Digital snake oil: The emergence of online stuttering scams and shams

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An excellent explanation of the psychology behind the scam

From: Daniele Rossi
Date: 30 Sep 2012
Time: 15:43:51 -0500
Remote Name: 70.31.13.118

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Great article! I especially found the psychology behind the scams and how we assess credibility interesting. I've investigated a serial scam artist a while ago who owned a few websites offering immediate cures from stuttering to weight loss. Each site used the same photos of people giving testimonials yet each had a different name. I was able to use an image search engine to trace one particular photo to a professor of a university in the U.S.! Other photos came from stock libraries. Big shock there.


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