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CRRL Picks: ID Theft, Scams, and Fraud

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  • Online course on the telltale signs of phishing scams and how to avoid giving up your vital information.
    Streaming Video, 2021Carpenteria, CA : linkedin.com, 2021.
  • Child Identity Theft

    What Every Parent Needs to Know

    Chappell, Robert P., 1962-
    A look at the growing number of identity theft cases involving children as victims.
    Book, 2013Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2013], ©2013. — 332.024 Ch
  • The Confidence Game

    Why We Fall for It... Every Time

    Konnikova, Maria
    Insights into con artists, with interesting examples revealing how they work and why they are successful.
    Book, 2016New York : Viking, 2016. — 364.163 Ko
  • Explains common types of organized cybercrime, fraud, and identity theft
    Streaming Video, 2015[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2015.
  • Fancy Bear Goes Phishing

    the Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks

    Shapiro, Scott
    The story of how cybercrime has evolved, from the 1980s to now.
    Book, 2023New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023. — 364.168 Sh
  • The Fine Print

    How Big Companies Use "plain English" and Other Tricks to Rob You Blind

    Johnston, David Cay, 1948-
    Johnston exposes the devious strategies, hidden in the fine print, companies use to legally cheat consumers.
    Book, 2011London : Portfolio, 2011. — 343.071 Jo
  • Nobody's Fool

    Why We Get Taken in and What We Can Do About It

    Simons, Daniel J.
    Explains the science of how scams manipulate people, and how to be aware of their tricks to avoid being deceived.
    Book, 2023New York : Basic Books, 2023. — 177.3 Si
  • Preventing Credit Card Fraud

    a Complete Guide for Everyone From Merchants to Consumers

    Lee, Jen Grondahl
    Explains how Internet businesses utilize credit card fraud to steal your money and how you can protect yourself.
    Book, 2017Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2017. — 364.4 Le
  • Scammed

    How to Save Your Money and Find Better Service in a World of Schemes, Swindles, and Shady Deals

    Elliott, Christopher, 1968-
    Elliott exposes corrupt business practices in order to protect consumers and their resources.
    Book, 2012Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2012], ©2012. — 332.024 El
  • Scam Me If You Can

    Simple Strategies to Outsmart Today's Rip-off Artists

    Abagnale, Frank W., 1948-
    Explains strategies used by current scammers and the best techniquest to stop them.
    Book, 2019[New York] : Portfolio/Penguin, [2019] — 364.163 Ab
  • Swiped

    How to Protect Yourself in a World Full of Scammers, Phishers, and Identity Thieves

    Levin, Adam (Adam K.)
    Explains the various problems that identity theft can cause for victims' lives and what steps people can take before and after it happens to make themselves better protected.
    Book, 2015New York : Public Affairs, 2015. — 364.1633 Le