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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... understanding the stages that con men take their victims through in a typical scam. This is simply another way for investors to be able to see a bad guy coming from a distance. One final point about this book: The sources used to ...
... understand. They've been around over 80-something years, okay? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to pull quarters out of a pay phone. All American is the largest privately owned pay phone distributor in the United States today. We've ...
... understand something. This is a guy who is about 240 to 245 pounds, 6 foot 3. As soon as he got a hit of crack in him, off came his clothes, on went a dress, high heels, and blue eye makeup and off to the boulevard he went, turning ...
... understand I just have to be sure. We take 300 plus calls a week here, John. I hope you understand the number of flakes and nuts I talk to, sir. What Vertega is doing in this part of the pitch is “qualifying the money”—making sure the ...
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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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