Outsmarting the Scam Artists: How to Protect Yourself From the Most Clever ConsISBN: 978-1-118-17364-0
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March 2012
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Preface xi
Part I The Scam Artists’ Playbook
Chapter 1 Inside the Con Artist’s Mind 3
Chapter 2 Ether: The Con Artist’s Central Strategy 19
Chapter 3 The Stages of Fraud 29
Part II Con Artists in Action
Chapter 4 Exploiting Ego: The Oil-and-Gas Scam 49
Chapter 5 Exploiting Faith: The Religious Ponzi Scam 63
Chapter 6 Exploiting Fear: The Gold Coin Scam 77
Chapter 7 Exploiting Boredom: The Movie Scam 85
Chapter 8 Exploiting the American Dream: The Business Opportunity Scam 93
Chapter 9 Exploiting Hope: The Lottery Scam 107
Chapter 10 Exploiting Credit: An Interview with an Identity Thief 117
Part III How to Fight Fraud
Chapter 11 Who Are the Victims? 129
Chapter 12 Become a Fraud Fighter 145
Chapter 13 Fraud Prevention That Works 159
Appendix A The Fraud-Vulnerability Quiz 173
Appendix B Fraud-Prevention Resource List 177
Notes 181
About the Author 185
Index 187
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