Leila, a sheltered young misfit, discovers an online chat forum where she feels accepted and falls under the spell of the website's charismatic founder, who entices her into assuming the stolen identity of a glamorous but desperate woman.
Describes errors, hoaxes, and scams on Web sites and explains how to identify, avoid, and counteract them, covering such areas as news and entertainment hoaxes, charity scams, and misinformation on medicine, business, legal advice, and Internet security.
Charles Seife helps people discern truth from fiction online, taking on everything from breaking news coverage and online dating to program trading and Wikipedia.