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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. The scammer then attempts to convince the victim to return the difference between the ...
Chicago is a monthly magazine published by Tribune Publishing. It concentrates on lifestyle and human interest stories, and on reviewing restaurants, travel, fashion, and theatre from or nearby Chicago. Its circulation in 2004 was 165,000, larger than People in its market. [1] Also in 2004, it received the National Magazine Award for General ...
The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper", [2][3] a slogan from which its once integrated WGN radio and WGN television received their call letters. As of 2023, it is the most-read daily newspaper in the Chicago metropolitan area ...
The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received more than 101,000 reports of scams and fraud against people ages 60 and older in 2023, causing seniors to lose over $3.4 billion. And those ...
Good news for Zelle users. Thanks to a major policy change that was implemented in November, banks that utilize Zelle will now refund victims of imposter scams. Early Warning Systems (EWS), which ...
November 29, 1953 (age 70) Savannah, Georgia, U.S. Education. Pomona College (BA) Mary Theresa Schmich (/ ʃmiːk / SHMEEK; [1] born November 29, 1953) is an American journalist. She was a columnist for the Chicago Tribune from 1992 to 2021, [2][3] winning the Pulitzer Prize in 2012. Her columns were syndicated nationally by Tribune Content ...
The University of Illinois clout scandal resulted from a series of articles in the Chicago Tribune that reported that some applicants to the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (UIUC) "received special consideration " for acceptance between 2005 and 2009, despite having sub-par qualifications. The series began on May 29, 2009.
Robert Rutherford "Colonel" McCormick (July 30, 1880 – April 1, 1955) was an American lawyer, businessman and anti-war activist.. A member of the McCormick family of Chicago, McCormick became a lawyer, Republican Chicago alderman, distinguished U.S. Army officer in World War I, and eventually owner and publisher of the Chicago Tribune newspaper.