Scam: Shams, Stings, and Shady Business Practices, and How You Can Avoid Them
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ISBN: 0312144091 / Publisher: St Martins Pr, May 1996
Describes how to avoid being victimized by false advertizing, pyramid schemes, telemarketers, the legal system, contest promoters, and car salesmen
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Is that fancy bottled water you're drinking really any different from ordinary tap water? Can antiwrinkle lotions make you look ten years younger? And does one honest used-car dealer exist anywhere in the United States? Scam! answers all of these questions and a hundred more, pulling the plug on contemporary America's biggest swindlers.In Scam! readers will meet real-life people who fell victim to con artists. This guide to fraud in the 1990s is a valuable resource for every consumer.You may recognize some rip-offs and be surprised by others. But with the information compiled in this book (complete with an appendix of vital consumer hot-line numbers), you'll be prepared to avoid the traps and outsmart the outlaws.
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