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Older people are disproportionately targeted by fraudulent telemarketers and make up 80% of victims affected by telemarketing scams alone. Older people may be targeted more because the scammer assumes they may be more trusting, too polite to hang up, or have a nest egg. [3] Many older people have money to invest and are in need of profit.
Scams and confidence tricks are difficult to classify, because they change often and often contain elements of more than one type. Throughout this list, the perpetrator of the confidence trick is called the "con artist" or simply "artist", and the intended victim is the "mark".
Part of an online scam network. [1] [206] NY Evening News Nyeveningnews.com Per FactCheck.org. [7] [207] New York Times Post nytimespost.com Impostor site that plagiarizes CNBC stories. [12] NNettle.com NNettle.com Per PolitiFact. [1] now77news.com now77news.com Spread false claim about Charles Manson being granted parole in 2017. [208] NYC ...
Johnny Depp is warning about ongoing social media scams targeting his fan base.. The actor, 61, wished his followers on Instagram a "Happy New Year" on Monday, Jan. 6, while also alerting fans ...
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Cramming is a form of fraud in which small charges are added to a bill by a third party without the subscriber's consent, approval, authorization or disclosure. These may be disguised as a tax, some other common fee or a bogus service, and may be several dollars or even just a few cents.
Jun. 29—Scammers are using a Publisher Clearing House ruse as the latest tactic to take people's money. Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes are legitimate, however, scammers have honed in on a ...
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