Hi everyone,

I hope you don't mind me announcing my first published book... it really feels like having a baby!

The Con: How Scams Work, Why You're Vulnerable, and How to Protect Yourself has just been published by Rowman & Littlefield.

You can check it out here:
http://tinyurl.com/3b9jptr

And here is the PW review:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4422-0731-8

Makes a great Christmas present...!

Best,
James

Cool. Good work.

SPAM!

So is this a how to book of ideas for say... someone outside the U.S. to try?

Salguod, Only use your powers for good!

Herb, I am just sharing my good news. I am very proud of this book. I don't want to break any rules by posting this here.

Critter, Thank you!

Sounds too good to be true!!

Delicious!
Thank you so much for the heads-up.

Another ML scam . . .

Not sure what that means, Mr. Landmark.

Thanks and good luck.

Already getting some pretty good reviews on Amazon. I've read many books on scams and most deal with the history of con men like "The Yellow Kid" Weil and "The Big Con" The Story of Confidence Men. There are also many books in the "how to" vein, teaching people how to scam others (for entertainment of course).This book seems to come at it from a different angle, talking to not only scammers but victims as well. Although scams like The Wire are interesting and fun to read about, internet cons and modern scams are what we should be alert to.

Looks exactly like the kind of book that should be on my shelf.

Respectfully,

Phil

Sounds like a great book, James. I look forward to reading it.

Good thoughts,

Bob

Oh, just a joke. I was imagining that you were someone else (ML), writing a book about scams and then assigning it to Munton.

ML is hard at work on his next publication which is not on magic but on the breeding and husbandry of goats.

It is to be called 'The Horned and The Hoofed'.

I suspect it will cause great controversy and even consternation amongst goat-lovers everywhere.

Are these specifically Canadian goats?

Thank you for the nice comments... except for the ones about ML. How on earth does he manage to get himself included into a nice little thread about my new book?

When you spam you get what you get.

Scamspam or spamscam?

It's a trick question right? You take me either way? I've got both hands on my wallet I tells ya.