Scams Cons Frauds And Deceptions

Author : James Munton
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442207337
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Con written by James Munton and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-06-14 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one thinks it can happen to them, but Americans are 40 times more likely to be defrauded than to have their cars stolen or their homes burgled. Con artists ruin people financially and emotionally, leaving in their wake a trail of destruction, broken hearts, and deflated dreams. The first step to combating fraud is to understand it. What do scams look like? Why are they effective? The next step is to take action. How can we protect ourselves and our families? The Con: How Scams Work, Why You're Vulnerable, and How to Protect Yourself informs and engages with accessible stories of ordinary people from all walks of life thrown into unexpected and disorienting circumstances. The book goes behind the scenes of real-world cons to examine the logistics and psychology that enable scams to succeed. The goal is to help people understand and recognize deception, and in the same way that they avoid other potentially dangerous situations, take a detour. Once readers have gained a clear idea of what scams look and sound

Author : Sean Byrne
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 104008558X
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scams, Cons, Frauds, and Deceptions written by Sean Byrne and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-06-28 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique volume presents cutting-edge research on the nature and extent of a wide range of scams, cons, frauds, and deceptive activities, including sextortion, the use of ransomware, phishing, identity theft, Ponzi schemes, online shopping fraud, gift card scams, and health care fraud targeting elderly victims. The contributions to this book raise and attempt to answer several intriguing questions: Why have governments in each global region failed to respond more aggressively to these crimes? What can/should the private sector and social media giants be doing? Can the current responses of both governments and the private sector be linked to the public’s ambivalence about how to respond to these forms of offending and victimization? Does a large segment of the public admire individuals who get involved in these activities, in large part due to the positive portrayal of scammers, fraudsters, and con artists in both literature and cinema? Or does the public’s view of the harm caused by these scams and cons vary, based on our view of who is victimized (e.g., individuals or corporations) and/or why they were chosen? Will governments – as they have done in the past – attempt to influence the public’s views by restricting access to books and movies that focus on the latest scams, cons, and frauds taking place on-line and in-person via book banning and other forms of censuring? And finally, should this discussion of the influence of books and cinema on the public’s views of scams, frauds, cons, and deception be broadened to include the government’s ongoing attempts to censure a wide range of books and films that may influence the public’s view of morality—and more recently, the public’s view of our government—due to their content? Timely and thought-provoking, this book will be a key resource for researchers, scholars, and practitioners in criminology and criminal justice, sociology, law, psychology, and social work, while also appealing to interdisciplinary researchers seeking insight into the relationship between positive portrayals of scammers, fraudsters, and con artists in literature and cinema, and the public’s perception of individuals who get involved in these activities. It was originally published as a special issue of Victims & Offenders.

Author : Brylee Gibson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781407101552
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scams written by Brylee Gibson and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Steven Lazaroff
Publisher : Rodger & Laz publishing S.E.N.C.
ISBN 13 : 1775292134
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History's Greatest Deceptions and Confidence Scams written by Steven Lazaroff and published by Rodger & Laz publishing S.E.N.C.. This book was released on 2018-04-02 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history, there have always been fraudsters and tricksters ready and willing to part people and their money with smooth talking and tall tales, but the first formally recorded “confidence trick” was uniquely American in its origins and set the bar for both simplicity and sheer guts, both hallmarks of the most successful frauds ever perpetrated. From the ancient Egyptians to the modern era, join the authors as they take you on a romp throughout 4000 years of human history to reveal the tricks and schemes that were perfected by colorful characters throughout the ages. Using humor, and wit, the authors paint a tapestry of deception and subterfuge perpetrated by the brilliant minds of each era.

Author : James T. Thomes
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595148352
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dotcons written by James T. Thomes and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-10-18 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete guide to protect yourself and your business from current and future fraud on the Internet including: Advance Fee Scams Advertising Frauds Asset Tracers Avoiding Litigation Business Security Business Venture Scams Buying Illegal Items Cookies Counterfeit Items Credit Frauds Denial of Service Disgruntled Employees Electronic cash Fake Web-sites Fake University Degrees False Promotions Fenced Goods Foreign Lotteries Gambling Identity Theft Immigration Documents Invasion of Privacy Investment Newsletters Loan Brokers Money Laundering Multiple Identities Multi-Level Marketing Off-Shore Frauds Online Investment Swindles Online Auction Frauds Phone Charges Ponzi Schemes Pyramid Schemes Prescription Drugs Pirated Software Quickie Divorces Risky Rebates Shipping and Handling Fees Spam Sweepstakes and Prizes Skill Contests Travel Fraud Viruses

Author : H. P. Wood
Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1580897436
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fakers written by H. P. Wood and published by Charlesbridge Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Trojan horse to fake news, scams have run rampant throughout history and across the globe. Some con artists do it for fun, others for profit. . . and every once in a while, a faker saves the world. In this era of daily online hoaxes, it's easy to be caught off-guard. Fakers arms kids with information, introducing them to the funniest, weirdest, and most influential cons and scams in human history. Profiles of con artists will get readers thinking about motivation and consequence, and practical tips will help protect them from falsehoods. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is--except in the case of this book!

