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Anthony Pratkanis, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, co-wrote a source book for fraud fighters. “We’re looking at it from the outside, and we may not see all the little details and trappings that create that powerful situation for the targeted victim,” he said.

Anthony Pratkanis, an emeritus psychology professor, spoke to the Associated Press about the increasing prevalence of so-called "grandparent scams" in the past decade and explained how these scams typically work. 

A New York Magazine blog post on the firing of New York Times editor Jill Abramson quoted psychology professor Anthony Pratkanis on rumor control. The quote was lifted from a 2008 Boston Globe article by the same author.

Psychology professor Anthony Pratkanis was quoted in a report from Georgia Public Broadcasting on the propaganda campaign waged by North Korea's new leader.