It Looked Real

How modern scams fool smart people, and how to stop them fooling you.

Scams don't only catch the careless. They catch smart, busy people on a bad day. This book shows you the trick underneath every modern scam, so you can spot the next one before it costs you.

Inside

• Hook, Hurry, Hidden Money: the pattern behind every scam
• Fake jobs, rental scams, investment groups and romance scams
• Marketplace scams, voice clones, fake shops and official-looking messages
• Spot the Scam tests to sharpen your instincts
• A one-hour plan to scam-proof your life
• The first 24 hours if it happens to you
• A red flags cheat sheet and a plain-English glossary

For anyone who's online all day and thinks they'd never fall for a scam.

General information, not personal financial advice.