The Long Con

di William Liu (Autore)

William Liu, 2026

Somewhere right now, a person is typing the messages that will empty your savings account, and in many cases that person is a trafficking victim working a quota inside a guarded compound. Fraud against ordinary Americans is no longer the work of lone con artists. It is an industry, with factories, supply chains, scripts, payroll and money-laundering pipelines, and it is growing faster than the systems built to stop it. The Long Con follows the money and the people behind pig-butchering schemes, AI voice clones, fake-rescuer calls, gold-bar couriers and crypto romance scams, from the scam compounds of Southeast Asia to the kitchen tables in the United States where victims are targeted. You will meet the bankers, investigators, survivors and policymakers on every side of the problem, learn why intelligent, careful people fall for these schemes, and see where the pipes and platforms that carry stolen money are weakest. Most of all, you will learn what actually works: how to hang up, call back and tell someone before the damage is done. Essential reading for anyone who has ever received a wrong-number text, who has an aging parent online, or who wants to understand the biggest financial crime wave of our time.

• Autore: William Liu
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: William Liu
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798237643916