Inventing Anna: How scammers exploit human nature

People around Anna were quick to accept her odd explanations, even creating excuses for her that strained credulity [Courtesy]

Maybe she had so much money she just lost track of it. Maybe it was all a misunderstanding.

That is how Anna Sorokin’s marks explained away a supposed German heiress’s strange requests to sleep on their couch for the night or to put plane tickets on their credit cards, which she would then forget to pay back.