I Was Scammed
Description
I Was Scammed features an overview of different types of scams, focusing on digital and internet scams. After an introduction to how the scam investigation began after experiencing a scam targeting book authors in The Big Con, the book discusses personality identity fraud, which is the root of so many scams. The book describes the growing identity theft problem, the many data breaches that have occurred, the ways scammers use your personal information, how to protect your identity from theft, and how to repair the damage after a scam.
Then, the book describes three major types of scams:
Merchant and customer scams
Real estate frauds, including rental scams, moving scams, home improvement and repair scams, and real estate investment scams
Email, phone, and social media scams
Besides describing the scams, the book provides tips on how to avoid becoming a victim, and what to do if you are. GINI GRAHAM SCOTT, PhD, JD, is a nationally known writer, consultant, speaker, and seminar leader, specializing in business and work relationships, professional and personal development, social trends, popular culture, science, and crime. She has published over 50 books with major publishers. She is the founder of Changemakers Publishing, featuring 150+ books on work, business, psychology, self-help, and social trends. She has worked with dozens of clients on self-help, business books, memoirs, and film scripts.
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Gini Graham Scott is a screenplay writer, executive producer, and TV game show developer, plus a nonfiction writer who has published over 200 books, 50 for traditional publishers and 150 for her own company Changemakers Publishing. She also writes, reviews, and ghostwrites scripts and books for clients.
She has written scripts for 20 feature films and has written and executive produced 11 film and TV projects. These include Me, My Dog, and I and Rescue Me, distributed by Random Media, Driver, distributed by Gravitas Ventures, Deadly Infidelity, distributed by Green Apple, Death's Door, a TV series based on a co-written book. At Death's Door, published by Rowman & Littlefield, The New Age of Aging, distributed by Factory Films, and Reversal distributed by Shami Media Group. Several other films have just been completed or are in production: Courage to Continue and Bad Relationships
She has recently developed a TV series The Neanderthals Return, based on a series of books about the Neanderthals coming back into modern society.
She has written and produced over 60 short films, including dramas, book and film trailers, TV show pilots, documentaries, and promotional videos. Her IMDB resume is at http://imdb.me/ginigrahamscott.
She is the author of four books on filming, including So You Want to Turn Your Book Into a Film?, The Basic Guide to Pitching, Producing, and Distributing Your Film, and The Basic Guide to Doing Your Own Film Distribution, Finding Funds for Your Film or TV Project. and The Complete Guide to Distributing an Indie Film.
She has been hired to write over two dozen scripts for clients, adapted from their novels, memoirs, or script ideas. She reviews books for their film potential and writes treatments and scripts for three major companies that publish books and promote them for authors.
Her scripts include action/adventure scripts, suspense thrillers, psychological character films, and contemporary dramas. Some recent scripts are the sci-fi suspense thrillers Brain Swap, Dead No More, Deadly Deposit, and Reverse Murder. Other scripts include the crime action thrillers Rich and Dead and Deadly Affair; and the suspense thriller Bankrupt.
