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Romance scams don’t happen by accident.
 They follow a script.

In this episode of The Romance Scam Rebellion, I'll break down the exact psychological playbook scammers use worldwide to brainjack trust, attachment, and decision-making—tactic by tactic, step by step.

What feels like love…
 What feels like destiny…
 What feels deeply personal…

…is actually engineered.

Drawing from my own experience inside a long-term romance scam, I expose how manipulation works at the neurological and psychological level—and why intelligence, education, and life experience offer no immunity.

This episode unpacks the core manipulation tactics scammers rely on, including:

• Love bombing and emotional flooding
 • Mirroring and manufactured “perfect matches”
 • Future faking and fantasy construction
 • The Ben Franklin Effect (how helping them makes you trust them more)
 • Intermittent reinforcement and emotional withdrawal
 • The sunk cost fallacy and “too invested to quit” thinking
 • Isolation, secrecy, and reality distortion

These tactics don’t operate alone. They chain together, creating a psychological trap that can make walking away feel impossible—even when red flags are everywhere.

This is not a story about being naïve.
 It’s a story about how the human brain works—and how that knowledge is weaponized against victims across the globe.

If you’ve ever wondered “How could this happen?”—to yourself or someone you love—this episode explains exactly how.

Because once you can see the playbook,
 the manipulation loses its power.

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