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Nine-Second Rule Defeats Urgency Scams

A common scammer technique is to rush victims by making something sound urgent; waiting roughly nine seconds before acting lets you reconsider and evade many scams, and when in doubt you should go directly to the source rather than following a provided link.

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Craig Newmark

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a very common technique of scammers is to rush you into something... If you wait a little while, stereotypically nine seconds, you can reconsider

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Conversations with Tyler - Craig NewmarkConversations with Tyler
Created: 6/13/2026, 3:33:55 AM

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