Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1: The Wide World of Fraud: First Steps and Advanced Tactics on the Path to Vigilant Investing -- 1. Vigilant or Vigilante? Protecting Your Investments in the Age of Fraud -- 2. The Posse and the Prey: The Investment Cops and the Scam Artists They Pursue -- 3. Rich Man, Poor Man: An Investment Scam for Every Economic Bracket -- 4. The Phantom Factory and the Origami Airline: Offering Frauds, Pump and Dumps, and Why You Can't Believe Your Eyes -- 5. Affinity Fraud and the Evil Twin: How Someone Who Looks a Lot Like You Is Plotting to Take Your Nest Egg -- 6. Only Amateurs Make It Sound Too Good to Be True: Tricks of the Trade and the Future of Financial Fraud -- Part 2: The Securities Industry: Hunting the Wolf with the Million-Dollar Smile -- 7. Truth, Lies, and "Why Don't They Supervise?" Inside Boiler Rooms and Brokerage Firms -- 8. Managing Mavericks: Knowing How Compliance Systems Work Can Help You Protect Your Nest Egg -- 9. Sales Scripts, Bullets, and the One-Two Punch: A Peek into the Stockbrokers' Bag of Tricks -- 10. Variable Annuities: Bells, Whistles, and Porcine Cosmetics -- 11. Making Sense of Alphabet Soup: RIAs, CFAs, CFPs, and Your Friendly Neighborhood Insurance Agent -- 12. Low-Hanging Fruit: Seniors, the Sick, and the Solution -- Notes -- Index.