Everyone thinks they’re too smart to fall for a scam until it happens to them. No matter how sure you are that you can spot a con, sometimes it just takes you by surprise. It doesn’t have to be a flashy stock market swindle, it can happen when you’re just walking down the...
Though Nigerian email scams may be the butt of late-night comedian jokes, online fraud is still alive and well. Scams involving individuals, such as identity theft and financial scams, cost their victims nearly 240 million in 2007 over four times as much as they did in 2004. Sadly, the numbers...
A con artist is a person who is well versed in scamming other people. A con artist is very skilled at hatching up plans to trick other people into somehow parting with their money without realizing that they are being fooled. More than coming up with the plans, the con artist is also an expert...
