Hypnosis itself is a very interesting phenomenon and this age old art perhaps is still not fully understood though there could be several theories to explain the phenomenon. We need to analyse these cases scientifically to understand if there exists a phenomenon of “Cyber Hypnotism” where a person can induce hypnosis through written words, implant suggestions and make the subject behave differently under post hypnotic state. In all these cases, if we look beyond the motive of greed, it appears that the victim was led to behave in a particular manner which appears irrational for many of us exactly in a manner a “hypnotized” person behaves with a post hypnotic suggestion. There have been similar cases where elderly persons and young kids have fallen for the sweet talk of fraudsters on the facebook or chat apps. It is not only this case where there is no reason for a 72 year old lady with Rs 42 lakhs in her Bank account should feel greedy and lose her life time savings. But there could be other reasons as well for which some people seem to get carried away by the various promises made by their online friend and behave as if they are “hypnotized”. It is true that some of the Nigerian frauds are induced by the greed of the victim. We often dismiss such frauds as a result of “Greed” where the victim wanted to get rich overnight and fell to a trap. The recent Cyber fraud in Mumbai where an elderly (72 year old) woman was duped to the extent of Rs 42 lakhs in a Nigerian Scam ( Refer here) open up a discussion on how it that seemingly intelligent people fall for this old trick of fraudsters.
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