Detecting Deception & Finding Fraud with Traci Brown
In this episode, Taylor interviews Traci Brown, a deception detection expert. Traci shares her expertise on how to better detect deception and how to prepare oneself to identify it and includes key things to look for and tips to improve deception detection skills. Traci focuses on helping listeners avoid becoming defrauded and losing money in face-to-face interactions with others by improving their deception detection skills.
[00:01 – 06:26] Opening Segment
- Tracy Brown is a fraud busting body language expert who helps people identify lies, fraud, and identity theft through keynote speeches, investigations and podcast
- The importance of paying attention to spot fraud
- She developed her skills in reading body language through her background in professional bike racing
[06:27 – 13:59] Understanding Body Language in Fraud Prevention
- Body language, tone and words are important indicators of deception and should be considered together when trying to spot it
- Look for clusters of signs that indicate deception, such as three or four signs that materially depart from the person’s normal behavior
- Deception can often be hidden in plain sight, and a deeper understanding of body language can help identify it
- Consider the context of the situation and other cues, such as tone and words, to get a full picture of what is being communicated
[14:00 – 24:13] Ways to Spot Deception through Body Language
- Get a person’s baseline by paying attention to their non-verbal cues and asking non-incriminating questions
- Look for clusters of signs that indicate deception, such as changes in behavior from their normal baseline
- Be aware of the permutations of body language, similar to playing chess
- Focus on the larger signs of deception before moving on to the smaller ones, and be aware of false positives
[24:13 – 31:10] Closing Segment
- Quick break for our sponsors
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Tweetable Quotes:
“You got to believe the body first. Take the words with a grain of salt.” -Traci Brown
About our Guest
Traci Brown
Traci Brown’s revealed their secrets to the world
NBC, CBS and Fox have asked this body language expert to reveal secrets hidden in plain sight. And she’s told the world what they’re not saying. And she can help your team reveal the secrets your clients are keeping from you that are impacting your bottom line.
She helps banks, credit unions and financial, insurance and safety groups stop fraud losses by detecting deception that happens right before their eyes.
TIME Magazine has name her one of the country’s top deception detection experts. She has studied lie and deception detection alongside the Police, FBI, Army Green Berets and people who she believes could not tell her they were in the CIA. Yes, she’s the only one who showed up to class without a gun. She uses this information in her keynotes for banking, credit unions and finance groups to detect and prevent fraud.
