Dot Con: The Art of Scamming a Scammer
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From viral comedy sensation James Veitch (as seen on TED, Conan, and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon) comes a collection of laugh-out-loud funny exchanges with email scammers.
The Nigerian prince eager to fork over his inheritance, the family friend stranded unexpectedly in Norway, the lonely Russian beauty looking for love . . . they spam our inboxes with their hapless pleas for help, money, and your social security number. In Dot Con, Veitch finally answers the question: what would happen if you replied?
Suspicious emails pop up in our inboxes and our first instinct is to delete unopened. But what if you responded to the deposed princess begging for money in your Gmail? Veitch dives into the underbelly of our absurd email scam culture, playing the scammers at their own game, and these are the surprising, bizarre, and hilarious results.
Publisher: Hachette Books
Published: 06/02/2020
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780306874598
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/2020 pg. 51
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2020
Shelf Awareness 06/12/2020
About the Author
James Veitch is a former Apple Genius whose high-tech comedy picks apart and parodies the constantly evolving and perplexing technology we live with. James has sold out shows throughout the world and presented the third most popular TED Talk of all time. He wrote and performed two viral hit seasons of his show Scamalot with Mashable, has appeared twice on Conan, and appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
He lives in Islington with his full-body pillow.
The Nigerian prince eager to fork over his inheritance, the family friend stranded unexpectedly in Norway, the lonely Russian beauty looking for love . . . they spam our inboxes with their hapless pleas for help, money, and your social security number. In Dot Con, Veitch finally answers the question: what would happen if you replied?
Suspicious emails pop up in our inboxes and our first instinct is to delete unopened. But what if you responded to the deposed princess begging for money in your Gmail? Veitch dives into the underbelly of our absurd email scam culture, playing the scammers at their own game, and these are the surprising, bizarre, and hilarious results.
Publisher: Hachette Books
Published: 06/02/2020
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780306874598
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/2020 pg. 51
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2020
Shelf Awareness 06/12/2020
About the Author
James Veitch is a former Apple Genius whose high-tech comedy picks apart and parodies the constantly evolving and perplexing technology we live with. James has sold out shows throughout the world and presented the third most popular TED Talk of all time. He wrote and performed two viral hit seasons of his show Scamalot with Mashable, has appeared twice on Conan, and appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
He lives in Islington with his full-body pillow.