Undue influence
Subtitle: cons, scams and mind control
By: Patrick O'Reilly and Phyllis Rosen
Contributors: Rosen, Phyllis
Publisher: Bay Tree Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Point Richmond, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9780985939953
Subjects: Cults; Fraud; Prevention; Swindlers and swindling; Control (Psychology); Manipulative behavior; Undue influence
Description: "Internet scams, Ponzi schemes, real estate rip-offs, weird cults, fortune-telling cons--it's hard to read the news without finding another successful con artist at work. As the number of cons and victims grows, the term undue influence is gaining widespread use. Undue Influence: Cons, Scams and Mind Control provides an introduction to the tools and techniques con artists use and the vulnerabilities they look for in victims. Most scammers, including some charismatic psychopaths, have the uncanny ability to adapt common techniques of manipulation and control to the personality of their victim, and given the right circumstances, everyone is susceptible. The information in this book might be your best resource the next time someone makes an offer too good to pass up"--P. [4] of cover.