Been doing some reading about this today - it’s as I thought - but the onus is on the “marks” to verify that they are who they say they are.
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https://www.politico.eu/article/how-sac ... s-leaders/So, it’s all enticing back stories, flattery, and some guile, and balls. The hope is that people will just fall for it, and maybe not be so keen to check stuff out. Actually, it seems pretty straight forward, really.
In a way, it’s important television. People in power get caught out. Should we congratulate Baron Cohen for rooting out the easily lead and the gullible?