Fifty Scams and Hoaxes

Martin Fone's Fifty Scams and Hoaxes brings to light trickery of all types over the years. Based on the span of cases presented in this book, it is obvious that people will always continue to be gullible. It is divided into sections by type of scam and is easy to pick up and read a few sections. This book was interesting, eye opening, and a bit sad but overall very enjoyable.

Entertaining brief looks at a bunch (50!) of hoaxes and scams. Most were familiar to me, but there were a few here that I had never heard of. Recommended for people who like this sort of thing.

This book is an interesting collection of multiple types of scams. There are health, beauty, land, investments... all sorts of scams here. There is a lot of detail for each scam, and this makes the book really interesting. I enjoyed it. I found it curious to see the crazy ways in which people have been scammed (and maybe there are ways we are being scammed too)!

I loved this book it is definitely a light hearted look at scams and hoaxes. The author definitely keeps you interested in each section but some were a little drawn out. I found myself reading parts out to my husband. Every section has one stand out piece. On the whole a great book.

Curiosity more than anything else had me reading this book, as it's not something that i would normally read. Actually it made rather a change from the norm and found the book quite interesting. One of two i have heard about. I recall when my husband and i were invited to attend a 'talk' about making money (pyramids). Very clever how they added up their sums on a blackboard, but we were not fooled. Worth a read.