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BIG CON: GREAT HOAXES FRAUDS GRIFTS & SWINDLES AM HIST

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<P>This book examines a broad range of infamous scams, cons, swindles, and hoaxes throughout American history—and considers why human gullibility continues in an age of easy access to information.</P>

The Big Con

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Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Classic Cons.
1: Short Cons.
2: Big Cons.
3: Rigging the Numbers Racket.
4: The Spanish Prisoner.
5: Classic Card Scams.
Business Fraud.
6: Advance Fee Fraud.
7: Affinity Fraud.
8: ATM Skimming.
9: Counterfeiting.
10: Charles Ponzi.
11: Pyramid Schemes.
12: Pump and Dump.
13: Leo Koretz.
Despicable Scams.
14: Disaster Scams.
15: Faking Cancer.
16: Faking Car Accidents.
17: Funeral Fraud.
18: Scamming Senior Citizens.
19: Surrogacy/Adoption Fraud.
Great Pretenders.
20: Frank Abagnale.
21: James Capone (aka Richard Joseph &#x201C;Two-Gun&#x201D; Hart).
22: Emperor Norton of San Francisco.
23: Iron Eyes Cody.
24: Joseph Pistone (aka &#x201C;Donnie Brasco&#x201D;).
Hoaxes, Urban Legends, and Popular Delusions.
25: Alan Abel, Master Hoaxer.
26: The Bermuda Triangle.
27: The Black Hand Extortion Racket.
28: Blackout Babies.
29: The Cardiff Giant.
30: Daycare Devils.
31: Extraterrestrials.
32: The Great Chess Automaton.
33: Kentucky Fried Lies.
34: Learned Nonsense.
35: The Lurid Confessions of Maria Monk.
36: New York Newspaper Hoaxes.
37: The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion.
38: The War of the Worlds Broadcast.
Dubious Remedies.
39: Drugs.
40: Curious Cancer Cures.
41: Goat Gonad Therapy.
42: Health Care Fraud.
43: Energizing Elixirs.
44: Psychic Surgery.
45: Radium Medicine.
46: Repressed Memories and Multiple Personality Disorder.
Online Scams.
47: Internet Dating Fraud.
48: Malware.
49: The Nigerian Letter.
50: Phishing/Vishing.
51: Phony Rentals and Auctions.
52: Phone Fraud.
Para-Abnormal Fraud.
53: The Amityville Horror.
54: Sylvia Browne.
55: Dowsing for Water&#x2014;or Bombs.
56: The Fox Sisters.
57: Remote Viewing.
Pop Culture Cons.
58: Buffalo Bill and the Myth of the &#x201C;Wild West&#x201D;.
59: Fake Sports/Celebrity Memorabilia.
60: James Frey: A Million Little Falsehoods.
61: The Mis-Education of Little Tree.
62: Movie Cons.
63: The 1919 World Series.
64: Damon Runyon, Chronicler of the Underworld.
65: Subliminal Messaging.
66: Politics.
A Gallery of Rogues (and One Hero).
67: P. T. Barnum, Showman Extraordinaire.
68: Jordan Belfort, &#x201C;The Wolf of Wall Street&#x201D;.
69: Steve Brodie, the Bridge Jumper.
70: Rita Crundwell, Municipal Menace.
71: The Lonely Hearts Killers.
72: Bernie Madoff.
73: Old-School Swindlers.
74: Linda Taylor, the Welfare Queen.
75: Kevin Trudeau, TV Pitchman.
76: Harry Houdini, Ghost Buster.
Interviews.
77: Interview with Alan Abel.
78: Interview with Dr. Stephen Barrett.
79: Interview with Dean Jobb.
80: Interview with James Randi.
81: Selected Bibliography.
82: Index.
83: About the Author.

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