New Way to Help the Elderly Avoid Getting Swindled
American Psychological Association (APA)The very strategies that real people have used to detect and escape from con artists -- particularly "the human ability to identify patterns of suspicious behavior" -- are seldom mentioned in widely distributed materials designed to help consumers avoid getting conned, according to a psychologist from Eastern Michigan University. EMBARGO: UNTIL 5:00 PM (CDT), AUGUST 17, 1997