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Fake: Forgery, Lies & eBay: Confessions of an Internet Con Artist (Paperback)

by Kenneth Walton (Author)
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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson (3 Aug 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0297851888
  • ISBN-13: 978-0297851882
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 487,837 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #27 in  Books > Art, Architecture & Photography > Art Issues > Forgery, Falsification & Theft
    #38 in  Books > Computing & Internet > Digital Lifestyle > Online Auctions

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Steven Poole, GUARDIAN (16.9.06)
'A strangely compelling, breezily told tale of a world in which everyone is driven by pure greed.'

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'It lies somewhere between a thriller, an addict's memoir and a techie's journey to the dark side...[And] while the book is entertainingly written, it does raise some serious questions.' (Dan Glaister G2, GUARDIAN (2.8.06) )

'Walton's account of how he fell into Fetterman's venal ways is a fast-paced and readable mea culpa...There is genuine tension in his telling of his undoing when he forged a painting as being by the US abstract artist Richard Diebenkorn.' (FINANCIAL TIMES MAGAZINE (5/6 August 2006) )

'this account of how his appalling-sounding former army acquaintance Fetterman dragged him into an ever-increasing mire if lies, deceit and forged bidding is...gripping.' (NEW STATESMAN (28.8.06) )

'He writes with pace, style and tension - everything a crime story needs...The slow, unfolding of his crime makes tense reading.' (Frances Spalding SUNDAY TIMES (27.8.06) )

'A strangely compelling, breezily told tale of a world in which everyone is driven by pure greed.' (Steven Poole GUARDIAN (16.9.06) )

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Fake: Forgery, Lies & eBay, 29 Aug 2006
Kenneth Walton's Fake, Forgery, Lies & eBay is a must read for those who find eBay alluring. I found it to be a fast read thriller and eye opener to a first-hand account of how greed can overtake one's itelligence, integrity and ethics. Walton's story, I feel, can effect or dismiss one's desire to trade on eBay. Fake, Forgery, Lies & eBay is a definite recommend to my book club.


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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fake: Forgery, Lies, and eBay, 24 Aug 2006
By BookWoman (Richmond) - See all my reviews
Ken Walton is the unlikely hero of this tale of greed and corruption that reads like a cross between John Grisham's 'The Firm' and the film, 'Wall Street'. Fast (as in cars & women), and at times unbelievably galling, it also strangely somewhat appealed to the voyeur in me -- I loved it.

Cheeky Walton tells how easy it is to slip over to the wrong side of the law, and how he believed the excuses he made for himself, all the while, for his lack of moral fibre. Written with a fabulous bit of Heat-style cattiness for his partners in crime, Walton redeems himself in the end, or does he...??

Perfect for the beach. Perfect for the way there. And perfect for anyone involved in, or about to become involved in, trading on eBay...
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great read, 27 April 2008
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A book that is hard to put down. If you have some time off pick it up and you will find it a compulsive and free-flowing book.

It shows how easy it is to get caught up in ebay activity and one slight bend of the truth slowly but surely snowballs out of control. Kenneth Walton, as he tells the tale, believes that what he is doing is not wrong right up until RD52. When you hear of all the scams this was for a relatively small amount compared to many.

You also gather that ebay do not come out smelling of roses. They seemed very lax in their procedures and too ready to put the blame on others rather than police their site effectively.
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