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Get-rich-quick schemes are extremely varied; these include fake franchises, real estate "sure things", get-rich-quick books, wealth-building seminars, self-help gurus, sure-fire inventions, useless products, chain letters, fortune tellers, quack doctors, miracle pharmaceuticals, foreign exchange fraud, Nigerian money scams, fraudulent treasure hunts, and charms and talismans.
In 2017, Mike Daube, a public health expert in Western Australia, reinvented his dog Ollie as Dr. Olivia Doll. He made up credentials including "past associate of the Shenton Park Institute for Canine Refuge Studies" (where she was a rescue dog) and submitted her application for posts on the editorial boards of some predatory medical journals ...
• 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.
The Pedigree Chum dog food and Heinz extortion campaign was an attempted extortion against Pedigree Petfoods and Heinz, during which an extortionist contaminated tins of dog and baby food. Pedigree was advised by police to pay limited sums of money to the extortionist, while cash machines were put under surveillance.
Scammers can use your email to target you directly. And, unfortunately, plenty of email phishing scams today are more sophisticated than the older varieties that would directly ask for your ...
Very fast, athletic, and agile, this American dog breed hailing from Louisiana is a gifted athlete known for its speed and endurance. They are high-energy dogs, crave adventure, and excel at ...
A movement is underway to stop what a watchdog group calls internet schemes targeting dog lovers everywhere. 7 On Your Side's Michael Finney looks at what's being done to try to shut them down.
If you get an email claiming to be from AOL, but it's not marked this way, it's likely the email is fake and you should immediately delete it. What are pyramid schemes? Pyramid schemes on the internet involve emails sent requesting you to send money to another person and will place your name on a list to get money in the future.