I found it interesting how it discusses how technology is making it increasingly easy for scams to permiate throughout our lives. There is a quote that discusses "copies without originals." In the case of AESes, we noticed a few things that allowed for their claims to be PECO employees to be debunked (old, poorly laminated IDs, stained clothing etc.)
I wonder if this is done on purpose, to lure those in who would ignore those things.