100 Incredible Scams That Actually Happened True Stories of Con Artists, Outrageous Frauds, and the Tricks They Used to Fool Their Victims
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Format
ePUB 3
Kopierschutz
Nein
Family Sharing
Ja
Text-to-Speech
Ja
Erscheinungsdatum
30.08.2026
Verlag
BGB LearnSeitenzahl
118 (Printausgabe)
Dateigröße
2753 KB
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
6610001347697
You picked up this book because you already know the feeling. Your phone buzzes with a message that looks exactly like it came from your bank, or a friendly voice tells you your grandchild is in trouble, and for 3 seconds your heart decides before your head can catch up. You want to believe you are too smart to be fooled, yet 2.6 million Americans reported fraud last year and lost more than $12.7 billion. This is not about intelligence. It is about reflexes. This book is not a dry list of warnings or a technical manual filled with jargon you will never use. It is not a collection of scare stories designed to make you afraid to answer your phone. What you actually need is a field guide that shows you how each con is built, so you can spot the shape before the money moves. Inside you will meet 100 true cases, from the 1500s pig in a poke to the 2025 AI voice clone that can mimic your family member in 30 seconds. Inside, you will discover: . How the pigeon drop and the shell game still run in parking lots and inboxes today . Why the Eiffel Tower was sold twice and how fake ownership still drives real estate and online scams . How impostors became pilots, doctors, and heirs by wearing a uniform instead of earning it . The 5 signs of every Ponzi scheme, from Charles Ponzi to Bernie Madoff and today . How phishing, business email compromise, and QR code tricks bypass your gut instinct . Why romance cons and pig butchering cost victims more than $50,000 per report and how love is weaponized . The 3 second rule that stops 90 % of scams, plus what to do in the first 60 minutes if money moved You will learn the pause that defeats urgency, the verification that defeats authority, and the habit of refusing secrecy. If you can name the move, you can stop the scam. Keep this book by your phone and share 1 story a week with someone you love. The 100 stories become 100 shields, and the next call that tries to scare, rush, or flatter you will meet a person who has seen it before.
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