Why scammers fake illness for cash, according to a psychologist

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Title	Why scammers fake illness for cash, according to a psychologist
Published by	The Conversation
DOI	10.64628/aa.g49c93hym
Authors	Yoxall, Jacqui
Abstract	What type of person lies to friends and family about having cancer?

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 June 2026.

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