The big con : great hoaxes, frauds, grifts, and swindles in American history /: great hoaxes, frauds, grifts, and swindles in American history. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nate Hendley.
• Authors: Hendley, Nate
• Contents: AcknowledgmentsIntroductionSection OneClassic ConsIntroductionShort ConsThe Gold BrickPig in a PokeThe Fiddle GameDog StoreThe Glim DropperThe Pigeon DropChange RaisingThe SmackThe TatThe Money MachineHot SeatFemme FataleModeling/Talent AgencyClip JointFake AuctionStreet Vendor with a VanSleazy Street VendorMentally Handicapped PersonDistressed Car OwnerBig ConsThe Fight StoreThe WireThe PayoffThe RagThe Bigger RagRigging the Numbers RacketThe Spanish PrisonerClassic Card ScamsHuge DukeBill Kaplan's Card SharksThree-Card MonteSection TwoBusiness FraudIntroductionAdvance Fee FraudAffinity FraudATM SkimmingCounterfeitingCharles PonziPyramid SchemesPump and DumpLeo KoretzSection ThreeDespicable ScamsIntroductionDisaster ScamsNatural DisastersMan-Made DisastersFaking CancerFaking Car AccidentsFuneral FraudFaked FuneralsPrepaid PonziScamming Senior CitizensThe Grandparents ScamPhony Phone NumbersVeteran ScamsAdditional Scams Involving Senior CitizensSurrogacy/Adoption FraudDeceiving Prospective ParentsSelling BabiesScamming Donors, Surrogates, and Prospective ParentsSection FourGreat PretendersIntroductionFrank AbagnaleJames Capone (aka Richard Joseph "Two-Gun" Hart)Emperor Norton of San FranciscoIron Eyes CodyJoseph Pistone (aka "Donnie Brasco")Section FiveHoaxes, Urban Legends, and Popular DelusionsIntroductionAlan Abel, Master HoaxerThe Bermuda TriangleThe Black Hand Extortion RacketBlackout BabiesThe Cardiff GiantDaycare DevilsExtraterrestrialsAlien AbductionRoswellThe Great Chess AutomatonKentucky Fried LiesLearned NonsenseThe Lurid Confessions of Maria MonkNew York Newspaper HoaxesMan-Bats on the MoonWild Cats in ManhattanThe Protocols of the Learned Elders of ZionThe War of the Worlds BroadcastSection SixDubious RemediesIntroductionDrugsPatent MedicinesReefer MadnessCurious Cancer CuresGoat Gonad TherapyHealth Care FraudEnergizing ElixirsTherapeutic TouchHomeopathyEnergy Medicine DevicesDr. Albert AbramsWilliam NelsonPsychic SurgeryRadium MedicineRepressed Memories and Multiple Personality DisorderSection SevenOnline ScamsIntroductionInternet Dating FraudMalwareThe Nigerian LetterPhishing/VishingPhony Rentals and AuctionsPhone FraudCrammingJury Duty ScamTelemarketing FraudFake Tech SupportSection EightPara-Abnormal FraudIntroductionThe Amityville HorrorSylvia BrowneDowsing for Water—or BombsThe Fox SistersRemote ViewingSection NinePop Culture ConsIntroductionBuffalo Bill and the Myth of the "Wild West"Fake Sports/Celebrity MemorabiliaJames Frey: A Million Little FalsehoodsThe Mis-Education of Little TreeMovie ConsThe Grifters (1990)American Hustle (2013)Argo (2012)Elmer Gantry (1960)The Hustler (1961)The Sting (1973)The 1919 World SeriesDamon Runyon, Chronicler of the UnderworldSubliminal MessagingPoliticsThe 1876 Presidential ElectionThe 1948 Texas Democratic PrimaryTeapot DomeWilliam "Big Bill" ThompsonSection TenA Gallery of Rogues (and One Hero)IntroductionP. T. Barnum, Showman ExtraordinaireJordan Belfort, "The Wolf of Wall Street"Steve Brodie, The Bridge JumperRita Crundwell, Municipal MenaceThe Lonely Hearts KillersBernie MadoffOld-School SwindlersWilliam ThompsonGeorge C. ParkerJoseph Weil, "The Yellow Kid"Linda Taylor, The Welfare QueenKevin Trudeau, TV PitchmanHarry Houdini, Ghost BusterSection ElevenInterviewsInterview with Alan AbelInterview with Dr. Stephen BarrettInterview with Dean JobbInterview with James RandiSelected BibliographyIndex.
• Publisher Details: New York : ABC-CLIO
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (400 pages)
• Subjects: 364.1630973; Law -- General; Swindlers and swindling -- United States -- History; Hoaxes -- United States -- History; Fraud -- United States -- History; LAW / General; TRUE CRIME / General; True Crime -- General; Social & cultural history
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9798216053361
• Related ISBNs: 9781610695855
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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