Hoaxes and Scams: A Compendium of Deceptions, Ruses and Swindles
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ISBN: 081602569X / Publisher: Facts on File, August 1993
Tells the stories of quack cures, confidence men, automobile repair scams, practical jokes, imposters, swindlers, fraudulent scientific research, phony mediums, and newspaper hoaxes
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A gathering of frauds including Ponzi, Maxwell, and Boesky and their scams: poltergeists, gold, X-ray-proof undies, the Tasaday. Fun, undocumented, and light. Indexed by subjects and persons. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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