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The bogus escrow scam is a straightforward confidence trick in which a scammer operates a bogus escrow service. Escrow services are intended to ensure security by acting as a middleman in transactions where the two parties do not trust each other. Rather than sending money or goods directly to the other party (which is insecure, as one or the ...
In May 2004, a Something Awful forum poster asked for advice on how to deal with a bogus escrow scam from a buyer on eBay. Since the eBay auction was for an Apple PowerBook G4, the poster sent a three-ring binder crudely dressed as a PowerBook and declared it to customs at the value of a real product. The buyer, who lived overseas, paid several ...
Many fake news websites can be assessed as likely being part of the same network campaign if some combination of the following are true: They share the same Google Analytics account [304] [305] [306] They share the same Google AdSense account [304] [305] [54] [306] [307] They share the same IP address(es) [305] [3] They share the same Gravatar ...
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Click fraud is a type of fraud that occurs on the Internet in pay per click (PPC) online advertising.In this type of advertising, the owners of websites that post the ads are paid based on how many site visitors click on the ads.
The bogus ads use different pictures but all claim the same thing: That Beau Rivage is “officially” online for betting, with a $1,000 welcome bonus and 100 FS, which would indicate free spins.
The Welsh Thrasher faith scam was a scam that targeted people of faith, [1] operating as a Ponzi scheme. [2]It offered the "marks" or targets a combination of a tax avoidance entity (a corporate sole) and a high return investment program or deposit in a fictitious bank or other enterprise.
On January 3, 2008, Ralsky and ten others were indicted based on the results of a three-year investigation. [10] The indictment included stock fraud charges stemming from a "pump and dump" scheme. On January 9, 2008, Ralsky was arraigned on the charges that he was indicted for on January 3, 2008. He was silent during the arraignment, so a plea ...