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

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From: Julienne Desrosiers
Date: 08 Oct 2012
Time: 20:48:45 -0500
Remote Name: 24.246.130.98

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I really enjoyed reading your paper. I was very informative and the sarcastic/funny tone added to the article as a whole! Before reading this I was unaware that such scams existed. I didn't realize that people could stoop so low as to pretend to provide a service that would "cure" stuttering. After reading your paper I googled stuttering cure and was baffled to easily find many websites that claim to put a complete end to a person's stuttering. I was wondering if you knew when such scams started occurring. Obviously the internet has only been around for 20 or so years, but is this a fairly recent finding? Also, do you know of anyone who has been taken advantage of through these scams and if they were able to see justice? Thanks for posting!


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