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is an assistant professor in the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University, he tells the story of how spam, and the fight against it, has shaped the internet.

is Associate Professor of Department of Computer Science and Engineering

At Texas A&M University. He鈥檚 interested in the future of spam and how it might evolve in the future. Here, he talks spambots and AI.

is the author of two New York Times bestsellers, The Confidence Game, winner of the 2016 Robert P. Balles Prize in Critical Thinking, and Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes, and is a contributing writer for The New Yorker. 聽She gives us an insight into the psychology behind con men鈥檚 tricks.

is an Assistant Professor of European History and Digital Humanities at Louisiana Tech University. He also works as a Research Fellow with at Louisiana Tech. Robert鈥檚 areas of research include the histories of empire, globalization, and international crime and policing. His current project, 鈥淧olicing Globalization,鈥� studies the relationship between the British Empire and international police organizations, such as Interpol. In addition to his traditional academic work, Robert is the creator and presenter of, a video and podcast series that considers historical content in video games.

He shares his research into the fraudulent letters sent in the Spanish Prisoner scheme, one of the oldest forms of spam - and perhaps the first international crime ring in the world.

Chris is a member of the site. He shows us his scambaiting nerve centre and gives us the low down on how he distracts the scammers. He takes on con artists, the fraudsters who pose as agents for the widows of charitable billionaires from Sierra Leone; the ones who promise you a share of a multimillion-dollar 鈥榠nheritance鈥� stashed in a Russian bank account... in return for your help in getting access to it by posing as a cousin or a niece