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Fifty Scams and Hoaxes

Martin Fone

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Description:Fifty Scams and Hoaxes is a light-hearted investigation into some of the more egregious examples of financial skulduggery, medical quackery and ingenious hoaxing that have been lost in the mists of time. Along the way we will come across a Pope advocating a drink based on cocaine, a pill to avoid hangovers, the day a London street was brought to an amusing standstill, the man who broke the bank twice, the first examples of insurance fraud and scam emails and much more. Martin Fone explores the psychology and methodology deployed by the scammers and shows what can happen when avarice preys on credulity and gullibility. The key characteristics he unearths amongst his picaresque collection of scammers include; incredible claims, extensive and creative use of advertising, which play on people’s fears and aspirations, unscrupulous business practices and, when it all goes wrong as it often does, a propensity to flee the scene and leave others to pick up the pieces.An enterprising financial journalist in the 19th century could do no worse than travel back and forth on the cross-channel ferry. It was packed with fleeing fraudsters!An informative and entertaining read from Eric Hoffer Book Award finalist 2018, Martin FoneWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Fifty Scams and Hoaxes. To get started finding Fifty Scams and Hoaxes, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 192

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Troubador Publishing

Release: 2018

ISBN: 1789015774

Description: Fifty Scams and Hoaxes is a light-hearted investigation into some of the more egregious examples of financial skulduggery, medical quackery and ingenious hoaxing that have been lost in the mists of time. Along the way we will come across a Pope advocating a drink based on cocaine, a pill to avoid hangovers, the day a London street was brought to an amusing standstill, the man who broke the bank twice, the first examples of insurance fraud and scam emails and much more. Martin Fone explores the psychology and methodology deployed by the scammers and shows what can happen when avarice preys on credulity and gullibility. The key characteristics he unearths amongst his picaresque collection of scammers include; incredible claims, extensive and creative use of advertising, which play on people’s fears and aspirations, unscrupulous business practices and, when it all goes wrong as it often does, a propensity to flee the scene and leave others to pick up the pieces.An enterprising financial journalist in the 19th century could do no worse than travel back and forth on the cross-channel ferry. It was packed with fleeing fraudsters!An informative and entertaining read from Eric Hoffer Book Award finalist 2018, Martin FoneWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Fifty Scams and Hoaxes. To get started finding Fifty Scams and Hoaxes, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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