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

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Careful Consumerism

From: Katelyn Hjeltness
Date: 06 Oct 2012
Time: 10:05:10 -0500
Remote Name: 71.89.17.9

Comments

Thank you for bringing this to light. I find it somewhat ironic that while searching for the ISAD Conference on a popular search engine, the very first result that appeared was "Speak Fluently in 12 Days." Your explanation of the psychology behind how people get hooked into these scams is insightful and should make everyone think twice about being consumers. If I didn't know any better, I would find this kind of advertisement very intriguing and tempting. When things are too good to be true, it's usually just that, too good to be true.


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