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There is a scam called the winning ticket. The scammers go to a person and pretend to have a lottery ticket with a winning number, and ask the person for an amount of money to sell the ticket to them, with the excuse that they must take a bus to their city in a hurry. The person, usually of old age and with a kind heart, buys the ticket for a high price, expecting to receive the even higher value for the winning number. When they find out that they have been lied to, it's already late and they lose what they've been saving up their whole lives.
I'm saying all this to illustrate a case in which a mistake can ruin a person's life. Of course we are here to learn, I don't disagree that we learn through trial and error, but it would be good to have a little help from a wiser power when we need to make important decisions. Being caring and loving can be a person's downfall when dealing with the unknown.
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