Scammed (eBook)

Learn from the Biggest Consumer and Money Frauds How Not to Be a Victim

Gini Graham Scott (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
276 Seiten
Allworth Press (Verlag)
978-1-62153-504-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Drawn from the personal experience of dozens of victims, including the author's own encounters, Scammed exposes the most prevalent consumer and money scams lurking in modern society. With so many people falling prey to a wide variety of frauds due to increasing vulnerability on the anonymous Internet, an expos has never been timelier. This recounts the stories of victims of over two dozen different types of scams, and what they did to recover. These scams include:Auto repair industry scamsInsurance industry scamsHousing industry scams and real estate house flip scamsHome repair scamsCounterfeit productsPhony job offersPhony publishing and film producing offersPhony investmentsPhony money scams from scamsters asking for helpAnd many othersThe chilling tales and details of these scams are interspersed with the wisdom of how each one can be dealt with and avoided. Readers will take away from the shocking stories confidence that they have gained the knowledge and preparedness to avoid being Scammed.Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.

Autor

Gini Graham Scott has published over fifty books with mainstream publishers, focusing on social trends, work and business relationships, and personal and professional development, and she has a regular Huffington Post column. She has written, produced, and directed over sixty short videos, which are featured on her Changemakers Productions website, as well as a recent documentary series based on this book. Gini has a PhD in sociology from UC Berkeley, and master’s degrees in anthropology, pop culture and lifestyles, mass communications and organizational/consumer/audience behavior, and recreation and tourism from California State University, East Bay. She lives in Lafayette, California.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.10.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Geld / Bank / Börse
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Besonderes Schuldrecht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht ► Handelsrecht
• Schlagworte: 2000 election • 2000 presidential • Al Gore • American democracy • american newspapers • Bin Laden • biting wit supreme court • blair's government • Bush Administration • bush family american media • Chicago Boys • Commercial Law • convicted felons • Corporate Fraud • Corporate Media • democracy depends • democracy money • Election Day • election debacle • election fraud • election officials • electronic voting • Exxon Valdez • governor jeb • Gulf Oil • hanging chads • imf world • insurance fraud • international monetary • investigative journalists • investigative reporter • investigative reporting • Jeb Bush • Jim Crow • karl rove • katherine harris • key documents • Koch brothers • laden family • mainstream media • mi • Michael Moore • Milton Friedman • monetary fund • News media • news outlets • ny times • Oil Spill • Pat Robertson • Political economic • Political Party • Political System • Presidential Election • reporter greg • robber barons • Saudi Arabia • saudi royal • smoking gun • Tony Blair • voter fraud • voting machines • voting process • Voting rights • Washington Post • World Bank • world countries
• ISBN-10: 1-62153-504-5 / 1621535045
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62153-504-1 / 9781621535041