Scam Victims And The Law Of Parsimony – 2024
Scam Victims And The Law Of Parsimony
Helping Scam Victims to Understand the Difference Between Real vs. Assumptions & Urban Legends!
Primary Category: Scam Victim Recovery Psychology
Author:
• Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. – Anthropologist, Scientist, Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc.
About This Article
The Law of Parsimony, also known as Occam’s Razor, suggests that the simplest explanation is usually the correct one. This principle can be particularly helpful for scam victims as they navigate their recovery, helping them stay grounded in reality.
Despite sounding harsh, the goal is to help victims understand their mistakes and misconceptions to properly recover. After a scam, victims often cling to fantasies and false beliefs, making them vulnerable to being rescammed and seeking fantastical answers to their problems. Common misbeliefs include the effectiveness of exposing scammers, scam baiting, not reporting to the police, and thinking they were hypnotized.
