)
13. be a slot machine (give them some sugar every so often but without rhyme or reason, so they get hooked on contacting you, rather than you chasing them)
(please don't do this sort of thing to anyone who is not an enemy. con artistry is like pointing a gun, the morality of it depends entirely on who you point it at.)