Outsmarting the Scam Artists: How to Protect Yourself From the Most Clever ConsJohn Wiley & Sons, 30 ian. 2012 - 208 pagini A practical guide to avoiding the most common scams, from a fraud-fighting expert U.S. consumers lose billions of dollars each year to scam artists—and the next victim could be you. While anyone can be targeted, many victims are older. In AARP's Outsmarting the Scam Artists, renowned fraud-fighter Doug Shadel offers practical advice for consumers who want to protect their money as well as the financial assets of their parents and families. Despite the rise of scams, many people are embarrassed to admit they've been victimized. The author helps break the cycle of shame by including accounts from the people who've been scammed as well as tips from a surprising source: convicted con artists who reveal how they've defrauded people like you.
Scammers are everywhere. But with Outsmarting the Scam Artists in hand, you can protect yourself and your money. |
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... emotions and persuasion. With regard to emotions, the con artist's first order of business is to get the victim into a heightened emotional state known as “ether.” The con artists all believe that heightened emotions make it easier to ...
... emotional state that causes the victim to react emotionally instead of thinking logically. It is that fuzzy haze we humans experience when we are overly excited about something and our visceral emotions swamp our ability to think ...
... emotional impulse to another in search of the next fix. In this chapter, we will hear directly from former con ... emotional buttons to induce ether. But Edwards isn't the only one of our con men who says emotion is the key to creating ...
... emotion of movies: “There is no logical reason to invest in a movie deal. The big studios make all the money. It's all emotional. This is an emotional business. You're buying an emotion. You're not buying on logic. You're not buying on ...
... emotion, but in telling your wife why you drive a Mercedes, you don't tell her the real reason; you tell her about safety, you tell her about mileage, you tell her about dependability. You don't tell her that it's going to make you look ...
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The Stages of Fraud | 29 |
The OilandGas Scam | 49 |
The Religious Ponzi Scam | 63 |
The Gold Coin Scam | 77 |
The Movie Scam | 85 |
The Business | 93 |
An Interview with | 117 |
Who Are the Victims? | 129 |
Become a Fraud Fighter | 145 |
Fraud Prevention That Works | 159 |
Appendix A The FraudVulnerability Quiz | 173 |
Notes | 181 |
Index | 187 |
The Lottery Scam | 107 |
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