From the Trojan horse to fake news, scams have run rampant throughout history and across the globe. Some con artists do it for fun, others for profit. . . and every once in a while, a faker saves the world.

In this era of daily online hoaxes, it''s easy to be caught off-guardFakers arms kids with information, introducing them to the funniest, weirdest, and most influential cons and scams in human history. Profiles of con artists will get readers thinking about motivation and consequence, and practical tips will help protect them from falsehoods If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is--except in the case of this book!


Format Inbunden Omfång 176 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S. Utgivningsdatum 2018-10-02 ISBN 9781580897433