Belle Gibson built a ‘wellness’ empire on a lie about cancer. Scammers often use psychology and widely-held beliefs to exploit vulnerable people.
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Fraud was up 25% in the UK in 2021/22.
Twitter users’ responses suggest that southern Yahoo boys are more criminalised by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission than their northern counterparts. We explain why.
Research shows there are ways to fight fraud, but the bill contains very little language aimed at doing so.
How does a man with no education convince everyone he is a priest, professor and doctor?
There is a science to the art of the scam. If you can spot the fraudster’s ‘tells’, you can avoid becoming a victim.
The Anthill 27: Confidence
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A podcast about confidence – from how it works in our brains and whether it can get us ahead at work to how confidence tricksters fool people into falling for their scams.
It’s shocking to read reports of people who worked as doctors for years without having the qualifications to do so, because we trust our medical professionals. So, how do these imposters do it?
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Associate professor, University of Plymouth
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Director of the Centre for Post Qualifying Social Work, Bournemouth University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Lancashire
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Sex and Relationship Therapist, University of Westminster
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Lecturer in Psychology, University of Leicester
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Senior Lecturer in Management, City St George's, University of London
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL
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Lecturer - Women's Health; Pharmacology, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Visiting Fellow, Mannheim Centre for Criminology, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Professor of Security and Fraud, University of Portsmouth
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Assistant Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Professor of Data Analytics, Bangor University
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Lecturer in Finance, Bangor University
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Clinical Psychologist, PhD Candidate, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Policing, Bangor University