The con
Subtitle: how scams work, why you're vulnerable, and how to protect yourself
By: James Munton and Jelita McLeod
Contributors: McLeod, Jelita, 1971-
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781442207318; 9781442207332
Subjects: Swindlers and swindling; Fraud; Prevention
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Scams 101: admitting there's a problem; title: Know the enemy: elements of a con; title: The weakest link: why scams work; title: Mayhem in the mail: avoiding postal pitfalls; title: Up close and personal: danger on your doorstep; title: Dialing for dollars: fending off phone fraud; title: Fortifying the firewall: evading electronic scams; title: Out and about: sidestepping street swindles; title: Don't mix business with pleasure: affinity fraud & investment scams; title: It ain't me: identity theft; title: Recovering from identity theft.