Police Dress Up As Doctors To Test Citizens 4
InsertWittyNameHere writes "Turkish police disguised themselves as doctors, then knocked on people's doors to see how easily they would fall for a confidence scam. They told residents they were screening for high blood pressure and handed out pills. They were alarmed when residents at 86 out of 100 households visited on Tuesday swallowed the pills immediately. A local gang had been using the same technique to give people heavy sedatives and then burgle them."
People seriously fell for this? (Score:1)
Natural selection (Score:2)
Good news! (Score:2)
Not just a trust problem (Score:1)
According to the article, police in another part of Turkey literally said "I am a burglar, please open the door", and "were stunned at the number of people who opened the door"