Author : Chuck Dougherty
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781515101178
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Behind the Scheme written by Chuck Dougherty and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-08-02 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on actual schemes, scams, and cons that are proving to be the most threatening to you and your money. This book exposes the current methods in which you, the "mark," are being targeted and how those around you are falling for the unwelcome deceptions. Exploring many common themes, this book promises to arm you with better ammunition than those seeking access to your wallet. Nobody likes to believe that they can fall for a con or a scam, but this book features true stories about how some very smart people walked straight into a con, and failed to get out before it was too late. The book then explains the mentality behind the deception and how you can avoid being next on the list. Fraudsters and con artists would very much prefer that you not read this book, as it divulges some of the most popular methods, as well as some very successful methods that many don't know about yet. Even if the con artists alter their approach, this book will show you the underlying themes and methods that all con artists need to implement their con. The average "mark" will end up paying more than $2,500 in losses according to the FTC. Reading this book will prepare you recognize when you are the next person being targeted to feed this troubling statistic. Fraud, scams, cons and schemes are a multi-billion dollar bullet. "Behind the Scheme" will not only help you deflect this bullet, but ideally will help to insure that you aren't even in the same room with it to start with.

Author : Nate Hendley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big Con written by Nate Hendley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines a broad range of infamous scams, cons, swindles, and hoaxes throughout American history—and considers why human gullibility continues in an age of easy access to information. Covering American cons and hoaxes past and present, including the Great Moon Hoax of 1835, the controversy over "subliminal messaging" (do bands, filmmakers, and advertisers really put secret messages in their works?), the panic about "satanic" daycare operators in the 1980s, and recent Internet scams, this book provides a fascinating, fact-based look at infamous frauds across the centuries. Offering an engaging mix of history, sociology, and psychology, author Nate Hendley gives readers an appreciation of how prominent scams, cons, "confidence men," and hoaxes have impacted American society, past and present. Each entry details the scheme or hoax and the pertinent con artist/schemer involved, examining the sociological, cultural, political, and/or economic effect of the scams. Each topic is accompanied by a short bibliography of further reading selections. As the old saying goes, "There is a sucker born every minute"—and there has always been a keen-eyed swindler to take advantage of the situation. The Big Con: Great Hoaxes, Frauds, Grifts, and Swindles in American History explores this sordid underbelly of American civilization and invites readers to revel in the felonious experience.

Author : Fay Faron
Publisher : Creighton-Morgan Publishing Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rip-Off written by Fay Faron and published by Creighton-Morgan Publishing Group. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter the world of grifters, scams, marks and pigeons. In this revealing guide, professional PI, Fay Faron, gives you the complete lowdown on the low down, detailing today's most cunning bunco schemes from street-level shell games to high-stakes real estate swindles.You'll go inside the minds of dozens of confidence crooks, learning their lingo, lifestyles and tricks of the trade. Fare profiles the unwilling victims - from elderly widows to young models - exposing how cons convince people to fall for the bait and part with their cash.

Author : R. Paul Wilson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493016113
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of the Con written by R. Paul Wilson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sucker is still born every minute. In this modern and interconnected world, con-men are lurking everywhere – it’s never been easier for them to dupe us, take from us, and infiltrate our lives. One of the world’s leading and celebrated experts on con-games takes the reader through the history of cons, how they’ve been updated to the modern age, how they work, how to spot them, and how to protect yourself from being the victim of one. R. Paul Wilson is a con-man who works for the other side – our side. He has spent a lifetime learning, performing, studying, and teaching about the ins and outs of the con world in order to open up our eyes to the dangers lurking about us – and to show us how not to get taken. Paul has never made a living as a con-man, profiting off of marks – he has used his expertise throughout his life to help people avoid cons. In this fascinating book, Paul takes the reader through the history and developments of the con game, what elements from the past are based on basic human psychology and have stood the test of time, what has been updated for the modern era and how it’s getting used in the computer age, the structure of how these cons work, and – most importantly - how to recognize one, protect yourself and your loved ones, and avoid becoming just another sucker.