Synopsis While snake-oil salesman in the 1800s had to rely on signs, posters, and their gift for gab, today's hi-tech world offers scam artists new windows of almost limitless opportunity. In this book readers will meet real-life people who fell victims to con-artists and will recognize some familiar rip-offs and be surprised by others. In the end they will learn how to avoid the clever traps laid by hustlers and find out how to outsmart the outlaws.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1996-05-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 160 pages | | Height: | 8.5 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 6.4 oz |
Publisher's Note Describes how to avoid being victimized by false advertizing, pyramid schemes, telemarketers, the legal system, contest promoters, and car salesmen.
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