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From Facebook ads to TV commercials, you're constantly being bombarded by people trying to sell you stuff.

And marketers may not be scientists, but they've mastered the art of using your psychology against you. By exploiting your vulnerability to different style of propaganda, companies can trick you into buying more stuff and paying more for it.

We've scoured the research on some of the strategies marketers use to lure in consumers, so you can catch them in their own game: