Is Your Deception Detector Working?

13th May 2015

By Ari Kopel

Guest Writer for Wake Up World

I guess we all learn from our bad experiences. Hopefully we understand what to do or not to do the next time we’re confronted with a similar situation…

Bad Choices

In 2008, I experienced a financial disaster. I was losing my home and had lost my car due to the real estate crash that hit Florida like a demolition ball. It left me eating at my savings. There were no jobs that I was qualified for since I had been in the real estate and mortgage business for a good seven years. The housing industry summed up my experience and was all I had on my resume that was current. Everyone who had been in this industry was out looking for jobs.

I figured I needed an environmentally-friendly car, one that would help me economize. So I searched for a Toyota Prius that would allow me to save on gas. They were going for a lot of money back then, but I thought I would get a good deal on eBay. After searching that site, I found one there that I really liked, and I placed the bid. My bid was too low, and I didn’t get the car at the auction. But a week later, I got an email from the owner of the car letting me know that he hadn’t sold the car. Even though I hadn’t won the bid, he wanted to know if I was still interested. He said that he was desperate to get rid of it because he was going through a rough divorce and needed to sell it fast. He was willing to let go of the one-year-old car, with low mileage, for $9,000. My excitement took over me. It possessed me and possessed my mind.  “Sure, I’m interested,” I said.

He sent me a link, and when I opened it, it took me to eBay. I followed the link and followed the instructions. I read that there was a guarantee from ebay, and that was good enough for me, and I sent him the $9,000 via a wire to his bank. He emailed me back as to how the vehicle would be transported to me and that he’d send me all these instructions in a day. I kept visualizing this car in front of my house. I was very excited and couldn’t believe the deal I had just gotten!

A day passed, and nothing was sent to me. I wondered if he got busy, maybe he was in the middle of all the paperwork necessary for the transport of the truck. I held on to that vision of the car. I emailed him to find out about the delivery of the Prius, and to give him a gentle nudge to find out how things were going at his end. There was no response back. I emailed again and no answer.  It’s OK, I thought to myself. It’s mine. It’s a done deal. I imagined myself driving it and saving money on gas. It was on its way!  I kept emailing and emailing, but I never got back a response. My heart had dropped and was sitting in the pit of my stomach giving me major indigestion. This was beyond heartburn — I was now scared. My only hope was the guarantee from eBay. So, I contacted them. They told me they didn’t have any such page with any such vendor.

Due to the very sobering realization that I had just been conned, my heart fell to the floor and splattered. I called the police, and they sent me a detective. It was a “white collar crime” he said, one that he would put at the bottom of a stack of files of more pressing crimes. Needless to say, I cried for days. I still look back, and the thought of this incident conjures up feelings of deep sadness.

“How could I have been so trusting?”, I would ask myself. “Why didn’t I pay attention to my gut?” Yes, that uncomfortable nudging was there – that nudging that told me “don’t do it!”

CONTINUE READING:

Previous articles by Ari Kopel:

• Transhumanism Is Already Here
• To Discern Or Not To Discern… A Spiritual Perspective
• “The Event” Deception – Another Dangling Carrot

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