Showing results for "Scam" in Genre Fiction

Twelve years ago Jessica Williams escaped a cult. Thanks to the private detective who rescued her, she reintegrated into society, endured an uncomfortable notoriety, and tried to put it all behind her. Then, at an airport bar, Jessica meets a woman with an identical name and birth date. It appears to be just an odd coincidence - until a week later, when Jessica finds her bank account drained and her personal information stolen. Following a trail of the grifter’s victims, each with the same name, Jessica gathers players - one by one - for her own game.

This novel centers on the "It's me" telephone scam - often targeting the elderly - that has escalated in Japan in recent years. Typically, the caller identifies himself only by saying, "Hey, it's me", and goes on to claim in great distress that he's been in an accident or lost some money with which he was entrusted at work, etc., and needs funds wired to his account right away. ME's narrator is a nondescript young Tokyoite named Hitoshi Nagano.

1956. In de buitenwijken van Los Angeles zitten Donnie en Buddy, allebei 8 jaar oud, zich te vervelen voor het motel van Donnie's moeder. Dan neemt een intrigerende man zijn intrek in het hotel. De fantasie van de jongens slaat op hol. Is Carl Harper een moordenaar en ligt er een lijk in de kofferbak? Of is Harper op de vlucht voor gangsters en moeten ze hem juist helpen? Wat begint als een thriller, ontplooit zich geleidelijk tot een melancholische roman over vriendschap.

Eine Tochter steht in der Wohnung ihrer plötzlich verstorbenen Mutter. Die Mutter ist fort, ihre gesamten Ersparnisse auch. Was bleibt, sind Fragen: Warum ist die Wohnung so chaotisch, der Briefkasten so voll? Und wie ist es überhaupt möglich, seine eigene Mutter an einen Heiratsschwindler zu verlieren? Sarah Kuttner erzählt die Geschichte einer Frau, die Liebe suchte und auf einen Love Scammer traf. Die sich verliebte und die Augen verschloss. Die nichts zurückließ, außer einem schier endlosen Chat mit dem Betrüger.

Shruti's Bank account is hacked and her money is stolen just before the due date for paying rent. Mr Patil, her landlord has already threatened to throw her out if she cannot pay her rent in time. She gives up all hope until she chances upon a conversation at the mall that gives her an idea on catching the thieves. Will she find the culprits in time to pay her rent? Find out in 'Rent Scam', a story by Sophia John that will surely tug at your heart and also at your purse strings.

The day that Jerry Hunt met Charlotte Frost was the day he decided to go straight. Jerry had been running a successful scam with his friend Pete, but something in Charlotte's smile made him take stock of his activities. He'd been to prison once and, Jerry decided, he wasn't going there again. In many ways, Charlotte, too, would like to pull away from her past.

Years on from Trainspotting Sick Boy is back in Edinburgh after a long spell in London. Having failed spectacularly as a hustler, pimp, husband, father and businessman, Sick Boy taps into an opportunity which to him represents one last throw of the dice. However, to realise his ambitions within the Adult industries, Sick Boy must team up with old pal and fellow exile Mark Renton.