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Why does it work every time?

Why does it work every time?

Following are some of the tweet which were sent out from high profile twitter accounts. Within few minutes of these tweets, it is reported that more than 300 transactions valuing US$110,000 of equivalent bitcoins were deposited in an account.
Message #1
“All bitcoins sent to my address below will be sent back double the amount. If you send $1,000, I will send back $2,000. Valid only for next 30 minutes”
Message #2
"Everyone is asking me to give back, and now is the time. I am doubling all payments sent to my BTC address for the next 30 minutes. You send $1,000, I send you back $2,000."
Message # 3
" I am giving back to my fans. All bitcoins sent to my address below will be sent back doubled. I am only doing for maximum of $10,000,000. Only going on for 30 minutes."
Why do we fall for scams every time?
Spot the elements in above lines which tempt us to go for the kill but in end we become the kill.
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