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A scam letter is a document, distributed electronically or otherwise, to a recipient misrepresenting the truth with the aim of gaining an advantage in a fraudulent manner. Origin [ edit ]
The scam may extend to the creation of Web sites for the bogus brand, which usually sounds similar to that of a respected loudspeaker company. They will often place an ad for the speakers in the "For sale" Classifieds of the local newspaper, at the exorbitant price, and then show the mark a copy of this ad to "verify" their worth. [citation needed]
The following private equity firm or hedge fund owned companies have filed for bankruptcy protection: A&P (grocery chain) [1] Brookstone [2] Envision Healthcare [3] Friendly's [1] GenesisCare [3] Instant Brands (maker of Instant Pot and Pyrex) [4] Kmart [5] Party City [6] Payless Shoe Source [2] RadioShack [2] Red Lobster [4] RJR Nabisco [7 ...
• Fake email addresses - Malicious actors sometimes send from email addresses made to look like an official email address but in fact is missing a letter(s), misspelled, replaces a letter with a lookalike number (e.g. “O” and “0”), or originates from free email services that would not be used for official communications.
An overpayment scam, also known as a refund scam, is a type of confidence trick designed to prey upon victims' good faith.In the most basic form, an overpayment scam consists of a scammer claiming, falsely, to have sent a victim an excess amount of money.
Receiving a call, email or letter from a company purporting to be a debt collector can spark alarm. Before disclosing any information, look for these eight signs of a fake debt collection scam. 1.
The app was operated by Dubai-based Saurabh Chandrakar, a former juice seller, and his accomplice Ravi Uppal, both of whom hail from Chhattisgarh, according to the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The ED has alleged that the app operated by franchising "panel/branches" to known associates on a 70-30 profit ratio, using the platform to enroll new ...
Another one bites the dust! The discount shoe chain has filed for Chapter 11 protection on less than $1 billion in assets and $10 billion in liabilities.