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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".
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Victims may be invited to travel to the scammer's country; in some cases the victims arrive with asked-for gift money for family members or bribes for corrupt officials, only to be beaten and robbed or murdered. [7] The scam usually ends when the victim realizes they are being scammed or stops sending money.
In the latest online scam, con artists are stealing millions from people unknowingly ordering the drug online from fake websites while putting their health at serious risk with imitation products.
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.
Scam City is a television show which started airing on Travel + Escape in June 2012, and has subsequently aired on the National Geographic Channel, [2] [3] and in Australia on the subscription channel Nat Geo People. [4] Host Conor Woodman travels to some of the world's most popular cities in an effort to expose the darker side of tourism.
Another type of lottery scam is a scam email or web page where the recipient had won a sum of money in the lottery. The recipient is instructed to contact an agent very quickly but the scammers are just using a third party company, person, email or names to hide their true identity, in some cases offering extra prizes (such as a 7 Day/6 Night Bahamas Cruise Vacation, if the user rings within 4 ...
The "Con Queen" scam has been the subject of media attention and investigations for several years. [18] The Hollywood Con Queen was originally identified as Gobind Lal Tahil by screenwriter and victim Gregory Mandarano, who obtained a copy of his fake passport from a travel agency after being conned by the Con Queen over a period of six months.