Leo Gough was the editor of two investment newsletters during the 1990’s, ‘The Zurich Club’ and ‘Taipan’ for Fleet Street Publications. Since 1997 he has spent much of his time in the Asia/Pacific region, working with banks, such as Citibank, and consultancy firms, such as AT Kearney. Currently Leo is working in management consultancy in the Middle East. He is the author of more than 20 books on personal finance and investment.  

Part One A brief but efficient history of trickery
Chapter 1 The horror stories
Chapter 2 Our touching need for confidence 
Chapter 3 Shiny new inventions and old tricks
Part Two Let’s go to work: the confidence men in action
Chapter 4 Sharks or maniacs?
Chapter 5   Yielding to temptation: the Allen Stanford story
Chapter 6 Shamanagement: financial wizardry to create paper profits
Part Three   Why we get the swindlers we deserve
Chapter 7 Some deadly sins of investment: trusting false prophets, investing for the Apocalypse and the money illusion
Chapter 8   Moral hazard in the system
Chapter 9 Due negligence: failing to do the analysis
Part Four How to avoid being swindled
Chapter 10   Funds are not all the same!   
Chapter 11   All the books are cooked: the trouble with company accounts
Chapter 12   Safer strategies
Afterword
Further reading
Index