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Warnings about specific frauds, or how to spot fraud.
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  Link   G. K. Chesterton on Success books, 1909
I was interested to come across this article written a century ago on silly "success" books which primarily just contain banalities about self improvement. It is striking how little has changed in the basic formula where motivation trumps education.
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  Link   FIDO's Financial Tips & Safety Checks
FIDO is ASIC's consumer education site, trying to convince people to stay out of get rich quick schemes.
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  Link   Motley Fool: Spotting a Scam
A Motley Fool article describing boiler room scammers.
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  Link   The Motley Fool: The Wrong Business
A Motley Fool article on firms encouraging people to become day traders
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  Link   Chain letters
A page about chain letter scams.
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  Link   The Skeptic's Dictionary
An A to Z on scams, quack medicine, superstition and the paranormal
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  Link   Scam o Rama
A website on Nigerian scams - with a twist.
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  Link   Nigerian Scam Letter Archives
Examples of Nigerian Scam letters
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  Link   Charles K. Ponzi Website
A webpage about Charles Ponzi, the inventor of the "Ponzi Scheme".
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  Link   The real estate B.S. artist detection checklist
John T. Reed's venerable real estate B.S. artist detection checklist
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  Link   World Wide Scam
A website warning of scams and MLMs currently doing the rounds.
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  Link   FraudsandScams.com
A private investigator's website on frauds and scams.
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  Link   Crimes of Persuasion
A site giving a lot of useful information warning about various "Schemes, Scams, Frauds".
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