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As the threat of online fraud and phishing grows, so does our appetite for TV shows about con artists

Published May 5, 2021 at 10:21 AM PDT geralt Pixabay P.T. Barnum would have loved the Internet. Instead of having to book performance halls or move a circus around, he could have used the web tools of today and the human gullibility of--well, always--to play big tricks on people. Without Barnum and his impulses to entertain, we have somewhat more sinister people populating the web. Gabrielle Bluestone, a journalist formerly at Vice, covers the activities of these people in

18:14 We live in an age where scams are the new normal. A charismatic entrepreneur sells thousands of tickets for a festival that never happened. Respected investors pour millions into a start-up centered around fake blood tests. Reviewers and celebrities flock to London’s top-rated restaurant that’s little more than a backyard shed. These unsettling stories of today’s viral grifters have risen to fame and hit the front-page headlines, yet the curious conundrum remains – why do these scams happen? Drawing from scientific research, marketing campaigns, and exclusive documents and inte...

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