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How to Scam-proof Your Brain

By , About.com Guide   January 16, 2012

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Scam-proof Your Brain

Can you spot a phishing scam e-mail from a mile away? Are you a human scam detector?

The focus of this week's featured article is on How to Scam-proof Your Brain. In the article, you'll find  some mental self-defense techniques that you can use to help develop your scam detecting "Spidey" sense.

Check out the article in the link and then come back here and let us know (in the comments section below) what is the most convincing scam you have ever encountered?


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January 24, 2012 at 12:02 am
(1) Steve says:

Great article to raise our awareness of how people who scam think and act. Nice touch with mentioning TV ads and politicians.

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