1305: Johnathan Walton | How to Spot Scammers, Grifters, and Thieves

Coming up next on the Jordan Harbinger Show. A professional con artist is a psychopath and they're not like you and me. We get a thrill from writing a roller coaster and wee, like that's fun, but for them, the fun is creating these worlds that do not exist. And watching with a godlike sense of glee as we say what they want us to say, we do what they want us to do. It's like they're directing a movie, we're all their actors, but we don't know it, but they do.

And that's what they get off on. That's what brings them joy. They're not regular people, they are psychopaths. Welcome to the show. I'm Jordan Harbinger.

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